03130oam 2200709I 450 991078365850332120230207223829.01-134-53882-01-134-53883-90-203-17021-00-203-13228-91-280-40122-210.4324/9780203132289 (CKB)1000000000249585(EBL)165863(OCoLC)655069361(SSID)ssj0000147052(PQKBManifestationID)11155860(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000147052(PQKBWorkID)10004758(PQKB)10547620(MiAaPQ)EBC165863(Au-PeEL)EBL165863(CaPaEBR)ebr10035310(CaONFJC)MIL40122(OCoLC)48139512(EXLCZ)99100000000024958520180706d2000 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrEndangered daughters discrimination and development in Asia /Elisabeth CrollLondon ;New York :Routledge,2000.1 online resource (222 p.)Description based upon print version of record.0-415-24765-9 0-415-24764-0 Includes bibliographical references (p. [188]-204) and index.Book Cover; Title; Contents; List of figures; List of maps; List of tables; Preface; A weaker destiny: daughter discrimination; Demographic narratives: 'missing girls'; Ethnographic voices: disappointing daughters; The generations: expectations and entitlements; Interpreting gender: hierarchy and difference; The girl child: agendas and campaigns; Daughter empowerment: a new destiny?; Notes; IndexThis unique and groundbreaking book seeks to re-focus gender debate onto the issue of daughter discrimination - a phenomenon still hidden and unacknowledged across the world.It asks the controversial question of why millions of girls do not appear to be surviving to adulthood in contemporary Asia. In the first major study available of this emotive and sensitive issue, Elisabeth Croll investigates the extent of discrimination against female children in Asia and shifts the focus of attention firmly from son-preference to daughter-discrimination.This book brings together demographFamily sizeAsiaSex of children, Parental preferences forAsiaGirlsAsiaSocial conditionsDaughtersAsiaSocial conditionsSex discriminationAsiaWomen in developmentAsiaFamily sizeSex of children, Parental preferences forGirlsSocial conditions.DaughtersSocial conditions.Sex discriminationWomen in development305.23Croll Elisabeth1944-2007.,881580FlBoTFGFlBoTFGBOOK9910783658503321Endangered daughters3702510UNINA