Markets and Malthus

Population, Gender and Health in Neo-liberal Times
1. Auflage 2010
ISBN: 978-81-321-0297-7
Verlag: Sage Publications India

Buch, 364 Seiten, Format (B × H): 140 mm x 216 mm, Gewicht: 524 g

Markets and Malthus: Population, Gender, and Health in Neo-liberal Times explores the ideas and institutions that were framed at the 1994 United Nations population conference in Cairo and traces their trajectories sixteen years down the line. Why were Third World feminists profoundly critical of the Cairo consensus and process? How has the health of people around the world been affected by neo-liberal economic policies? What have these meant for women’s rights, including reproductive rights?

The book presents detailed case studies from various countries ranging from India and China, to Egypt, Tanzania, Uganda, and across Africa to Argentina, Peru, and throughout Latin America, as well as overarching themed essays. From the politics of abortion and immigration to rising levels of fundamentalist violence and sex selective abortions, the volume explores a range of issues from several vantage points. It offers startling new insights into these issues by linking them to neo-liberal economic policies that have profoundly shaped health policies globally. This book is essential reading for students of gender studies, public health, and demography, as well as policy-makers and activists.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Rao, Mohan

Sexton, Sarah

Fachgebiete

• Medizin | Veterinärmedizin Medizin | Public Health | Pharmazie | Zahnmedizin Medizin, Gesundheitswesen Präventivmedizin, Gesundheitsförderung, Medizinisches Screening
• Medizin | Veterinärmedizin Medizin | Public Health | Pharmazie | Zahnmedizin Medizin, Gesundheitswesen Public Health, Gesundheitsmanagement, Gesundheitsökonomie, Gesundheitspolitik

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Introduction: Population, Health and Gender in Neo-liberal Times - Mohan Rao and Sarah Sexton
A Decade and More after Cairo: Women's Health in a Free Market Economy - Sarah Sexton and Sumati Nair
Liberal Ends, Illiberal Means: National Security, 'Environmental Conflict' and the Making of the Cairo Consensus - Betsy Hartmann
The Politics of Abortion: A Note - Marlene Fried
An Entangled Skein: Neo-Malthusianisms in Neo-liberal Times - Mohan Rao
Neo-liberal development and Reproductive Health in India: The Making of the Personal and the Political - Rachel Simon-Kumar
A Decade After Cairo In Latin America: An Overview - Martha Rosenberg
Redefining and medicalizing population policies: NGOs and their innovative contributions to the Post Cairo agenda - Susanne Schultz
Structural Adjustment, Impotence and Family Planning: Men's Voices in Egypt - Kamran Asdar Ali
What has happened in Africa since Cairo? - Meredeth Turshen
Reproductive Health, Family Planning and HIV/AIDS: Dangers of (Dis) Integration in Tanzania and Uganda - Lisa Ann Richey
China's Population Policies: Engendered Biopolitics, the One-child Norm and Masculinisation of Child Sex Ratios - Susan Greenhalgh

Index

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).

Sexton, Sarah
Sarah Sexton works with The Corner House, a non-profit research and solidarity group based in Dorset, UK that aims to support democratic and community movements for environmental and social justice. As part of its solidarity work, The Corner House carries out analyses, research, and advocacy with the aim of linking issues, of stimulating informed discussion and strategic thought on critical environmental and social concerns, and of encouraging broad alliances to tackle them. She is currently working on the political economy of the global biotechnology industry, and its implications for women.