Table of Contents

Introduction: The Mobility Question in Modern Singapore, 1. Youth and Educational Marginality in Multicultural Contexts, 2. Educational Mobility in a Multiracial City-State — A Social Capital Story, 3. The Politics of Racialization and Social Mobility amongst Ethnic Tamils in Singapore, 4. You are Normal: Contextualizing Schooling Experiences amongst Tamil Youths, 5. Being Tamil in Singapore Conclusion: Labouring to Learn

About the Author

Lavanya BALACHANDRAN is a Lecturer at the College of Alice & Peter Tan, National University of Singapore (NUS). Her research interests include inequality and stratification in Singapore with a specific focus on family, education, race and ethnicity and social networks.