1st Edition
Economic Reforms and Fertility Behaviour A Study of a Northern Chinese Village
By Weiguo Zhang
Copyright 2002
292 Pages
by
Routledge
292 Pages
by
Routledge
292 Pages
by
Routledge
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Based on an intensive fieldwork in a southern Hebei village in northern China (1992/3), the author takes an institutional approach and focuses on the way deliberate Chinese state policies driven by new economic and social agendas since the late 1970s have impacted on marriage, family relations and consequently on the way fertility trends have been adversely affected; the study is also very much... Read more
Introduction Chapter 1. Economy, Institutions and Fertility: Theoretical Explorations Chapter 2. Chinese Reforms and Fertility: Macro Context Chapter 3. The County: Reforms, Family Planning, Economy and Population Chapter 4. The Village: Institutional Reforms and Social Change Chapter 5. Dynamics of Marriage Change Chapter 6. The Changing Nature of Family Relations Chapter 7. Inter-generational Obligaitons and Fertility Motivation Chapter 8. Implementation of State Family Planning Programmes Chapter 9. Fertility, Contraception and Adoption Conclusion Appendixes Bibliography Index
Biography
Weiguo Zhang
'An important addition to the literature on Chinese fertility. One of the few in-depth case studies of reproductive life in the countryside, it connects economic dynamics to demographic dynamics in compelling ways while deepening our insight into the microlevel processes of fertility decisionmaking.' - Population and Development Review
