''Epidemic'' of Adolescent Pregnancy? - Some Historical and Policy Considerations

Zusatztext 'the book contains much of interest for sociologists and historians concerned with the family and fertility! for social scientists involved in evaluative research! and for policy-makers and policy-analysts'Sarah Cunningham-Burley! Social History of Medicine Klappentext In classrooms and in living rooms, in research institutions and on Capitol Hill, teenage pregnancy is one of the most controversial public issues of our day. Yet after all the investigation and government effort, what is really known about the problem of adolescent pregnancy and how to dealwith it? And what is the role of the social scientist and historian in a public issue of this kind? In this study, Maris Vinovskis--a prominent demographic historian and a participant in both Carter's and Reagan's Presidential initiatives on teenage pregnancy--sets these questions within ahistorical framework and discusses a host of current issues and policy considerations. Vinovskis begins by examining adolescent sexuality and childbearing in early America and evaluating whether there has in fact been an "epidemic" of adolescent pregnancy in American history. In the followingchapters, he addresses the rise of adolescent pregnancy as a national issue and assesses the government's response to it, both in Congress and the Presidency. Bringing his unique qualifications as a historian and a policy planner to his study, Vinovskis offers readers a provocative new context forunderstanding a pressing public issue of the 1980s. Zusammenfassung Adolescent pregnancy is a problem which arouses strong feelings. This book attempts to put the matter as it affects the USA into a historical framework and to discuss the social and policy issues raised.

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• Authors: Maris Vinovskis, Maris A Vinovskis, Maris A. Vinovskis, Maris A. (Professor of History Vinovskis, Vinovskis Maris A.
• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 10.03.1988
• EAN: 9780195049978
• ISBN: 978-0-19-504997-8
• No. of pages: 304
• Subjects: Non-fiction book > Politics, society, business > Politics; Social sciences, law, business > Political science > Political science and political education; Cultural Studies, HEALTH & FITNESS / Sexuality, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Anthropology / Cultural & Social, SELF-HELP / Sexual Instruction, Sex & sexuality, sex manuals, Sex and sexuality: advice, topics and issues