The Economic Theory of Fertility Decline
Author | : Harvey Leibenstein |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 33 |
Release | : 1973 |
Genre | : Demography |
ISBN | : |
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Author | : Harvey Leibenstein |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 33 |
Release | : 1973 |
Genre | : Demography |
ISBN | : |
Author | : John Charles Caldwell |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 468 |
Release | : 1982 |
Genre | : Medical |
ISBN | : |
Author | : |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 24 |
Release | : 1984 |
Genre | : Crops and climate |
ISBN | : |
Author | : Committee on Population |
Publisher | : National Academies Press |
Total Pages | : 42 |
Release | : 1999-04-12 |
Genre | : Social Science |
ISBN | : 0309518881 |
This report summarizes presentations and discussions at the Workshop on the Social Processes Underlying Fertility Change in Developing Countries, organized by the Committee on Population of the National Research Council (NRC) in Washington, D.C., January 29-30, 1998. Fourteen papers were presented at the workshop; they represented both theoretical and empirical perspectives and shed new light on the role that diffusion processes may play in fertility transition. These papers served as the basis for the discussion that is summarized in this report.
Author | : Charlotte Höhn |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 330 |
Release | : 1982 |
Genre | : Birth control |
ISBN | : |
Author | : Jane C. Schneider |
Publisher | : University of Arizona Press |
Total Pages | : 335 |
Release | : 2022-08-16 |
Genre | : Social Science |
ISBN | : 0816550662 |
The historical decline of fertility in Europe has occupied a central place in social history and demography over the past quarter-century. Most scholars credit Europeans with modulating sexual behavior, through either abstinence or the practice of coitus interruptus, as a rational choice made in the interest of personal economic comfort; yet peasant and working classes have typically lagged behind in birth control and have given rise to the adage that "sexual embrace is the festival of the poor." Scholarly analyses of "lag" often reinforce this stigmatizing view. Now this subject is given a fresh look through a case study in Sicily, one of the last outposts of Western Europe's demographic transition. By examining population changes in a single community between 1860 and 1980, the authors offer an extended review and critique of existing models of fertility decline in Europe, proposing a new interpretation that emphasizes historical context and class relations. They show how the spread of capitalism in Sicily induced an unprecedented rate of population growth, with boom-and-bust cycles creating the class experiences in which "reputational networks" came to redefine family life; how Sicilians began to control their fertility in response to class-mediated ideas about gender relations and respectable family size; and how the town's gentry, artisan, and peasant classes adopted family planning methods at different times in response to different pressures. Jane and Peter Schneider's anthropologically oriented political-economy perspective challenges the position of Western Europe as a model for fertility decline on which every other case should converge, looking instead at the diversity of cultural ideals and practices--such as those found in Sicily--that influence the spread and form of birth control. Combining anthropological, oral historical, and archival methods in new and insightful ways, the authors' synthesis of a particular case study with a broad historical and theoretical discussion will play a major role in the ongoing debates over the history of European fertility decline and point the way toward integrating the analysis of demographic upheaval with the study of class formation and ideology.
Author | : T. Paul Schultz |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 8 |
Release | : 1983 |
Genre | : Family size |
ISBN | : |
Author | : National Research Council |
Publisher | : National Academies Press |
Total Pages | : 286 |
Release | : 2001-12-15 |
Genre | : Social Science |
ISBN | : 0309076102 |
This volume is part of an effort to review what is known about the determinants of fertility transition in developing countries and to identify lessons that might lead to policies aimed at lowering fertility. It addresses the roles of diffusion processes, ideational change, social networks, and mass communications in changing behavior and values, especially as related to childbearing. A new body of empirical research is currently emerging from studies of social networks in Asia (Thailand, Taiwan, Korea), Latin America (Costa Rica), and Sub-Saharan Africa (Kenya, Malawi, Ghana). Given the potential significance of social interactions to the design of effective family planning programs in high-fertility settings, efforts to synthesize this emerging body of literature are clearly important.
Author | : Ravi Sharma |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 46 |
Release | : 1990 |
Genre | : Developing countries |
ISBN | : |
Author | : John C. Caldwell |
Publisher | : Springer Science & Business Media |
Total Pages | : 411 |
Release | : 2007-09-21 |
Genre | : Social Science |
ISBN | : 1402044984 |
This book has a strong theoretical focus and is unique in addressing both mortality and fertility over the full span of human history. It examines the demographic transition in the change in the human condition from high mortality and high fertility to low mortality and low fertility. It asks if fluctuating populations is a new phenomenon, or if there has long been an inherent tendency in Man to maximize survival and to control family size.