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The `Politicization' of Fertility to Achieve Non-Demographic Objectives.
- Source :
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Population Studies . Mar97, Vol. 51 Issue 1, p5-18. 14p. - Publication Year :
- 1997
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Abstract
- It is argued in this paper that "perceptions" about the determinants of fertility and of fertility decline can be "politicized" by various special interest groups; that is, these perceptions can be used to push for policies and interventions which often have an ambiguous relationship to actual fertility, but are important because they already appear on the political agenda of these groups. Such politicization is facilitated by the near-universal consensus that fertility decline is a legitimate goal in the developing world, by the increasing evidence that there can be no grand theory of fertility decline, and by the willingness of scholars to attach a policy significance to all their findings. Two examples of such politicization in India are presented, one of which has a socially beneficial impact, whilst the other is potentially disruptive, to illustrate that such politicization is not without its dangers. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
- Subjects :
- *FERTILITY
*HUMAN fertility
*ANTHROPOLOGY
DEVELOPING countries
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Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 00324728
- Volume :
- 51
- Issue :
- 1
- Database :
- Academic Search Index
- Journal :
- Population Studies
- Publication Type :
- Academic Journal
- Accession number :
- 9712235861
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.1080/0032472031000149686