<P>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 performance of Singaporean students on international education benchmarking tests has been widely recognised. Relatively less known is how socio-economically disadvantaged families negotiate Singapore''s highly competitive, stratifying and meritocratic system. Yet, families'' perspectives can provide crucial insight in understanding how policy is ''lived'' and experienced, and its effects on people''s lives.</P><P>Drawing on 72 interviews with 12 families, this book traces the development of surprisingly close, collaborative relations between the state, schools and families on Singapore''s socio-economic margins. It demonstrates that in the ''strong'' state of Singapore, families'' dependency on schools and the state facilitates the internalisation of individual and familial responsibility for fut
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