Social cultural engineering and the Singaporean state. ([2018])
- Record Type:
- Book
- Title:
- Social cultural engineering and the Singaporean state. ([2018])
- Main Title:
- Social cultural engineering and the Singaporean state
- Further Information:
- Note: Khun Eng Kuah.
- Authors:
- Kuah-Pearce, Khun Eng, 1958-
- Contents:
- Intro; Preface; Acknowledgements; Copyright Acknowledgements; Contents; 1 Introduction; 1.1 Introduction; 1.2 Framing the Nanny State and Society; 1.3 CMIO Framework and Ethno-Spatial Representation; 1.4 Religion in Educational and Welfare Engineering Equation; 1.5 Singaporean Women and the Marriage Crisis; 1.6 Outline of Book: Recording Sociopolitical Memories; References; 2 Confucian Ideology and Social Engineering; 2.1 Introduction; 2.2 Historical Background: Chinese Migration to Singapore; 2.3 Confucianism in Contemporary Singapore; 2.4 A Confucian Gentlemanâ#x80;#x94;An Ideal Singaporean. 2.5 Confucianism and National Ideology2.6 Economic Relevance of Confucianism; 2.7 Conclusion; References; 3 Buddhism, Moral Education and Nation-Building; 3.1 Introduction; 3.2 A Brief History; 3.3 Moral Education; 3.4 Abandoning Secularism in Moral Education; 3.5 Religious Studies in Schools; 3.6 Buddhist Studies; 3.7 Content of the Buddhist Studies Textbooks; 3.8 Recruitment of Buddhist Studies Teachers; 3.9 The Training for Syllabus; 3.10 Buddhist Monks and Nuns as Teachers; 3.11 Studying Buddhism; 3.12 Concluding Remarks; References; 4 Maintaining Ethno-Religious Harmony; 4.1 Introduction. 4.2 Religious Sensitivity in a Multi-ethnic Singapore4.3 The Policy of Multireligiosity; 4.4 White Paper on Maintenance of Religious Harmony (The Paper); 4.5 Religion and Politics; 4.6 Religion and Subversion; 4.7 Inter-and Intra-religious Tensions; 4.8 Aggressive and Insensitive Proselytization;Intro; Preface; Acknowledgements; Copyright Acknowledgements; Contents; 1 Introduction; 1.1 Introduction; 1.2 Framing the Nanny State and Society; 1.3 CMIO Framework and Ethno-Spatial Representation; 1.4 Religion in Educational and Welfare Engineering Equation; 1.5 Singaporean Women and the Marriage Crisis; 1.6 Outline of Book: Recording Sociopolitical Memories; References; 2 Confucian Ideology and Social Engineering; 2.1 Introduction; 2.2 Historical Background: Chinese Migration to Singapore; 2.3 Confucianism in Contemporary Singapore; 2.4 A Confucian Gentlemanâ#x80;#x94;An Ideal Singaporean. 2.5 Confucianism and National Ideology2.6 Economic Relevance of Confucianism; 2.7 Conclusion; References; 3 Buddhism, Moral Education and Nation-Building; 3.1 Introduction; 3.2 A Brief History; 3.3 Moral Education; 3.4 Abandoning Secularism in Moral Education; 3.5 Religious Studies in Schools; 3.6 Buddhist Studies; 3.7 Content of the Buddhist Studies Textbooks; 3.8 Recruitment of Buddhist Studies Teachers; 3.9 The Training for Syllabus; 3.10 Buddhist Monks and Nuns as Teachers; 3.11 Studying Buddhism; 3.12 Concluding Remarks; References; 4 Maintaining Ethno-Religious Harmony; 4.1 Introduction. 4.2 Religious Sensitivity in a Multi-ethnic Singapore4.3 The Policy of Multireligiosity; 4.4 White Paper on Maintenance of Religious Harmony (The Paper); 4.5 Religion and Politics; 4.6 Religion and Subversion; 4.7 Inter-and Intra-religious Tensions; 4.8 Aggressive and Insensitive Proselytization; 4.9 Establishing a Stable Tensionâ#x80;#x94;Presidential Council for Religious Harmony; 4.10 Conclusion; References; 5 Inventing a Moral Crisis: Women and Family; 5.1 Introduction; 5.2 The Great Moral Debate and the Collapse of Conservatism; 5.3 The Moral Problems. 5.4 Sexual Liberation and the Sarong Party Girls5.5 Unmarried Graduate Women and the Genetic Pool; 5.6 Single Motherhood; 5.7 The Pinkerton Syndrome; 5.8 Filial Piety and the Maintenance of Elderly Parents; 5.9 Inventing a Public Moral Parameter; 5.10 Reinstating Patriarchy and the Family; 5.11 Campaigns, Fines and Public Shaming; 5.12 Moral Crisis and Socio-political Legitimacy; 5.13 Conclusion; 5.14 Postscript: Encouraging More Babies Through Baby Bonus Scheme; Acknowledgements; References; 6 Strategic Partnership between Buddhism and State in Delivering Welfare Services; 6.1 Introduction. 6.2 The Temple as a Welfare Space6.3 The Temple as a Benevolence Hall (Shan-Tang å#x96;#x84;å #x82;); 6.4 Buddhist Free Clinics; 6.5 Provision of Welfare Homes and Services; 6.6 A Strategic State-Religion Partnership; 6.7 Policy Implications; 6.8 Conclusion; References; 7 Development and the Reinvention of Bugis Street; 7.1 Introduction; 7.2 Development and Conservation; 7.3 Colonial and Post-colonial Singapore; 7.4 Physical Landscape, Urban Land-Use and the Master Plan; 7.5 The Role of the Urban Renewal Authority (URA); 7.6 Conservation as an Ideology; 7.7 The Old Kampong Bugis and Bugis Street. … (more)
- Publisher Details:
- Singapore : Springer
- Publication Date:
- 2018
- Extent:
- 1 online resource (XIII, 160 pages), 17 illustrations, 9 illustrations in color
- Subjects:
- 201.7
Social engineering -- Singapore
Economic development
Ethnology
Political planning
Religion and culture
Social change
Social sciences
SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Anthropology -- General
SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Regional Studies
SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Sociology -- General
Social Sciences
Sociology of Culture
Cultural Anthropology
Development and Social Change
Public Policy
Singapore -- Social policy
Singapore -- Cultural policy
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- English
- ISBNs:
- 9789811069710
9811069719
9811069700
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- 9789811069703
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