Births And Power
Social Change And The Politics Of Reproduction
1st Edition
Published on 6. March 1990
Book
Paperback/Softback
227 pages
978-0-8133-7787-2 (ISBN)
Description
By looking at the birth of a child as a political event, this book aims to provide a better understanding of the nature of social relationships and the determining factors of social change. Reflecting a cross-cultural approach to the politics of reproduction, the authors address such issues as the implications of choosing to have large or small families, approaches to reducing high birth rates in less developed countries, the incidence of teenage pregnancy rates in developed countries, the failure of family planning programmes and the debate over abortion.
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Language
English
Place of publication
United States
Publishing group
Taylor & Francis Inc
Target group
College/higher education
Professional and scholarly
ISBN-13
978-0-8133-7787-2 (9780813377872)
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Content
The politics of reproduction - a window on social change, W.Penn Handwerker; the politics of reproductive biology - exclusionary policies in the United States, Rose Jones; the politics of obstetric care - the Inuit experience, John O'Neill and Patricia A.Kaufert; the politics of birth - cultural dimensions of pain, virtue and control among the Bariba of Benin, Carolyn Sargent; the politics of children - fosterage and the social management of fertility among the Mende of the Sierra Leone, Caroline H.Bledsoe; the politics of below-replacement fertility - policy and power in Hungary, Jeanne M.Simonelli; the politics of parenthood - responsibility, freedom and fairness in American reproductive choice, Catherine L.Leone; the politics of choice - abortion as insurrection, Warren M.Hern; the politics of adolescent pregnancy - turf and teens in Louisiana, Martha C.Ward; the politics of AIDS, condoms and heterosexual relations in Africa - recent evidence from the local print media, Caroline H.Bledsoe; the international politics of family planning - sterilization and human rights in Bangladesh, Barbara Pillsbury.