This volume examines how social capital mediates the interactive effects of race and class on educational underperformance among Singaporean Tamil secondary school students. It aims to address social inequality in non-liberal multicultural contexts.

This new book provides a comprehensive overview of school leadership in Malaysia, at a time when effective leadership is widely recognised to be an essential component of successful schools. It is essential reading for postgraduate students and researchers interested in educational leadership and management, and school reform.

Focusing on Singapore’s education system from an equity perspective, Chiong’s book describes the often unheard perspectives of socio-economically disadvantaged families in Singapore. The book will appeal to researchers and students interested in the sociology and politics of education, social policy, and Asian culture and society.