Global economic crisis and the implications of global environmental change have led
academics and policy-makers to consider how 'development'in all parts of the world should …

Immigration has been a “hot button” issue in Singapore in recent years. This paper provides
an overview of the key policies, trends, and issues relating to immigration, population, and …

Why are some countries better than others at science and technology (S&T)? Written in an
approachable style, The Politics of Innovation provides readers from all backgrounds and …

Over the past decade, the concept of 'diversity'has gained a leading place in academic
thought, business practice, politics and public policy across the world. However, local …

Singapore is known for differentiating highly skilled and low-skilled migrants by regulating
their social rights, employment, and pathways to permanent residency and citizenship. Since …

This chapter traces the development of citizenship in immigrant-receiving states, comparing
the Gulf States in the Middle East with the Western states of Europe and North America. In …

In August 2011, many Singaporean citizens grabbed their cooking pots and used the city‐
state's national obsession with food to express growing dissatisfaction with immigration and …

Large-scale immigration has turned Singapore into a highly diverse setting, where migrants
and local-born Singaporeans encounter one another on a daily basis. In the past decade …

This paper presents an analysis of the predictors of anti-immigrant attitudes in the
postcolonial society of Singapore based on an examination of the impact of group threat on …

This chapter presents a political economy of labour migration in Southeast Asia. It delineates
the importance of low-wage and high-wage labour migration to national development and …