SOC207: In Singapore, Foreign Domestic Workers have no Minimum wage, No right to stay If they lose: Social Stratification Assignment, SUSS, Singapore

Questions: “In Singapore, foreign domestic workers have no minimum wage, no right to stay if they lose their job, no right to free speech or association, are prohibited from cohabitating with or marrying a Singaporean resident and undergo periodic pregnancy tests that can result in their deportation…”

Stilz, A. (2010). Guestworkers and second-class citizenship. Policy and Society, 29(4): 295- 307. : https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/pdf/10.1016/j.polsoc.2010.09.005?needAccess=true

Explain ‘social class’ as a current form of social stratification and sociologically analyze what it means to be a ‘second-class citizen’ as a foreign domestic worker in Singapore.

Make sure to apply any relevant concept(s) / theory of social stratification covered in the course. Focus on Unit 1 of your Study Guide.