| Description |
1 online resource (432 pages) : illustrations |
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text file |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Contents |
Deficit of girls in India : can it be attributed to female selective abortion? / Leela Visaria -- Female foeticide : a civilisational collapse / Ashish Bose -- Rethinking female foeticide : perspective and issues / Rainuka Dagar -- Mindset behind eliminating the female foetus / Tulsi Patel -- Between a rock and a hard place : the social context of the missing girl child / Alpana D. Sagar -- Health policy, plan and implementation : the role of health workers in altering the sex ratio / Reema Bhatia -- Adoption : born to live / Rashmi Kapoor -- Female infanticide, property and the colonial state / L.S. Vishwanath -- Political economy of missing girls in India / Vibbuti Patel. |
| Summary |
Revised version of papers presented at a workshop organised by Dept. of Sociology, University of Delhi in October 2003. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
Abortion -- India.
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Abortion. |
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India. |
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Sexism -- India.
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Sexism. |
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Sex distribution (Demography) -- India.
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Sex distribution (Demography) |
| Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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| Subject |
Sexism. |
| Added Author |
Patel, Tulsi.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Sex-selective abortion in India. New Delhi ; Thousand Oaks, Calif. : Sage Publications, 2007 (DLC) 2006031234 (OCoLC)71812685 |
| ISBN |
9788178299587 (electronic book) |
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8178299585 (electronic book) |
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1281965251 |
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9781281965257 |
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9788132111795 (ebook) |
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8132111796 (ebook) |
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0761935398 (paperback) |
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9780761935391 (paperback) |
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