From Population Control To Reproductive Health

Malthusian Arithmetic
1. Auflage 2004
ISBN: 978-0-7619-3269-7
Verlag: SAGE Publications

Buch, Englisch, 287 Seiten, Format (B × H): 140 mm x 216 mm, Gewicht: 454 g

`The book is timely, invigorating and thought-provoking and makes a well-researched and very informative contribution to a critical understanding of the history of population-control measures in India. I am sure it will become a standard reference source for scholars and policy-makers interested in social demography, rights in relation to reproductive health and policies on population, health and family planning' - Population Studies

In this critical examination of India's family planning programme, the author concludes that the health sector in India is influenced by ideas of eugenics and of Malthus. He explains how these ideas have moulded the discipline of demography and helped to construct the family planning programme.

The author looks for empirical evidence on the apparent reproductive profligacy of the poor and points to history to show repeated association between population and economic and health improvement. Questioning the motives behind the emphasis on reproductive health and rights, he maintains that neo-liberal economic policies have dealt a huge blow to ideas of the universal provision of health services.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Rao, Mohan

Fachgebiete

• Medizin | Veterinärmedizin Medizin | Public Health | Pharmazie | Zahnmedizin Medizin, Gesundheitswesen Public Health, Gesundheitsmanagement, Gesundheitsökonomie, Gesundheitspolitik
• Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie | Soziale Arbeit Soziologie Allgemein Demographie, Demoskopie
• Medizin | Veterinärmedizin Medizin | Public Health | Pharmazie | Zahnmedizin Medizin, Gesundheitswesen Lebensqualitätsforschung (med.)

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Introduction
The Indian Family-Planning Programme
Red Herrings
Malthusianism and Neo-Malthusianism
Beyond Malthusian Arithmetic
Reifying Reproduction
Into the Nineties
Old Wine in New Bottles?
Conclusion
The Many Avatars of Malthus

Über Autor(innen)

Rao, Mohan
Mohan Rao is Professor at the Centre of Social Medicine and Community Health, School of Social Sciences, Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi. He is a medical doctor, specialized in public health. He works on health and population policy, and the history and politics of health. His publications include From Population Control to Reproductive Health: Malthusian Arithmetic (2004), Disinvesting in Health: The World Bank’s Health Prescription (edited, 1999), and The Unheard Scream: Reproductive Health and Women’s Lives in India (edited, 2004).