The global spread of fertility decline : population, fear, and uncertainty / Jay Winter & Michael Teitelbaum.

  • Winter, J. M.
Date:
[2013]
  • Books

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Description

"The world's population has grown by five billion people over the past century, an astounding 300 percent increase. Yet it is actually the decline in family size and population growth that is the issue attracting greatest concern in many countries. This eye-opening book looks at demographic trends in Europe, North America, and Asia--areas that now have low fertility rates--and argues that there is an essential yet often neglected political dimension to a full assessment of these trends. Political decisions that promote or discourage marriage and childbearing, facilitate or discourage contraception and abortion, and stimulate or restrain immigration all have played significant roles in recent trends."--Publisher's description.

Publication/Creation

New Haven ; London : Yale University Press, [2013]

Physical description

viii, 336 pages, 13 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 25 cm

Bibliographic information

Includes bibliographical references (pages 287-321) and index.

Contents

Globalization and demography -- European population : interpretations and anxieties -- Islam in Europe -- The China trajectory -- Population and politics in India -- Japan : family structure, abortion, and fertility since 1945 -- North America and NAFTA -- Conclusion : putting the politics back in.

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  • LocationStatus
    History of Medicine
    EH.0
    Open shelves

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ISBN

  • 9780300139068
  • 0300139063