02709oam 22005054a 450 991052468400332120240724034018.097814214284999781421429175(CKB)5360000000001015(OCoLC)1049797909(MdBmJHUP)muse69591(oapen)https://directory.doabooks.org/handle/20.500.12854/88800(EXLCZ)99536000000000101520180822e20182014 uy 0engur|||||||nn|ntxtrdacontentcrdamediacrrdacarrierThe other population crisis what governments can do about falling birth rates /Steven Philip KramerJohns Hopkins University Press2014Baltimore, Maryland :Project Muse,2018©20181 online resource (1 PDF (xiii, 172 pages))Print version: (DLC) 2013027954 9781421429175 1-4214-2917-9 1-4214-2849-0 Includes bibliographical references and index.Swedish population policy : the pronatalism of the left -- Demography in France : from national security to family-work reconciliation -- Italy : the absence of policy -- Japan : the politics of position taking -- Singapore : the failure of activism.In many developed countries, population decline poses economic and social strains and may even threaten national security. Through historical-political case studies of Sweden, France, Italy, Japan, and Singapore, The Other Population Crisis explores the motivations, politics, programming, and consequences of national efforts to promote births. Steven Philip Kramer finds a significant government role in stopping declines in birth rates. Sweden's and France's pro-natalist programs, which have succeeded, share the characteristics of being universal, not means-tested, and based on gender equality and making it easy for women to balance work and family. The programs in Italy, Japan, and Singapore, which have failed so far, have not devoted sufficient resources consistently enough to make a difference and do not support gender equality and women's work-family balance, Kramer finds.Family policyCase studiesPopulation policyCase studiesPolitical economyFamily policyPopulation policy363.9/1Kramer Steven Philip550229Project Muse,MdBmJHUPMdBmJHUPBOOK9910524684003321The Other Population Crisis2772183UNINA