Social Transformations in the Global City: Singapore

Scott Baum
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Scott Baum: Australian Housing and Urban Research Institute, University of Queensland, Queensland, Australian, s.baum@mailbox.uq.edu.au

Urban Studies, 1999, vol. 36, issue 7, 1095-1117

Abstract: In recent years, there has been increased interest in testing the thesis that global city emergence is accompanied by increases in social polarisation. Given the growing importance of the Asia-Pacific region in the global economy, this paper makes a timely contribution to the social polarisation debate by discussing the social transformations occurring with reference to Singapore. It is suggested that within Singapore, rather than the development of a polarised structure, there is a trend towards a professionalised occupation structure and a growing middle-upper income-group.

Date: 1999
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DOI: 10.1080/0042098993114

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