Birth control in China, 1949-2000 : population policy and demographic development / / Thomas Scharping

• Autore: Scharping Thomas
• Pubblicazione: Abingdon, Oxon : , : Routledge, , 2003
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (425 p.)
• Disciplina: 262.9/6/0951
• Soggetto topico: Birth control - China; Birth control - Government policy - China; Birth control - Economic aspects - China
• Soggetto geografico: China Population policy; China Population
• Soggetto genere / forma: Electronic books.
• Note generali: Supersedes and substantially enlarges a German work, Geburtenplanung in China (1995), edited by Thomas Scharping and Robert Heuser, and includes revisions of the author's part of the earlier work.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references (p. [372]-395) and index.
• Nota di contenuto: pt. I. Introduction -- pt. II. Policy formulation -- pt. III. Bureaucratic implementation -- pt. IV. Popular response -- pt. V. Demographic results -- pt. VI. Conclusions and future perspectives.
• Sommario/riassunto: This comprehensive volume analyses Chinese birth policies and population developments from the founding of the People's Republic to the 2000 census. The main emphasis is on China's 'Hardship Number One Under Heaven': the highly controversial one-child campaign, and the violent clash between family strategies and government policies it entails.<BR><EM>Birth Control in China 1949-2000</EM> documents an agonizing search for a way out of predicament and a protracted inner Party struggle, a massive effort for social engineering and grinding problems of implementation. It reveals how birth control i
• Titolo autorizzato: Birth control in China, 1949-2000
• ISBN: 1-136-82368-9; 1-315-02777-1; 1-136-82361-1
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910463352403321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II
• Serie: Chinese Worlds