Reproductive rights and wrongs : the global politics of population control /

With a new prologue by the author, this feminist classic is an important gateway into the controversial topic of population for students, activists, researchers and policymakers. It challenges the myth of overpopulation, uncovering the deeper roots of poverty, environmental degradation and gender in...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Hartmann, Betsy
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Chicago : Haymarket Books, 2016.
Temas:
Political science.
POLITICAL SCIENCE > Public Policy > Social Policy.
Political science
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Reproductive Rights and Wrongs
  • Preface to the Third Edition
  • Acknowledgments
  • Foreword
  • Introduction: Whose Choice?
  • Part One: THE REAL POPULATION PROBLEM
  • 1. Security and Survival
  • 2. The Malthusian Orthodoxy
  • 3. A Womb of One's Own
  • 4. The Plan Behind Family Planning
  • 5. The Indonesian "Success" and the Kenyan "Failure"
  • Part Two: POPULATION CONTROL COMES OF AGE
  • 6. Birth of an Ideology
  • 7. The Population Establishment Today
  • 8. Building a "Consensus" for Cairo and Beyond
  • 9. China-"Gold Babies" and Disappearing Girls
  • Part Three: CONTRACEPTIVE CONTROVERSIES
  • 10. Shaping Contraceptive Technology
  • 11. Hormonal Contraceptives and the IUD
  • 12. Bangladesh-Survival of the Richest
  • 13. Sterilization and Abortion
  • 14. Barrier Methods, Natural Family Planning, and Future Directions
  • Part Four: THE WAY FORWARD
  • 15. The Light at the End of the Demographic Tunnel
  • 16. The Population Framework: Inside or Outside?
  • Appendix
  • Notes
  • About the Author.

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