
THE OTHER POPULATION CRISIS
What Governments Can Do about Falling Birth Rates
Steven Philip Kramer(Author)
Johns Hopkins University Press
Published on 14. April 2020
Book
Paperback/Softback
192 pages
978-1-4214-4026-2 (ISBN)
Description
In many developed countries, population decline poses economic and social strains and may even threaten national security. Through historical-political case studies of Sweden, France, Italy, Japan, and Singapore, The Other Population Crisis explores the motivations, politics, programming, and consequences of national efforts to promote births.
Steven Philip Kramer finds a significant government role in stopping declines in birth rates. Sweden's and France's pro-natalist programs, which have succeeded, share the characteristics of being universal, not means-tested, and based on gender equality and making it easy for women to balance work and family. The programs in Italy, Japan, and Singapore, which have failed so far, have not devoted sufficient resources consistently enough to make a difference and do not support gender equality and women's work-family balance, Kramer finds.
Steven Philip Kramer finds a significant government role in stopping declines in birth rates. Sweden's and France's pro-natalist programs, which have succeeded, share the characteristics of being universal, not means-tested, and based on gender equality and making it easy for women to balance work and family. The programs in Italy, Japan, and Singapore, which have failed so far, have not devoted sufficient resources consistently enough to make a difference and do not support gender equality and women's work-family balance, Kramer finds.
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Language
English
Place of publication
Baltimore, MD
United States
Target group
Professional and scholarly
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Paperback (trade)
Illustrations
Not illustrated
Dimensions
Height: 216 mm
Width: 140 mm
Thickness: 12 mm
ISBN-13
978-1-4214-4026-2 (9781421440262)
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Steven Philip Kramer is professor of grand strategy at the Dwight D. Eisenhower School for National Security and Resource Strategy, National Defense University, in Washington, D.C. He was a public policy scholar at the Woodrow Wilson Center from 2010-11.