Buch, Englisch, 394 Seiten, Format (B × H): 161 mm x 240 mm, Gewicht: 757 g
Buch, Englisch, 394 Seiten, Format (B × H): 161 mm x 240 mm, Gewicht: 757 g
ISBN: 978-0-19-829439-9
Verlag: OUP Oxford
The global transformation in the number of children women bear has been one of the most remarkable changes in social behaviour in the twentieth century. The search for explanations of the causes in childbearing behaviour, and particularly in the values attached to children, remains a central research preoccupation of population scientists. This book explores the dimensions of values identified as significant in their impact on fertility decisions. It offers a range of perspectives on a mosaic of values perceived to be of importance in influencing the bearing and caring of children.
The book examines the macro and micro theories of the value of children, and considers the multi-dimensional nature of value change. The chapters explore the nature of the mechanisms by which value change may serve to reinforce or promote the ideational essence of change and the impact of pressures for change. It is observed that gender, religion, and culture, all function as complementary lenses through which the necessity of value maintenance or modification is viewed.
The book concludes that fertility behaviour is value-driven, but that fertility change is not necessarily driven by value change. The values of most significance to fertility are more fundamental and general values, rather than explicit 'fertility values'.
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Fachgebiete
- Sozialwissenschaften Politikwissenschaft Internationale Beziehungen Entwicklungspolitik, Nord-Süd Beziehungen
- Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie | Soziale Arbeit Soziologie Allgemein Demographie, Demoskopie
- Wirtschaftswissenschaften Volkswirtschaftslehre Volkswirtschaftslehre Allgemein Wirtschaftsstatistik, Demographie
- Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie | Soziale Arbeit Spezielle Soziologie Familiensoziologie
- Interdisziplinäres Wissenschaften Wissenschaften Interdisziplinär Entwicklungsstudien
Weitere Infos & Material
- 1: Richard Leete: Introduction and Overview
- Part I: The Value of Children
- 2: Debra Friedman, Michael Hechter, and Satoshi Kanazawa: Theories of the Value of Children
- Part II: The Multi-dimensional Nature of Value Change
- 3: Gigi Santow and Michael Bracher: Traditional Families and Fertility Decline: Lessons from Australia's Southern Europeans
- 4: John Simons: The Cultural Significance of Western Fertility Trends in the 1980s
- 5: Gijs C. N. Beets, Aart C. Liefbroer, and Jenny de Jong Gierveld: Changes in Fertility Values and Behaviour: A Life Course Perspective
- 6: Robert D. Retherford, Naohiro Ogawa, and Satomi Sakamoto: Values and Fertility Change in Japan
- 7: Ronald R. Rindfuss, Karin L. Brewster, and Andrew L. Kavee: Women, Work, and Children: Behavioural and Ideational Change in the United States
- Part III: Mechanisms of Value Change
- 8: Mark R. Montgomery and Woojin Chung: Social Networks and the Diffusion of Fertility Control in the Republic of Korea
- 9: Luis Rosero Bixby: Interaction, Diffusion, and Fertility Transition in Costa Rica: Quantitative and Qualitative Evidence
- 10: Charles Westoff: Mass Communication and Fertility
- 11: Vilmar E. Faria and Joseph E. Potter: Television, Telenovela, and Fertility Change in North-East Brazil
- Part IV: Gender Values, Religion, Kinship, and Fertility Change
- 12: Carla Makhlouf Obermeyer: Fairness and Fertility: The Meaning of Son Preference in Morocco
- 13: Kevin McQuillan: Religious Values and Fertility Decline: Catholics and Lutherans in Alsace, 1750-1870
- 14: Calvin Goldscheider: Religious Values, Dependencies, and Fertility: Evidence and Implications from Israel
- 15: Kofi Benefo: Cultural Perspectives on West African Fertility Changes
- 16: Ahmed Al Sabir and John Simons: Worldliness and Fertility Control: Cultural Attributes of Contraceptive Users among Rural Bangladeshi Women
- Part V: Conclusion
- 18: John B Casterline: Conclusions
