Doing it 'right' by your parents in Singapore: A political economy examination of the maintenance of parents act of 1995

Critical Social Policy

Volumn 31, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 607-627

  Rozario, Philip A ^a   Hong, Song Iee ^b  

^a ADELPHI UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

Author keywords

filial responsibility laws; financial security; political economy of ageing

Indexed keywords

AGING POPULATION; FINANCIAL SYSTEM; POLITICAL ECONOMY; POLITICAL IDEOLOGY; SOCIAL POLICY; STATE BUILDING;

SINGAPORE [SOUTHEAST ASIA];

EID: 80053488295     PISSN: 02610183     EISSN: 1461703X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0261018311415572     Document Type: Article

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