1st Edition
Barren States The Population Implosion in Europe
Edited By Carrie B. Douglass
Copyright 2005
280 Pages
by
Routledge
280 Pages
by
Routledge
280 Pages
by
Routledge
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The fertility rate has dramatically declined across Europe in recent years. Globally, over sixty-four countries have fallen below generation replacement levels and countries in eastern and southern Europe are registering the lowest birth rates in the history of humanity. Demographers emphasize that these developments could have serious repercussions for society and public policy - from a projected... Read more
List of Illustrations, Notes on Contributors, 1. Introduction, 2. A Matter of Free Choice? Some Structural and Cultural Influences on the Decision to Have or Not to Have Children in Norway, 3. "Now It is Completely the Other Way Around": Political Economics of Fertility in Re-unified Germany, 4. "Our Nation is Dying": Interpreting Patterns of Childbearing in Post-Soviet Russia, 5. The Economy of Birthrates in the Czech Republic, 6. A Quest for Belonging: The Bulgarian Demographic Crisis, Emigration and the Postsocialist Generations, 7. Underfertility's Challenge to Family and Gender Relations in Urban Greece, 8. "Toys and Perfumes": Imploding Italy's Population Paradox and Motherly Myths, 9. "We're Fine at Home": Young People, Family and Low Fertility in Spain, 10. Making Family: Depopulation and Social Crisis in France, 11. Bodies Coming and Going: Women and Fertility in Postmodern Ireland, 12. A Reflection on Barren States: The Demographic Paradoxes of Consumer Capitalism, Index
Biography
Carrie B. Douglass is Associate Professor of Anthropology and Spanish at the Mary Baldwin College, USA
