Reproductive states : global perspectives on the invention and implementation of population policy / Rickie Solinger and Mie Nakachi.
Publisher: New York : Oxford University Press, 2015Description: 1 online resource.Content type: text Media type: computer Carrier type: online resourceISBN: 9780190245627 (ebook) :.Subject(s): Population policyAdditional Physical Form: Print version : 9780199311071DDC classification: 363.9 Online resources: Oxford scholarship online Summary: This is a collection of case studies that explore when and how half of the twenty most populous countries in the world invented and implemented population policies. It presents analyses of reproductive politics in Brazil, China, Egypt, Germany, India, Iran, Japan, Nigeria, the USSR/Russia, and the United States. The essays focus on the official, organized efforts that states pursued to facilitate state decisions about how many people, and which people, would be born within their borders.Item type | Current library | Class number | Copy number | Status | Date due | Barcode | |
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
This is a collection of case studies that explore when and how half of the twenty most populous countries in the world invented and implemented population policies. It presents analyses of reproductive politics in Brazil, China, Egypt, Germany, India, Iran, Japan, Nigeria, the USSR/Russia, and the United States. The essays focus on the official, organized efforts that states pursued to facilitate state decisions about how many people, and which people, would be born within their borders.
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