This study traces the socio-political effects of immigration on Singapore and its population, a topic that has been the subject of intense debate in the nation as its population grows increasingly diverse. Beyond the logic of economic imperatives, the book aims to explore the larger consequences of taking in large number of immigrants, and its analysis should appeal to scholars of migration, social change, and public policy.

Norman Vasu is Senior Fellow and Deputy Head at the Centre of Excellence for National Security (CENS), S Rajaratnam School of International Studies, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore.Sun Yin Yeap is an associate research fellow at Nanyang Technological University in Singapore.Chan Wen Ling was previously an Associate Research Fellow at the Centre of Excellence for National Security (CENS), S Rajaratnam School of International Studies, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore. She is now an English language and music teacher at St Hilda's Secondary School, Singapore.

Introduction: Immigration and SingaporeNorman Vasu, Yeap Su Yin and Chan Wen Ling1. Immigration in Singapore: An OverviewYap Mui Teng2. Angst, Anxieties, and Anger in a Global City: Coping with and Right-Sizing the Immigration Imperative in SingaporeEugene K B Tan3. The Politics of Immigration: Unpacking the Policies of the PAP Government and Opposition in SingaporeBilveer Singh4. Social Integration of Immigrants into Multiracial SingaporeMathew Mathews and Danielle Hong5. Reconstructing Singapore as a Cosmopolitan Landscape: The Geographies of Migration and its Social Divisions that Extend into the HeartlandsElaine Lynn-Ee Ho6. "Family, Worker or Outsider": Employer-Domestic Helper Relations in SingaporeTheresa W Devasahayam7. Wither Integration? Managing the Politics of Identity and Social InclusionLeong Chan-Hoong8. Permanent Residents Serving National Service: Round Pegs in a Square Hole?Ho Shu Huang and Yolanda Chin