Chapter 7: How can we respond in a Diverse Society? Flashcards
France adopts the policy of assimilation. What is it about?
Assimilation is where immigrants are expected to adopt the beliefs and practices of the majority group in the country.
Example: In France, there is a clear separation of religious affairs from governance and no religion is favored over another.
Singapore adopts the policy of integration. What is it about?
Integration is where immigrants retain their unique identities while forging common ground with the groups already living in the country.
Example: In Singapore, each citizens’ background is embraced. People of different races live together as organized by the government through policy like Ethnic Integration Policy (EIP).
What is the Ethnic Integration Policy (EIP) about?
Ethnic Integration Policy (EIP) is a policy that ensures each HDB is populated by residents of different races.
This is to allow people of different races to interact, in hope to foster racial harmony and strengthen social cohesion.
What is the Group Representative Constituency (GRC) about?
Group Representative Constituency (GRC) looks after big communities in Singapore. Each of this GRC consists of at least one leader from each minority ethnic community (i.e. Malay, Indian or other minority communities)
What is the Presidential Council of Minority Rights (PCMR)?
Before a law is passed, it will be closely looked at by the Presidential Council of Minority Rights (PCMR) to ensure that there are no laws that are discriminatory to any racial or religious community.
What is the Market Based Approach towards healthcare in USA about?
In the Market Based Approach, the government does not intervene with the cost of healthcare (i.e. no subsidies, government does not provide basic healthcare service)
Citizens have to cope with the costs of healthcare largely on their own.
Citizens are expected to buy medical insurance to ensure that they can receive and pay for necessary medical treatment.
What is the Shared Responsibility Approach towards healthcare in Singapore about?
In the Shared Responsibility Approach, the government intervenes through providing basic healthcare service and shares the cost of some aspects of healthcare (i.e. subsidies)
Examples of Healthcare Financing Policies: Healthcare Subsidies Medisave Medishield Life Medifund
What is the Government-financed Approach towards healthcare in Singapore about?
In the Government-financed Approach, the government provides substantial subsidies and services for most of the healthcare needs of its citizens.
Public healthcare is owned and financed by the government. The people need only to pay for small amount for healthcare services.
Why do you think healthcare costs will likely increase in Singapore?
Ageing population - more elderly will likely seek medical services as most of their illnesses are chronic. More subsidies are needed to provide for them.
Sedentary lifestyle - change in lifestyle where more people are having less physical exercise meant that they maybe less healthy.
