Title: Population politics : the choices that shape our future /
Authors: Abernethy, Virginia.
Publisher: Insight Books,
Year: 1993
Subjects: Population policy.; Fertility, Human; Demographic transition.; Fertility; Population Growth
Abstract: The United Nations has stated that the 1990s are the last possible decade for regulating fertility rates so that populations do not grow beyond the earth's capacity to sustain human life. Demographic experts are confounded by the persistence of high fertility in light of a number of circumstances that were expected to cause a decline, such as international dissemination of technical assistance and capital; improved health care conditions to lower the risk of infant mortality; increased opportunities to develop literacy in men and women; the democratization of governments; and several decades of liberal immigration and refugee policies favoring third-world nations. Population Politics brilliantly dissects the paradigm responsible for the counterproductive efforts of nations and international agencies. Virginia D. Abernethy, Ph.^
Contents: I. Framing the Issues. 1. Growth: Why We Love It. 2. A Global Dilemma -- II. Why Growth Flies Out of Control. 3. Belief as Part of the Problem. 4. Cultural Brakes. 5. Where to Look for Balance. 6. Which Incentives? 7. Development Alone May Spur Population Growth. 8. Culture: Make or Break -- III. The Big Picture: Politics, Incentives, and Strategies. 9. One-World: A Global Folly. 10. Potlatching Twentieth-Century Style. 11. Helping While Not Harming. 12. Conservation, Incentives, and Ethics. 13. Limiting Factors -- IV. America: Past and Future. 14. Kissing the Blarney Stone and Other Tales. 15. History Does Not Stop. 16. The Path to Poverty. 17. All Our People. 18. The Carrying Capacity of the United States. 19. And Away We Go. 20. Let Freedom Ring. 21. Taking Hold.