LEADER 03106oam 2200709I 450 001 9910461815403321 005 20200520144314.0 010 $a1-283-52054-0 010 $a9786613832993 010 $a0-203-15027-9 010 $a1-136-51599-2 024 7 $a10.4324/9780203150276 035 $a(CKB)2670000000230933 035 $a(EBL)987981 035 $a(OCoLC)804661411 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000697112 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11363615 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000697112 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10690144 035 $a(PQKB)11581971 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC987981 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL987981 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10588985 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL383299 035 $a(OCoLC)809833101 035 $a(EXLCZ)992670000000230933 100 $a20180706d2011 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 10$aVulnerable daughters in India $eculture, development, and changing contexts /$fMattias Larsen 210 1$aNew Delhi :$cRoutledge,$d2011. 215 $a1 online resource (251 p.) 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 $a0-415-59751-X 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references (p. [209]-223) and index. 327 $aCover; Title; Copyright; Dedication; Contents; List of Tables; List of Figures; List of Abbreviations; Preface; Acknowledgements; 1 The Problem; 2 Intergenerational Interests and Systematic Case Comparisons; 3 Exploration and Specification of the Context; 4 Structural Continuity and the Role of the Son; 5 Contextual Changes in Two Paths to Low CSR; 6 Structure, Change and Uncertainty; Appendix; Bibliography; About the Author; Index 330 $aIn India, girls are aborted on a massive scale merely because they are girls. Underlying this widespread problem is the puzzling fact that daughters have become vulnerable in a time of general improvement of welfare, female status and deep economic and social changes. The findings centre on a contradiction between the continued importance of the cultural factors which for so long have established that a son is necessary, and socio-economic changes that are challenging the importance of these very same factors. This contradiction entails an uncertainty over sons fulfilling expectations which 606 $aFemale feticide$zIndia 606 $aSex of children, Parental preferences for$zIndia 606 $aWomen$zIndia$xSocial conditions 606 $aFamilies$zIndia 606 $aDaughters$zIndia 606 $aSexism$zIndia 608 $aElectronic books. 615 0$aFemale feticide 615 0$aSex of children, Parental preferences for 615 0$aWomen$xSocial conditions. 615 0$aFamilies 615 0$aDaughters 615 0$aSexism 676 $a306.850954 700 $aLarsen$b Mattias.$0966280 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910461815403321 996 $aVulnerable daughters in India$92192993 997 $aUNINA