Contents

pp v-vi

Acknowledgements

pp vii-viii

List of Contributors

pp ix-xiv

1 - Introduction

pp 1-16

PART I: - RELIGIOUS COMMUNITIES

pp 17-18

2 - Managing Religious Diversity and Multiculturalism in Singapore

pp 19-35

3 - Christian Activism in Singapore

pp 36-55

4 - Rising Conservatism in the Singapore Malay-Muslim Community: Worrying Times Ahead?

pp 56-74

PART II - NATIONAL AND ETHNIC COMMUNITIES

pp 75-76

5 - “New” Chinese Immigrants in Singapore: Localization, Transnational Ties and Integration

pp 77-90

6 - Singapore Malays: State-Community Relations, Complexities and Possibilities

pp 91-109

7 - “What Kind of Indian Are You?”: Frictions and Fractures Between Singaporean Indians and Foreign-Born NRIs

pp 110-126

PART III - POLITICAL DIVIDES AND A DIVIDED POLITY

pp 127-128

8 - Protest and the Culture War in Singapore

pp 129-147

9 - The People’s Action Party in Government: The Pole for “Big Tent” Singapore

pp 148-164

10 - The Burdens of Ethnicity: Chinese Communities in Singapore and Their Relations with China

pp 165-186

PART IV - DIVERGING ECONOMIC WORLDS

pp 187-188

11 - Self-Reliant Wealth and Trickle-Down Welfare: The Singapore Story in 200 Years?

pp 189-206

12 - The Future of the Middle Class in Singapore: 2020 and Beyond

pp 207-230

13 - Geographic-Ethnic Segregation in Singapore: Emerging Schisms in Society

pp 231-247

14 - Ageing Societies, Age-Inclusive Spaces and Community Bonding

pp 248-258

Index

pp 259-272