Managing Chineseness

Identity and Ethnic Management in Singapore

Daphnee Lee

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English

Palgrave Macmillan
20 December 2016

Ethnic studies; Sociology: work & labour; Multinationals

Series: Frontiers of Globalization

This book explores the personal experiences of professionals who are a

part of the post-colonial and late-industrializing reality in the global value

chain in Singapore. Looking at Chinese Singaporean employees at a French

multi-national firm, the author explores the evolving social constructions of

‘Chineseness’. Sociologist

Manuel Castells once hailed Singapore as ‘the only true Leninist project that

has survived’, and Lee revisits the Singapore ‘social laboratory’,

addressing recent dialectics that transpire within the global political

economy. Currently,

professional actors need to address the demands of dual hegemony in response

to China’s

rise in the Western-dominated capitalist political economy. Underlying these constructions

are enduring dispositions that mediate interpretations of professionalism. The

author puts to test the potential for change, surveying a large cohort of

teachers as makers of future professionals. The question is, does change occurin the domain of practice or the habitus, if it is possible in the first

place?

The book will be of interest to scholars and students with an interest

in Sociology, Identity and Ethnicity, Business

Management, Globalisation, Organizational Sociology and Sociology of

Education.

By: Daphnee Lee
Imprint: Palgrave Macmillan
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Edition: 1st ed. 2017
Dimensions: Height: 210mm, Width: 148mm, Spine: 18mm
Weight: 4.602kg
ISBN: 9781137582577
ISBN 10: 113758257X
Series: Frontiers of Globalization
Pages: 262
Publication Date: 20 December 2016
Audience: College/higher education , Professional and scholarly , Primary , Undergraduate
Format: Hardback
Publisher's Status: Active

1. Managing Chineseness as Identity Grafting.- 2. Sleeping Fishing Village overrun by Immigrants?.- 3. Typologizing Chineseness.- 4. The Complex.- 5. The Boys wear High Heels with Platforms.- 6. Sunshine and Bananas and Coconuts.- 7. Singapore Society in Transition, Really?.- 8. Indeed

Daphnee Lee is Assistant Professor of Education Policy and Leadership, The Education University of Hong Kong.