Cambridge: Harvard Center for Population and Development Studies, March 1994. Trade Paperback. Fine. Light reading wear. Interior pristine. Spine straight, tight and uncreased. Covers clean and bright. Not from a library. No remainder mark. xiv + 280 pages.

Population Policies Reconsidered brings together a rare combination of scholars, feminists, social activists, and policy-makers across many disciplines to critically reexamine the scientific foundation of contemporary population policies. This book explores population policy dilemmas based on the perspective of ethics, women's empowerment and health, and human rights. The seventeen chapters are centered around the premise that the single-minded pursuit of demographic goals may not be the most effective means of achieving policy objectives--for such may lead to the abuse or violation of choice and human rights, especially of women. Rather, the book explores the alternative idea that population policies should focus on those ultimate aims of development that are linked to human reproduction--health, social empowerment, and human rights. If respectful of individuals, especially women, such policies are likely to promote better individual welfare and may well also result in desirable demographic outcomes.

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Bookseller: Books of the World (US)
Bookseller's Inventory #: RWARE0000003952
Title: Population Policies Reconsidered : Health, Empowerment, and Rights (Harvard Series on Population and International Health)
Author: Adrienne Germain (Editor)
Format/Binding: Trade Paperback
Book Condition: Used - Fine
Quantity Available: 1
Binding: Paperback
ISBN 10: 0674690036
ISBN 13: 9780674690035
Publisher: Harvard Center for Population and Development Studies
Place of Publication: Cambridge
Date Published: March 1994
Pages: xiv + 280
Size: 8vo
Keywords: population, policy, control, reproduction, birth control, family planning, health, sex, gender, ethics, empowerment, human rights, anthropology, sociology, medical, medicine,
Bookseller catalogs: Science & Technology; Feminism, Women's Studies, and Gender Issues;

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