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Description: Research on the family has expanded considerably across Asia but studies tend to be fragmented, focusing on narrow issues within limited areas (cities, towns, small communities) and may not be accessible to international readers. These limitations make it difficult for researchers, students, policy makers, and practitioners to obtain the information they need. The Routledge Handbook of Families in...
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Description: This study focuses on married couples' decision concerning the timing of their first child and attempts to identify the relevant factors involved in such a decision. The first section gives background on the situation in Singapore while the second reviews findings of other studies concerning parenthood decisions, their causes, and consequences. The third section discusses the aspects of modernity and traditionalism that are found to be related to the choice of delayed motherhood. The concluding section summarizes the main findings and their implications.
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Description: This book is written for policy-makers, social scientists, sociology students and educated readers interested in the situation of the family in modern societies and the role of the state in social policy.
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Description: This book presents and discusses the findings of a study on planned social change in the area of crime prevention. It focuses on the implementation of the Neighbourhood Police Post system in Singapore, adapted from the Koban, the Japanese system of community policing based on close andfriendly relations between the police and the residfents in each neighbourhood.
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Description: This volume offers a current and critical sociological analysis of fundamental aspects of home formation and kinship in various Asian countries including marriage and divorce, parenting, the role of grandparents, childcare, and the important influence of gender, social policy and economic development. All chapters are well documented and an extensive bibliography provides valuable sources of additional information. The book is written for social scientists, policy-makers, sociology students, and educated readers interested in the socio-economic changes affecting families in Asia.
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Description: Families in Asia provides a unique sociological analysis of family trends in Asia. Stella R. Quah uses demographic and survey data, personal interviews and case studies from China, Hong Kong, Japan, South Korea, Indonesia, Malaysia, the Philippines, Singapore, Thailand and Vietnam to provide a wide-ranging comparative analysis of family trends and the role of the state and social policy. Focusing ...
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Description: This study focuses on married couples' decision concerning the timing of their first child and attempts to identify the relevant factors involved in such a decision. The first section gives background on the situation in Singapore while the second reviews findings of other studies concerning parenthood decisions, their causes, and consequences. The third section discusses the aspects of modernity and traditionalism that are found to be related to the choice of delayed motherhood. The concluding section summarizes the main findings and their implications.
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