Population Policies Reconsidered - Health, Empowerment, and Rights

In this volume, scholars, policy-makers and women's health advocates suggest a new consensus on population policy directions for the 21st century, centred on health, women's empowerment, and human rights. They argue that public policy should assure the rights and well-being of people, rather than simply attempting to limit the ultimate size of the world's population.

About the author

Lincoln C. Chen is President of the China Medical Board.

Summary

Population Policies Reconsidered brings together a rare combination of scholars, feminists, social activists, and policy-makers across many disciplines to critically reexamine the scientific foundation of contemporary population policies, exploring dilemmas from the perspective of ethics, women's empowerment and health, and human rights.

Product details

• Authors: Gita Sen
• Assisted by: Lincoln C. Chen (Editor), Chen Lincoln C. (Editor), etc. (Editor), Adrienne Germain (Editor), Germain Adrienne (Editor), Gita Sen (Editor), Sen Gita (Editor)
• Publisher: University Presses
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 01.01.1994
• EAN: 9780674690035
• ISBN: 978-0-674-69003-5
• Dimensions: 203 mm x 254 mm x 18 mm
• Weight: 744 g
• Illustrations: 22 tables
• Series: Harvard Series on Population &; Department of Population & International Health S.; Harvard Series on Population and International Health; Department of Population & International Health S.; Harvard Series on Population & International Health (HUP)
• Subjects: Non-fiction book > Politics, society, business > Politics; Social sciences, law, business > Sociology; SOCIAL SCIENCE / Demography, Population & demography, Population and Demography