Author: Salaff, Janet W.
Title: State and Family in Singapore: Restructuring a Developing Society
Description: Ithaca [NY], Cornell University Press, (1988). orig.cloth. 23x15cm, xv, 301 pp. Textual illustrations.. Minor rubbing. VG. dustwrapper. ¶ Contents: Backround: Introduction: Development & the Fabric of Life; State Economy & Social Services; The Early Development Stage: Introducing Poor Families; Poor Families in the Early Development Stage; Introducing Secure Families; Secure Families in the Early Development Stage; The Second Development Stage: Poor Family Lives Evolve; The Lives of Secure Families; Singapore Society in the Advanced Development Stage: Two Families or One? Conclusion: Restructuring an Industrial Society.

Keywords: Singapore, Development, Family Policy, Sociology, East Asia, Poverty Poor, Social History, Economic, Economics