1st Edition
People Who Count Population and Politics, Women and Children
By Dorothy Stein
Copyright 1995
250 Pages
by
Routledge
250 Pages
by
Routledge
250 Pages
by
Routledge
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Originally published in 1995, this book confronts the contentious political issues on all sides of the population debate, including immigration, demographic competition, gender ratios, reproductive research and children’s rights. The book argues that lower fertility rates are preferred by women themselves; are beneficial in their own right to both women and children; and should not be used as a... Read more
Part 1: Positions and Politics 1. Population, Resources and Rights Part 2: Pronatalism 2. Background Noises: Ideology in Religion, Culture and Nature 3. Children: Value Added 4. The Zero Option 5. The Myths of the Only Child Part 3: Population Policy 6. India: Forty Trying Years 7. Kerala: The Economical Model 8. China: Bearing Pressure 9. Tibet: Dragon Tales 10. Immigration: Artificial Increase.
Biography
Dorothy Stein helped establish the Department of Women's Studies at the University of Hawaii where she also taught child psychology and population studies.
