Lavanya Balachandran
Biographic Data
| ID | 4227218 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Lavanya Balachandran |
| GIVEN NAMES | Lavanya |
| FAMILY NAME | Balachandran |
| SIGNATURE | BALACHANDRAN L |
| AFFILIATIONS | National University of Singapore |
| ORCID | 0000-0001-7696-615X |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 4 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 3 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 4 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2018 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2021 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
Tamils, Social Capital and Educational Marginalization in Singapore
Labouring to Learn examines academic mobility pathways among ethnic minority Tamil youths in public secondary schools and vocational institutions in Singapore. This book qualitatively examines the interactive effects of race and class on the educational performance of these youths through the lens of social capital. Despite their numerical majoritarian position within the Indian population in Singapore, the foreclosed access for Tamils to diverse…
Examining Social Mobility amongst Remarried Ethnic Minority Women in Singapore
Using a qualitative life history approach, this article offers to enhance our understanding of how remarriage impacts social mobility trajectories amongst ethnic minority women in Singapore. In particular, the attention to ethnic minority Malay women's biographies reveals how the intersections of 'ethnicity' and 'class' render visibility to how re-partnership entails social exclusion that is morally and culturally coded concealing the emotional a…
Old Bonds, New Ties
The continued emphasis on a decontextualized nuclear family in Asia has often obscured experiences of re-partnered individuals and stepfamilies, wherein transitions including couple dissolution and remarriage or cohabitation have had particular implications for family well-being and social mobility. The eight papers in this special issue expand scholarship beyond acknowledging the increasing prevalence of re-partnership and stepfamilies seeking t…
Years of social issues in Singapore, by Chan, D
Old Bonds, New Ties
The continued emphasis on a decontextualized nuclear family in Asia has often obscured experiences of re-partnered individuals and stepfamilies, wherein transitions including couple dissolution and remarriage or cohabitation have had particular implications for family well-being and social mobility. The eight papers in this special issue expand scholarship beyond acknowledging the increasing prevalence of re-partnership and stepfamilies seeking t…
Examining Social Mobility amongst Remarried Ethnic Minority Women in Singapore
Using a qualitative life history approach, this article offers to enhance our understanding of how remarriage impacts social mobility trajectories amongst ethnic minority women in Singapore. In particular, the attention to ethnic minority Malay women's biographies reveals how the intersections of 'ethnicity' and 'class' render visibility to how re-partnership entails social exclusion that is morally and culturally coded concealing the emotional a…
Years of social issues in Singapore, by Chan, D
Examining Social Mobility amongst Remarried Ethnic Minority Women in Singapore
Using a qualitative life history approach, this article offers to enhance our understanding of how remarriage impacts social mobility trajectories amongst ethnic minority women in Singapore. In particular, the attention to ethnic minority Malay women's biographies reveals how the intersections of 'ethnicity' and 'class' render visibility to how re-partnership entails social exclusion that is morally and culturally coded concealing the emotional a…
Old Bonds, New Ties
The continued emphasis on a decontextualized nuclear family in Asia has often obscured experiences of re-partnered individuals and stepfamilies, wherein transitions including couple dissolution and remarriage or cohabitation have had particular implications for family well-being and social mobility. The eight papers in this special issue expand scholarship beyond acknowledging the increasing prevalence of re-partnership and stepfamilies seeking t…
Tamils, Social Capital and Educational Marginalization in Singapore
Labouring to Learn examines academic mobility pathways among ethnic minority Tamil youths in public secondary schools and vocational institutions in Singapore. This book qualitatively examines the interactive effects of race and class on the educational performance of these youths through the lens of social capital. Despite their numerical majoritarian position within the Indian population in Singapore, the foreclosed access for Tamils to diverse…
Political science (4 works) · Sociology (4 works) · Gender Studies (3 works) · Social science (3 works) · Socioeconomic Development in Asia (3 works) · General partnership (2 works) · Law (2 works) · Psychology (2 works) · Remarriage (2 works) · Social Psychology (2 works)