Format:
1 Online-Ressource (351 p)
Edition:
2nd ed
ISBN:
9789814762199
,
9789814762205
,
9789814762311
Content:
Population policies and programmes in Singapore -- Contents -- List of Tables -- List of Figures -- Foreword -- Preface -- 1. Background -- 2. A Private Programme -- 3. The Government Programme -- 4. Induced Abortion -- 5. Voluntary Sterilization -- 6. Incentives and Disincentives -- 7. Knowledge, Attitudes, and Practice -- 8. Rapid Fertility Decline -- 9. Uplifting Fertility of Bettter-Educated Women -- 10. Relaxing Antinatalist Policies -- 11. Limited Pronatalist Policies -- 12. Reinforcing Previous Pronatalist Incentives -- 13. Latest Pronatalist Incentives -- 14. Prolonged Below-Replacement Fertility -- 15. Immigration Policies and Programmes -- 16. Demographic Trends and Consequences -- 17. Epilogue -- Appendix A: Talent for the Future -- Appendix B: When Couples Have Fewer Than Two -- Appendix C: Who is Having Too Few Babies? -- Appendix D: The Second Long March -- Appendix E: Prime Mnister Lee Hsien Loong's New Year Message on 1 January 2012 -- Appendix F: Babies? -- Bibliography -- Index.
Content:
The second edition of Population Policies and Programmes in Singapore presents an up-to-date and comprehensive account of the government's initiatives to influence the course of fertility, and hence the rate of population growth in the island-state of Singapore since the 1960s. The varied population issues and consequences associated with the prolonged below-replacement fertility are discussed in detail. The strength of the book lies in the author's intimate familiarity with the subject acquired through some personal involvement in the formulation of population policies for the country
Note:
Includes bibliographical references and index
Language:
English
URL:
http://erf.sbb.spk-berlin.de/han/iglibrary/portal.igpublish.com/iglibrary/search/ISEASB0000588.html
