People Who Count - Population and Politics, Women and Children

Originally published in 1995, this book confronts the contentious political issues on all sides of the population debate, including immigration, demographic competition, gender ratios, reproductive research and children's rights.

List of contents

Part 1: Positions and Politics 1. Population, Resources and Rights Part 2: Pronatalism 2. Background Noises: Ideology in Religion, Culture and Nature 3. Children: Value Added 4. The Zero Option 5. The Myths of the Only Child Part 3: Population Policy 6. India: Forty Trying Years 7. Kerala: The Economical Model 8. China: Bearing Pressure 9. Tibet: Dragon Tales 10. Immigration: Artificial Increase.

About the author

Dorothy Stein helped establish the Department of Women's Studies at the University of Hawaii where she also taught child psychology and population studies.

Product details

• Authors: Stein Dorothy
• Publisher: Taylor and Francis
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Release: 01.08.2025
• EAN: 9781032559667
• ISBN: 978-1-032-55966-7
• No. of pages: 246
• Series: Routledge Library Editions: Demography
• Subjects: Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Geosciences > Geography; Social sciences, law, business > Sociology > Sociological theories; SOCIAL SCIENCE / Human Geography, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Sociology / Marriage & Family, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Women's Studies, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Demography, Migration, immigration & emigration, Sociology: family & relationships, Gender studies: women, Gender studies: women and girls, Sociology: family and relationships, Population & demography, Population and Demography, Human Geography, Population and migration geography