| Description |
1 online resource (xvi, 406 pages) : illustrations. |
| Physical Medium |
polychrome |
| Description |
text file |
| Series |
Chinese worlds
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Chinese worlds.
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| Note |
Supersedes and substantially enlarges a German work, Geburtenplanung in China (1995), edited by Thomas Scharping and Robert Heuser, and includes revisions of the author's part of the earlier work. |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 372-395) and index. |
| Contents |
pt. I. Introduction -- 1. Levels of understanding -- 2. Moral and cultural dimensions -- 3. Information and sources -- pt. II. Policy formulation -- 4. Motives and goals of Chinese birth control -- 5. Phases of the one-child policy and its forerunners -- pt. III. Bureaucratic implementation -- 6. Legal norms and practice in flux -- 7. Problems of organization -- 8. Planning and evaluation -- pt. IV. Popular response -- 9. Gender roles, family size and sex preferences -- 10. Strategies and evidences of non-compliance -- pt. V. Demographic results -- 11. Female marriage trends -- 12. Fertility levels -- 13. Changes in sex and age structure -- pt. VI. Conclusions and future perspectives -- 14. Looking back: causal structures and policy impact -- 15. Looking forward: demographic projections and their implications -- 16. Weighing the options: past experience and new ideas. Epilogue: The population census of November 2000. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
Birth control -- China.
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Birth control. |
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China. |
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Birth control -- Government policy -- China.
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Birth control -- Government policy. |
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Birth control -- Economic aspects -- China.
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Birth control -- Economic aspects. |
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China -- Population policy.
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Population policy. |
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China -- Population.
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Population. |
| Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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| Added Title |
Geburtenplanung in China.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Scharping, Thomas. Birth control in China, 1949-2000. London ; New York : Routledge, 2005 0700711546 (DLC) 2002068018 (OCoLC)49959245 |
| ISBN |
9781136011504 (electronic book) |
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1136011501 (electronic book) |
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0700711546 |
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9780700711543 |
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0415386047 |
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9780415386043 |
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