V Chua
Dados Biográficos
| ID | 14528 |
|---|---|
| NOME | V Chua |
| PRENOMES | V |
| SOBRENOME | Chua |
| ASSINATURA | CHUA V |
| AFILIAÇÕES | National University of Singapore |
| ORCID | 0000-0001-8330-7427 |
| VERIFICADO | Sim |
| TOTAL DE OBRAS | 32 |
| TOTAL DE CITAÇÕES | 65 |
| TOTAL COMO AUTOR | 32 |
| TOTAL COMO EDITOR | 0 |
| PRIMEIRO ANO DE PUBLICAÇÃO | 2009 |
| ANO MAIS RECENTE DE PUBLICAÇÃO | 2026 |
| ÍNDICE H | 5 |
Independent Ageing Amongst Older Adults Who Live Alone
This paper examines how older adults who live alone draw on local and extra‐local social ties—including kinship relations, community networks, and friendships—to age independently in Singapore. Conceptually, it engages with extant debates on the hierarchical‐compensatory and task‐specific theories. The paper draws on a mixed‐methods study that combines survey data with qualitative data from interviews, observations and GPS tracking of participant…
Neighborhood Green Spaces and Social Capital
Green spaces have the potential to foster social capital, yet we do not fully understand what motivates people to use these spaces and how green space use leads to social benefits. Recent studies suggest that perceptions of green space are more important than just physical attributes in encouraging usage and fostering social connections. Perceptions can determine green space usage, but we do not yet know exactly how perceptions of green space rel…
The mentoring paradox
Ageing in networks
While ageing in place emphasises autonomy and the preference of older adults to remain in familiar environments, and ageing and place shifts attention to their movement across multiple locations, both frameworks have paid insufficient attention to the role of social networks in shaping the spatial practices of ageing. In this article, we propose ageing in networks as a complementary approach that foregrounds relationality. Rather than supplanting…
Entangled Transitions
COVID-19 was not merely a biomedical crisis but a deeply social phenomenon entangled with existing inequalities. Drawing on Peter Kelly's notion of entanglement , we conceptualise the pandemic as an intersectional crisis − where time, structural disadvantage and socio-emotional well-being became interwoven. Using six waves of longitudinal data (2017–2022) from Youth STEPS , a panel study of young people in Singapore, we track within-person change…
Trust in Context
The Stickiness of Meritocratic Beliefs From Adolescence to Adulthood in Singapore
The belief in meritocracy has been rising over the past few decades in developed countries. While many studies have focused on the belief in meritocracy, its distribution across groups and its effects, much less is known about how beliefs may change as individuals age and undergo major life transitions. Using linear growth models on three waves of panel data from a national youth survey in Singapore, we found that the major life transitions to ad…
Gender inequality and subjective well-being amongst professional women in East and Southeast Asia
The dynamic combination of an increasingly progressive gender revolution in modern Asia and cultural characteristics that include the hierarchisation of gender, especially in East Asia, has the potential to shed valuable light on women's search for gender equality and their well-being. This study of three East Asian (South Korea, Taiwan, Japan) and five Southeast Asian societies (Singapore, Thailand, Philippines, Indonesia, Malaysia, total n = 8,…
Ageing in networks
We propose ‘ageing in networks’ as an optic that shows how the social networks of older adults extend beyond their residential neighbourhoods to extra-local and transnational settings. The paper brings together literature on ageing and social networks in mobilities and migration research to identify shared thematic framings between non-migrant and migrant older adults. Our approach broadens the analytical frame to encapsulate how ageing individua…
More Than Aging in Place
Aging in place has become a popularly accepted logic and practice in both the academic and policy domains. Older adults' preferred facilities and social networks, however, might not always be situated in the residential neighborhoods where their homes are located. While recognizing the value of aging in place, this article argues that geographical proximity should not be conflated with aging well, nor should a spatially delimited place be the onl…
The Power of Everyday Networks in Nation-Building
While scholars commonly see nation-building as a modernist project or a cultural assertion, we suggest that a “third way” is equally important. Analysing data from a representative survey of 2,001 Singaporean residents collected in 2020 during the COVID-19 pandemic, we demonstrate that everyday social networks have been key to creating and maintaining Singaporean nationalism. We make the point that despite ambitious plans at transforming society,…
Social capital formation in high density urban environments
Of Markets and Networks
Market transition theory implies that increased market competition generates incentives for allocating job resources based on educational credentials and marketable skills, in contrast with traditional patronage systems that allocate employment opportunities through network membership. Yet despite the breakdown of patronage systems, further development of market institutions result in greater uncertainty, job precarity, and competition, which may…
Getting Ahead in Singapore
Is education the social leveler it promises to be? Nowhere is this question better addressed than in Singapore, the emblematic modern-day meritocracy where education has long been hailed as the most important ticket to elite status. In particular, what accounts for gender and ethnic gaps in enrollment into Singapore's elite junior colleges-the key sorters in the country's education system? We consider how the wealth of neighborhoods has combined …
The neighbourhood roots of social cohesion
At a time where neighbourhood ties seem to be declining, society’s expectations remain high that such local relations can be mobilized to manage a range of social issues. From a policy perspective, can the neighbourhood do more? Analyzing five waves of pooled cross-sectional data from Singapore between 2001 and 2009, we observe significant variations in neighbouring activity across residential contexts (e.g. public vs. private) as well as across …
Social capital in Singapore
Unequal returns to social capital
Using the concepts of 'social capital deficit' and 'return deficit', this study considers the social network aspects of social disadvantage among Malays in Singapore, as compared to Singaporean Chinese. Analysing a 2005 representative survey, we find Malays have less social capital than Chinese, a social capital deficit partly explained by their lower educational attainment. We find no return deficit in earnings: that is, every additional unit of…
Social Ties, Communication Channels, and Personal Well-Being
In this study, we analyze the personal networks of 379 college students in Singapore to explore the social affordances of traditional and new channels in communicating with different types of social relationships and their associations with personal well-being. Results suggest communication channels play a complex role in how strong and weak ties are related to personal well-being. On one hand, face-to-face communication, landlines, mobile phones…
Social Networks in East and Southeast Asia I
These articles examine social networks in the context of Asia. Their pages contain numerous examples showcasing the primacy of social context in the patterning, accumulation, role, and value of social networks and social capital. Network characteristics follow from national and institutional characteristics: In China, kinship networks are prominent all throughout the life course. Meanwhile, guanxi continues to be an important factor in the labor …
Social Networks in East and Southeast Asia II
This second issue continues our study of social networks and social capital in East and Southeast Asia. The articles show both similarities and differences in how each country's social contexts significantly affect the nature of their social networks. The articles consistently show an Asian version of networked individualism, based on close kinship and friendship, hierarchies, strong work ethics, frequent travel, and digital media. In Thai villag…
How Do Singaporeans Connect? Ties Among Chinese, Malays, and Indians
What social phenomena affect the pattern of intra- and inter-ethnic ties among Chinese, Malays, Indians, and Others in Singapore? I examine group size, ethnic solidarity, ethnic competition, and kinship as plausible explanations of inter-ethnic contact among 1,143 persons linked to 7,414 network members. I find a sizeable amount of inter-ethnic ties between Chinese and Malays. Group size is the major factor: As Chinese outnumber Malays 5.4 to 1 (…
Ethnic differences in suicide behavior in Singapore
This study examined the ethnic differences in stressors, risk, and protective factors among people who attempted suicide in Singapore. A retrospective chart review of 626 attempted suicide cases at a hospital in Singapore between 2004 and 2006 collected information on diagnosis according to DSM-IV-TR criteria. Chi-square tests was used to compare the sociodemographic characteristics, stressors, risk factors, and protective factors among Chinese, …
Personal Networks
Do Raffles boys ‘rule’ and Anglo-Chinese boys ‘own’ Singapore? Analysing school-to-work correspondences in an elite developmental state
This paper utilises ideas of correspondence as a way of thinking about intersections between school and work in Singapore’s developmental state. Whereas the principle of correspondence predicts segregated patterns of association between school and work, this paper shows how a developmentalist form of political economy gives rise to crosscutting, rather than segregated patterns of school-to-work correspondences among the elite. Although the corres…
The Contingent Value of Unmobilized Social Capital in Getting a Good Job
While research on nonsearching underscores the importance of unmobilized social capital for job matching and status attainment, relatively little is known about its role and value in different kinds of labor market contexts. Although current research focuses on how personal attributes such as gender, race, and work experience modify the impact of unmobilized social capital on status attainment, some researchers are beginning to look into how broa…
Categorical sources of varieties of network inequalities
Ageing in networks
We propose ‘ageing in networks’ as an optic that shows how the social networks of older adults extend beyond their residential neighbourhoods to extra-local and transnational settings. The paper brings together literature on ageing and social networks in mobilities and migration research to identify shared thematic framings between non-migrant and migrant older adults. Our approach broadens the analytical frame to encapsulate how ageing individua…
Getting Ahead in Singapore
Is education the social leveler it promises to be? Nowhere is this question better addressed than in Singapore, the emblematic modern-day meritocracy where education has long been hailed as the most important ticket to elite status. In particular, what accounts for gender and ethnic gaps in enrollment into Singapore's elite junior colleges-the key sorters in the country's education system? We consider how the wealth of neighborhoods has combined …
The Contingent Value of Unmobilized Social Capital in Getting a Good Job
While research on nonsearching underscores the importance of unmobilized social capital for job matching and status attainment, relatively little is known about its role and value in different kinds of labor market contexts. Although current research focuses on how personal attributes such as gender, race, and work experience modify the impact of unmobilized social capital on status attainment, some researchers are beginning to look into how broa…
Contextualizing 'networked individualism
Seemingly, we live in a world where people are free to decide which network members to activate for what sorts of tasks. This is the principle of 'networked individualism', where personal autonomy is central to the organization of personal networks. Yet is this autonomy overstated? Applying correspondence analysis (CA) to network survey data from Singapore, this article posits that while networked individualism is a modern trend, categories such …
More Than Aging in Place
Aging in place has become a popularly accepted logic and practice in both the academic and policy domains. Older adults' preferred facilities and social networks, however, might not always be situated in the residential neighborhoods where their homes are located. While recognizing the value of aging in place, this article argues that geographical proximity should not be conflated with aging well, nor should a spatially delimited place be the onl…
Social Networks in East and Southeast Asia I
These articles examine social networks in the context of Asia. Their pages contain numerous examples showcasing the primacy of social context in the patterning, accumulation, role, and value of social networks and social capital. Network characteristics follow from national and institutional characteristics: In China, kinship networks are prominent all throughout the life course. Meanwhile, guanxi continues to be an important factor in the labor …
Trust in Context
The neighbourhood roots of social cohesion
At a time where neighbourhood ties seem to be declining, society’s expectations remain high that such local relations can be mobilized to manage a range of social issues. From a policy perspective, can the neighbourhood do more? Analyzing five waves of pooled cross-sectional data from Singapore between 2001 and 2009, we observe significant variations in neighbouring activity across residential contexts (e.g. public vs. private) as well as across …
Unequal returns to social capital
Using the concepts of 'social capital deficit' and 'return deficit', this study considers the social network aspects of social disadvantage among Malays in Singapore, as compared to Singaporean Chinese. Analysing a 2005 representative survey, we find Malays have less social capital than Chinese, a social capital deficit partly explained by their lower educational attainment. We find no return deficit in earnings: that is, every additional unit of…
Social Ties, Communication Channels, and Personal Well-Being
In this study, we analyze the personal networks of 379 college students in Singapore to explore the social affordances of traditional and new channels in communicating with different types of social relationships and their associations with personal well-being. Results suggest communication channels play a complex role in how strong and weak ties are related to personal well-being. On one hand, face-to-face communication, landlines, mobile phones…
How Do Singaporeans Connect? Ties Among Chinese, Malays, and Indians
What social phenomena affect the pattern of intra- and inter-ethnic ties among Chinese, Malays, Indians, and Others in Singapore? I examine group size, ethnic solidarity, ethnic competition, and kinship as plausible explanations of inter-ethnic contact among 1,143 persons linked to 7,414 network members. I find a sizeable amount of inter-ethnic ties between Chinese and Malays. Group size is the major factor: As Chinese outnumber Malays 5.4 to 1 (…
Ethnic differences in suicide behavior in Singapore
This study examined the ethnic differences in stressors, risk, and protective factors among people who attempted suicide in Singapore. A retrospective chart review of 626 attempted suicide cases at a hospital in Singapore between 2004 and 2006 collected information on diagnosis according to DSM-IV-TR criteria. Chi-square tests was used to compare the sociodemographic characteristics, stressors, risk factors, and protective factors among Chinese, …
Do Raffles boys ‘rule’ and Anglo-Chinese boys ‘own’ Singapore? Analysing school-to-work correspondences in an elite developmental state
This paper utilises ideas of correspondence as a way of thinking about intersections between school and work in Singapore’s developmental state. Whereas the principle of correspondence predicts segregated patterns of association between school and work, this paper shows how a developmentalist form of political economy gives rise to crosscutting, rather than segregated patterns of school-to-work correspondences among the elite. Although the corres…
Institutional Comparisons of the Perceived Value of Networks in China and the United States
Although scholars have long been interested in inter- and intra-national differences in the role of networks in status attainment, most studies focus on either one or the other. This study combines both by asking: how do inter-andintra-national differences affect the perception that networks are important for status attainment? Analyzing data from the World Values Survey (2006), it shows, firstly, that the perceived value of networks is greater i…
Kinship, Ethnic Segregation and Multiculturalism in Singapore
Entangled Transitions
COVID-19 was not merely a biomedical crisis but a deeply social phenomenon entangled with existing inequalities. Drawing on Peter Kelly's notion of entanglement , we conceptualise the pandemic as an intersectional crisis − where time, structural disadvantage and socio-emotional well-being became interwoven. Using six waves of longitudinal data (2017–2022) from Youth STEPS , a panel study of young people in Singapore, we track within-person change…
Gender inequality and subjective well-being amongst professional women in East and Southeast Asia
The dynamic combination of an increasingly progressive gender revolution in modern Asia and cultural characteristics that include the hierarchisation of gender, especially in East Asia, has the potential to shed valuable light on women's search for gender equality and their well-being. This study of three East Asian (South Korea, Taiwan, Japan) and five Southeast Asian societies (Singapore, Thailand, Philippines, Indonesia, Malaysia, total n = 8,…
Of Markets and Networks
Market transition theory implies that increased market competition generates incentives for allocating job resources based on educational credentials and marketable skills, in contrast with traditional patronage systems that allocate employment opportunities through network membership. Yet despite the breakdown of patronage systems, further development of market institutions result in greater uncertainty, job precarity, and competition, which may…
Culturally Contested Pedagogy
Kinship, Ethnic Segregation and Multiculturalism in Singapore
Social networks and labour market outcomes in a meritocracy
Contacts and contexts
Contextualizing 'networked individualism
Seemingly, we live in a world where people are free to decide which network members to activate for what sorts of tasks. This is the principle of 'networked individualism', where personal autonomy is central to the organization of personal networks. Yet is this autonomy overstated? Applying correspondence analysis (CA) to network survey data from Singapore, this article posits that while networked individualism is a modern trend, categories such …
Categorical sources of varieties of network inequalities
Personal Networks
Do Raffles boys ‘rule’ and Anglo-Chinese boys ‘own’ Singapore? Analysing school-to-work correspondences in an elite developmental state
This paper utilises ideas of correspondence as a way of thinking about intersections between school and work in Singapore’s developmental state. Whereas the principle of correspondence predicts segregated patterns of association between school and work, this paper shows how a developmentalist form of political economy gives rise to crosscutting, rather than segregated patterns of school-to-work correspondences among the elite. Although the corres…
The Contingent Value of Unmobilized Social Capital in Getting a Good Job
While research on nonsearching underscores the importance of unmobilized social capital for job matching and status attainment, relatively little is known about its role and value in different kinds of labor market contexts. Although current research focuses on how personal attributes such as gender, race, and work experience modify the impact of unmobilized social capital on status attainment, some researchers are beginning to look into how broa…
Institutional Comparisons of the Perceived Value of Networks in China and the United States
Although scholars have long been interested in inter- and intra-national differences in the role of networks in status attainment, most studies focus on either one or the other. This study combines both by asking: how do inter-andintra-national differences affect the perception that networks are important for status attainment? Analyzing data from the World Values Survey (2006), it shows, firstly, that the perceived value of networks is greater i…
Unequal returns to social capital
Using the concepts of 'social capital deficit' and 'return deficit', this study considers the social network aspects of social disadvantage among Malays in Singapore, as compared to Singaporean Chinese. Analysing a 2005 representative survey, we find Malays have less social capital than Chinese, a social capital deficit partly explained by their lower educational attainment. We find no return deficit in earnings: that is, every additional unit of…
Social Ties, Communication Channels, and Personal Well-Being
In this study, we analyze the personal networks of 379 college students in Singapore to explore the social affordances of traditional and new channels in communicating with different types of social relationships and their associations with personal well-being. Results suggest communication channels play a complex role in how strong and weak ties are related to personal well-being. On one hand, face-to-face communication, landlines, mobile phones…
Social Networks in East and Southeast Asia I
These articles examine social networks in the context of Asia. Their pages contain numerous examples showcasing the primacy of social context in the patterning, accumulation, role, and value of social networks and social capital. Network characteristics follow from national and institutional characteristics: In China, kinship networks are prominent all throughout the life course. Meanwhile, guanxi continues to be an important factor in the labor …
Social Networks in East and Southeast Asia II
This second issue continues our study of social networks and social capital in East and Southeast Asia. The articles show both similarities and differences in how each country's social contexts significantly affect the nature of their social networks. The articles consistently show an Asian version of networked individualism, based on close kinship and friendship, hierarchies, strong work ethics, frequent travel, and digital media. In Thai villag…
How Do Singaporeans Connect? Ties Among Chinese, Malays, and Indians
What social phenomena affect the pattern of intra- and inter-ethnic ties among Chinese, Malays, Indians, and Others in Singapore? I examine group size, ethnic solidarity, ethnic competition, and kinship as plausible explanations of inter-ethnic contact among 1,143 persons linked to 7,414 network members. I find a sizeable amount of inter-ethnic ties between Chinese and Malays. Group size is the major factor: As Chinese outnumber Malays 5.4 to 1 (…
Ethnic differences in suicide behavior in Singapore
This study examined the ethnic differences in stressors, risk, and protective factors among people who attempted suicide in Singapore. A retrospective chart review of 626 attempted suicide cases at a hospital in Singapore between 2004 and 2006 collected information on diagnosis according to DSM-IV-TR criteria. Chi-square tests was used to compare the sociodemographic characteristics, stressors, risk factors, and protective factors among Chinese, …
Social capital in Singapore
The neighbourhood roots of social cohesion
At a time where neighbourhood ties seem to be declining, society’s expectations remain high that such local relations can be mobilized to manage a range of social issues. From a policy perspective, can the neighbourhood do more? Analyzing five waves of pooled cross-sectional data from Singapore between 2001 and 2009, we observe significant variations in neighbouring activity across residential contexts (e.g. public vs. private) as well as across …
Getting Ahead in Singapore
Is education the social leveler it promises to be? Nowhere is this question better addressed than in Singapore, the emblematic modern-day meritocracy where education has long been hailed as the most important ticket to elite status. In particular, what accounts for gender and ethnic gaps in enrollment into Singapore's elite junior colleges-the key sorters in the country's education system? We consider how the wealth of neighborhoods has combined …
Social capital formation in high density urban environments
Of Markets and Networks
Market transition theory implies that increased market competition generates incentives for allocating job resources based on educational credentials and marketable skills, in contrast with traditional patronage systems that allocate employment opportunities through network membership. Yet despite the breakdown of patronage systems, further development of market institutions result in greater uncertainty, job precarity, and competition, which may…
The Power of Everyday Networks in Nation-Building
While scholars commonly see nation-building as a modernist project or a cultural assertion, we suggest that a “third way” is equally important. Analysing data from a representative survey of 2,001 Singaporean residents collected in 2020 during the COVID-19 pandemic, we demonstrate that everyday social networks have been key to creating and maintaining Singaporean nationalism. We make the point that despite ambitious plans at transforming society,…
Gender inequality and subjective well-being amongst professional women in East and Southeast Asia
The dynamic combination of an increasingly progressive gender revolution in modern Asia and cultural characteristics that include the hierarchisation of gender, especially in East Asia, has the potential to shed valuable light on women's search for gender equality and their well-being. This study of three East Asian (South Korea, Taiwan, Japan) and five Southeast Asian societies (Singapore, Thailand, Philippines, Indonesia, Malaysia, total n = 8,…
Ageing in networks
We propose ‘ageing in networks’ as an optic that shows how the social networks of older adults extend beyond their residential neighbourhoods to extra-local and transnational settings. The paper brings together literature on ageing and social networks in mobilities and migration research to identify shared thematic framings between non-migrant and migrant older adults. Our approach broadens the analytical frame to encapsulate how ageing individua…
More Than Aging in Place
Aging in place has become a popularly accepted logic and practice in both the academic and policy domains. Older adults' preferred facilities and social networks, however, might not always be situated in the residential neighborhoods where their homes are located. While recognizing the value of aging in place, this article argues that geographical proximity should not be conflated with aging well, nor should a spatially delimited place be the onl…
Sociology (20 obras) · Political science (17 obras) · Social science (14 obras) · Geography (13 obras) · Social Capital and Networks (12 obras) · Economics (10 obras) · Socioeconomic Development in Asia (10 obras) · Ethnic group (9 obras) · Psychology (9 obras) · China (8 obras)