SOCIAL ISSUES CASE STUDIES Flashcards
1
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FAMILY ELDERLY YOUTH:
Elderly
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- Maintenance of Parents Act
- Community Centres
- Singpass
- Parry Avenue Assisted Living 2024
2
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FAMILY ELDERLY YOUTH:
Youth
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- education 13.28% gdp (US 6.4%)
- mandatory OBS camps
- AsiaOne 2022: children are spoilt
- CNA 2017: smaller families
- CNA 2019: US UK spike
3
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FAMILY ELDERLY YOUTH:
Adults
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- sandwich generation, dual financial responsibilities
- Manulife Asia Care survey 2023: 63% sg adults w young children also taking care of sick elderly parents
- CNA 2023: eldercare leave not enough — toll on mental & physical health, self-care critical
4
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FAMILY ELDERLY YOUTH:
PWDs
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- govt measures good, societal attitudes yet to catch up: lack of empathy and understanding
- 2016 Singapore Survey: 64% share not interact, 11% not share, 40% apathetic, 8% extra mile
- CNA 2023: special needs edu come a long way: prof teachers, 28 govt-funded, govt set up partnerships to promote intermingling
- 2023: Amazon SG triple hiring of workers with disabilities
- Audible Traffic Signals, Mobility Assistance for the Visually Impaired and Special Users mobile application
5
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SOCIETY & GOVERNMENT
Emergencies
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- sg: highly paternalistic, efficient & effective, democracy w high power imbalance, liberal outlook now bigger gap between values and desires of state and citizens (repeal of 377A)
- china covid-19: humans rights abuses
- sg covid-19: TraceTogether, CB
- fukushima nuclear disaster
- russia-ukraine
6
Q
SOCIETY & GOVERNMENT
Death Penalty
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- Shanmugam 2023: capital punishment essential for drug trafficking, save more lives
- ineffective - drug trafficking worsened
- norway transforms criminals to good neighbours through rehabilitation
- nat geo 2021: race, inability to counter overzealous police and prosecutors result in innocent lives executed > wrongful conviction
7
Q
INEQUALITY:
Widening Economic Gap
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inequality too: digitalisation, education, political representation
- sg gdp growth among world’s highest, top bottom 10% widened
- progressive wage model, skillsfuture system, credit top-ups for mid-career workers: PM Wong (prev finance minister) shared measures to address income inequality - upskilling workers, enhancing productivity, helping ppl secure jobs with good salary, so their actual income and standard of living increases over time
- life/family circumstances: community link scheme set up in four hdb estates w rental blocks, “accessible focal point”, parent workshops and night-time student care services
8
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INEQUALITY:
Gender
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- sports: male physical advantage
- strats to transcend physical limitations: intl olympic committee renewed partnership w UN Women, using sports to promote gender equality and empower women and girls
- monash uni 2023: clear link between political empowerment & improved gender equity ranking. world closed about 68% gender gap in 2023
- international monetary fund: empowering women is smart economics
9
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DIVERSITY
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- fwd sg dialogue 2022: multiculturalism, diversity, inclusivity. attaining social harmony
- israel-palestine: social cohesion weakened when conflict arises
- IPS Study 2021: foreign talents. 50.3%
- pushback in society after repeal of 377A
