The Singaporean welfare state system : with special reference to public housing and the CPF

The Singaporean welfare state system : with special reference to public housing and the CPF

This chapter illuminates the ways in which the Singapore state’s approach toward public goods, despite its recent heavy rhetoric around ‘social inclusion’ and some moves toward expansion, maintains a limited sense of mutual obligations among citizens and instead institutionalizes individualism an...

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Main Author: Teo, Youyenn
Other Authors: Aspalter, Christian
Format: Book Chapter
Language:English
Published: Routledge 2021
Subjects:
Social sciences::Political science::Public administration::Asia::Singapore
Public policy
Welfare
Inequality
Online Access:https://hdl.handle.net/10356/147650
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spelling sg-ntu-dr.10356-1476502023-03-11T20:21:37Z The Singaporean welfare state system : with special reference to public housing and the CPF Teo, Youyenn Aspalter, Christian School of Social Sciences Social sciences::Political science::Public administration::Asia::Singapore Public policy Welfare Inequality This chapter illuminates the ways in which the Singapore state’s approach toward public goods, despite its recent heavy rhetoric around ‘social inclusion’ and some moves toward expansion, maintains a limited sense of mutual obligations among citizens and instead institutionalizes individualism and differentiated deservedness. This is a welfare regime in which access to public housing, healthcare, childcare, and retirement security continues to depend upon specific constellations of individualized practices. Indeed, performing ‘the family’ in specific gendered and heteronormative ways is crucial to ensuring social security in Singapore. Accepted version 2021-04-08T07:03:10Z 2021-04-08T07:03:10Z 2017 Book Chapter Teo, Y. (2017). The Singaporean welfare state system : with special reference to public housing and the CPF. Aspalter, C. (Eds.), The Routledge International Handbook to Welfare State Systems (pp. 383-397). Routledge. https://hdl.handle.net/10356/147650 9780367352134 https://hdl.handle.net/10356/147650 383 397 en RG74/12 The Routledge International Handbook to Welfare State Systems This is an Accepted Manuscript of a book chapter published by Routledge in The Routledge International Handbook to Welfare State Systems on August 19, 2019, available online: http://www.routledge.com/9780367352134. application/pdf Routledge
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topic Social sciences::Political science::Public administration::Asia::Singapore
Public policy
Welfare
Inequality
spellingShingle Social sciences::Political science::Public administration::Asia::Singapore
Public policy
Welfare
Inequality
Teo, Youyenn
The Singaporean welfare state system : with special reference to public housing and the CPF
description This chapter illuminates the ways in which the Singapore state’s approach toward public goods, despite its recent heavy rhetoric around ‘social inclusion’ and some moves toward expansion, maintains a limited sense of mutual obligations among citizens and instead institutionalizes individualism and differentiated deservedness. This is a welfare regime in which access to public housing, healthcare, childcare, and retirement security continues to depend upon specific constellations of individualized practices. Indeed, performing ‘the family’ in specific gendered and heteronormative ways is crucial to ensuring social security in Singapore.
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