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Collected readings on community development in Singapore

2019

Collection	Social Problems
Editor	Vasoo, S.
Title	Collected readings on community development in Singapore
Publication Date	2019
Publisher	New Jersey: World Scientific
Call Number	HN700.67 Col 2019
Subject	Communuity development -- Singapore Social problems -- Singapore
Page	xix, 664
Language	English
Content Type	Book
Object Type	Text
Terms of Use	openAccess
Repository	NUS Libraries
Description	The book carries a collection of articles written by Professor S Vasoo over the past three decades or so on community development work and its issues in the Singapore context. Organised around seven themes that can be or are being addressed by community development, the articles illustrate how community development intervention has been applied on social issues like juvenile deliquency, ageing population, family values, and urban dwelling. Topics on volunteer management and grassroots participation are also discussed. This volume concludes by sketching the future of community development in Singapore.Community and social workers can find some resonance to the work and challenges they are facing in community problem-solving and meeting the needs of people in various neighbourhoods. The readings will give them a framework to find innovative ways for encouraging community problem-solving.

Community development arenas in Singapore

2019

Vasoo, S.
Singh, Bilveer
Chan, Xian Jie

Collection	Social Problems
Author/Creator	Vasoo, S. Singh, Bilveer Chan, Xian Jie
Title	Community development arenas in Singapore
Publication Date	2019
Publisher	Hackensack, NJ: World Scientific
Call Number	HN700.67.C6 Com 2019
Subject	Community devrelopment -- Singapore
Page	xix, 188
Language	English
Content Type	Book
Object Type	Text
Terms of Use	openAccess
Repository	NUS Libraries
Description	In the last two decades or so, community development efforts in Singapore have strongly focused on task-centred community activities namely short-term projects revolving around socio-educational and recreational activities. Such an emphasis is further reinforced by the outsourcing of community services to the private sector which is contracted to deliver services or activities. Although the consequences are not seen immediately, they will in the longer term reinforce learned helplessness of the participants or beneficiaries who are usually relegated to passive or dependent roles

Community problems and social work in Southeast Asia: the Hong Kong and Singapore experience

1980

Collection	Social Problems
Editor	Hodge, Peter
Title	Community problems and social work in Southeast Asia: the Hong Kong and Singapore experience
Publication Date	1980
Publisher	Hong Kong : Hong Kong University Press
Call Number	HV435.2 Com
Subject	Social service -- Southeast Asia -- Addresses, essays, lectures Southeast Asia -- Social conditions -- Addresses, essays, lectures
Page	243
Language	English
Content Type	Book
Object Type	Text
Terms of Use	openAccess
Repository	NUS Libraries

Constructing poverty in anti-welfare Singapore

2017

Chong, Yen Kiat
Ng, Irene Y. H.

Collection	Social Problems
Author/Creator	Chong, Yen Kiat Ng, Irene Y. H.
Title	Constructing poverty in anti-welfare Singapore
Source Title	Social Identities
Publication Date	2017
Subject	Poor -- Singapore -- Public opinion Poverty -- Singapore -- Public opinion Public welfare -- Singapore -- Public opinion
Page	146-162
Language	English
URI	http://libproxy1.nus.edu.sg/login?url=http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/13504630.2016.1207514
Content Type	Journal Article
Terms of Use	openAccess
Repository	NUS Libraries
Volume	23
Issue	2
Description	In recent years, attention on the issue of poverty in Singapore has been increasingly placed in the spotlight. This study examines the various types of attitudes among Singaporeans and how they are formed, relating them to the broader institutional context of Singapore. A mixed method design is employed where clusters or groups of attitudes are derived through the use of cluster analysis. Subsequently, discourses of poverty and welfare attitudes are construed through qualitative interviews with the aid of Foucauldian Discourse Analysis. Quantitative findings point to three clusters of attitudes: 'Conservatives', 'Liberals', and 'Sui Generis'. Qualitative findings, however, show that 'Sui Generis' ultimately align themselves closer to either 'Conservatives' or 'Liberals' in their discourses of welfare. In fact, respondents in all three clusters reproduce state discourses, albeit in varying ways. In essence, this study explicates poverty and welfare attitudes as a product of social identities premised on subjective notions that are shaped by state discourses of meritocracy, self-reliance and anti-welfarism. It is thus argued that current socio-political constructions of poverty ensue a paucity of major welfare reform in the near future of Singapore.

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Corrigendum to “Public perceptions of child maltreatment in Singapore: differences between 1994 and 2010” [Child. Youth Serv. Rev. 98 (2019) 261–268]

2020

Lui, Zhi Jing
Elliott, John M.
Koh, Chee Wan
Tan, Jacky Chin Gee
Liu, Denise
Teo, Cuthbert Eng Swee

Collection	Social Problems
Author/Creator	Lui, Zhi Jing Elliott, John M. Koh, Chee Wan Tan, Jacky Chin Gee Liu, Denise Teo, Cuthbert Eng Swee
Editor	Corrigendum to “Public perceptions of child maltreatment in Singapore: Differences between 1994 and 2010” [Child. Youth Serv. Rev. 98 (2019) 261–268]
Organisation	Lui, Zhi Jing Elliott, John M. Koh, Chee Wan Tan, Jacky Chin Gee Liu, Denise Teo, Cuthbert Eng Swee
Title	Corrigendum to “Public perceptions of child maltreatment in Singapore: differences between 1994 and 2010” [Child. Youth Serv. Rev. 98 (2019) 261–268]
Source Title	Children and Youth Services Review
Publication Date	2020
DOI	https://libproxy1.nus.edu.sg/login?url=https://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.childyouth.2020.105204
Subject	Child abuse -- Singapore -- Public opinion
Page	105204
Language	English
Content Type	Journal Article
Object Type	Text
Terms of Use	restrictedAccess
Repository	NUS Libraries
Volume	116

Crime and deviance

2002

Ganapathy, Narayanan

Collection	Social Problems
Author/Creator	Ganapathy, Narayanan
Editor	Tong, Chee Kiong Lian, Kwen Fee
Title	Crime and deviance
Source Title	The making of Singapore sociology: society and state
Publication Date	2002
Publisher	Singapore : Times Academic Press
Call Number	HN770.2 Mak 2002
Subject	Crime -- Sociological aspects -- Singapore Deviant behavior -- Research -- Singapore Juvenile delinquency -- Research -- Singapore
Page	414-458
Language	English
Content Type	Book Chapter
Object Type	Text
Terms of Use	openAccess
Repository	NUS Libraries

Criminal justice policy: social order, risk and the "governmental project"

2008

Ganapathy, Narayanan

Collection	Social Problems
Author/Creator	Ganapathy, Narayanan
Editor	Lian, Kwen Fee Tong, Chee Kiong
Title	Criminal justice policy: social order, risk and the "governmental project"
Source Title	Social policy in post-industrial Singapore
Publication Date	2008
Publisher	Leiden : Brill
DOI	http://libproxy1.nus.edu.sg/login?url=http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&db=nlebk&AN=362139&site=ehost-live&ebv=EB&ppid=pp_247
Call Number	HN700.67 Soc 2008
Subject	Criminal justice, Administration of -- Singapore Crimonology -- Singapore Criminal psychology -- Singapore Social control -- Singapore
Page	247-277
Language	English
Content Type	Book Chapter
Object Type	Text
Terms of Use	openAccess
Repository	NUS Libraries

Curbing drug abuse in Singapore: the role of Central Narcotics Bureau

2000

Tan, Agnes Lee Ling

Collection	Social Problems
Author/Creator	Tan, Agnes Lee Ling
Title	Curbing drug abuse in Singapore: the role of Central Narcotics Bureau
Publication Date	2000
Call Number	JA36 *2000 19
Subject	Singapore. Central Narcotics Bureau Drug abuse -- Singapore -- Prevention
Page	82
Language	English
Content Type	Dissertation/Thesis
Object Type	Text
Terms of Use	openAccess
Repository	NUS Libraries
Description	Academic exercise -- Dept. of Political Science, National University of Singapore

Deadly stakes : shocking stories of gambling addiction in Singapore

2013

Leong, Kaiwen
Elaine Leong, Elaine
Chiu, Whye Leong

Collection	Social Problems
Author/Creator	Leong, Kaiwen Elaine Leong, Elaine Chiu, Whye Leong
Title	Deadly stakes : shocking stories of gambling addiction in Singapore
Publication Date	2013
Publisher	Singapore : Marshall Cavendish Editions
Call Number	RC569.5 Gam.Le 2013
Subject	Compulsive gamblers -- Singapore
Page	318
Language	English
Content Type	Book
Object Type	Text
Terms of Use	openAccess
Repository	NUS Libraries

Drug dependence and abuse in Singapore

1986

Kua, Ee Heok
Tsoi, Wing Foo

Collection	Social Problems
Author/Creator	Kua, Ee Heok Tsoi, Wing Foo
Title	Drug dependence and abuse in Singapore
Publication Date	1986
Publisher	Singapore : Heinemann Asia
Call Number	HV5840.12 Drg
Subject	Drug abuse -- Singapore Drug abuse -- Treatment -- Singapore Drug abuse -- Singapore -- Prevention
Page	58
Language	English
Content Type	Book
Object Type	Text
Terms of Use	openAccess
Repository	NUS Libraries