Thomas Scharping

Birth Control in China 1949-2000 (eBook, ePUB)

Population Policy and Demographic Development

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

This study reveals how birth control in China is shaped by political, economic and social interests, bureaucratic structures and financial concerns.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis
• Seitenzahl: 424
• Erscheinungstermin: 3. April 2013
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781136011580
• Artikelnr.: 38249158

Autorenporträt

Thomas Scharping is Chair for Modern Chinese Studies at the University of Cologne, Germany. He has published widely on modern China, including Floating Population and Migration in China: The Impact of Economic Reforms (Hamburg: 1997) and the documentary collection The Evolution of Regional Birth Planning Norms in China 1954-97 (for the Journal Chinese Sociology and Anthropology, Armonk: 2000).

Inhaltsangabe

Introduction 1. Levels of Understanding 2. Moral and Cultural Dimensions 3.
Information and Sources: Policy Formulation 4. Motives and Goals of Chinese
Birth Control 5. Phases of One-Child Policy and its Forerunners:
Bureaucratic Implementation 6. Legal Norms and Practice in Flux 7. Problems
of Organization 8. Planning and Evaluation: Popular Response 9. Gender
Roles, Family Size and Sex Preferences 10. Strategies and Evidences of
Non-Compliance Demographic Results 11. Female Marriage Trends 12. Fertility
Levels 13. Changes in Sex and Age Structure: Conclusions and Future
Perspectives 14. Looking Back: Causal Structures and Policy Impact 15.
Looking Forward: Demographic Projections and Their Implications 16.
Weighing the Options: Past Experience and New Ideas Epilogue: The
Population Census of November of 2000