LEADER 02709oam 22005054a 450 001 9910524684003321 005 20240724034018.0 010 $a9781421428499 010 $a9781421429175 035 $a(CKB)5360000000001015 035 $a(OCoLC)1049797909 035 $a(MdBmJHUP)muse69591 035 $a(oapen)https://directory.doabooks.org/handle/20.500.12854/88800 035 $a(EXLCZ)995360000000001015 100 $a20180822e20182014 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|||||||nn|n 181 $ctxt$2rdacontent 182 $cc$2rdamedia 183 $acr$2rdacarrier 200 14$aThe other population crisis $ewhat governments can do about falling birth rates /$fSteven Philip Kramer 210 $cJohns Hopkins University Press$d2014 210 1$aBaltimore, Maryland :$cProject Muse,$d2018 210 4$dİ2018 215 $a1 online resource (1 PDF (xiii, 172 pages)) 311 08$aPrint version: (DLC) 2013027954 9781421429175 311 08$a1-4214-2917-9 311 08$a1-4214-2849-0 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $aSwedish 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. 330 $aIn 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. 606 $aFamily policy$vCase studies 606 $aPopulation policy$vCase studies 610 $aPolitical economy 615 0$aFamily policy 615 0$aPopulation policy 676 $a363.9/1 700 $aKramer$b Steven Philip$0550229 712 02$aProject Muse, 801 0$bMdBmJHUP 801 1$bMdBmJHUP 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910524684003321 996 $aThe Other Population Crisis$92772183 997 $aUNINA