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Online-Ressource (425 p)
ISBN:
9780700711543
Serie:
Chinese Worlds
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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.Birth Control in China 1949-2000 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
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Cover; Birth Control in China 1949-2000: Population policy and demographic development; Copyright; Contents; List of tables; List of charts; Preface; Part I Introduction; 1 Levels of understanding; 2 Moral and cultural dimensions; 3 Information and sources; Part II Policy formulation; 4 Motives and goals of Chinese birth control; 4.1 Leadership perceptions; 4.2 Defining population targets; 5 Phases of the one-child policy and its forerunners; 5.1 Stir and hush: the muddle 1949 to 1978; 5.2 Drums and gongs: the campaign 1979 to 1983; 5.3 Small holes and big gaps: the relaxation 1984 to 1985
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5.4 Tit for tat: the controversy 1986 to 19895.5 Law and order: the administration 1990 to 1999; Part III Bureaucratic implementation; 6 Legal norms and practice in flux; 6.1 Channels, types and rhythm of birth-control norms; 6.2 Late marriage, late birth and birth spacing; 6.3 Procedures for birth permits; 6.4 Second-child permits; 6.5 Contraceptive measures; 6.6 Abortions; 6.7 Material incentives; 6.8 Economic and disciplinary sanctions; 6.9 Special group rules; 6.9.1 National minorities; 6.9.2 Others; 7 Problems of organization; 7.1 Institutions; 7.1.1 The role of the Party
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7.1.2 Birth-planning commissions7.1.3 Coordination with other government organs; 7.1.4 Grass-roots organization; 7.1.5 Medical network; 7.1.6 Production and supply of contraceptives; 7.1.7 Academic bodies and mass organizations; 7.2 Personnel and remuneration; 7.3 Budget and financing; 8 Planning and evaluation; 8.1 The planning process; 8.2 Statistical controls; 8.3 Other information systems; Part IV Popular response; 9 Gender roles, family size and sex preferences; 10 Strategies and evidences of non-compliance; Part V Demographic results; 11 Female marriage trends
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11.1 Marriage rates and marital status11.2 Average age at marriage; 11.3 Early- and late-marriage rates; 12 Fertility levels; 12.1 Absolute numbers, birth rates and proportions of birth orders; 12.2 Age-specific, duration-specific and total fertility rates; 12.3 Fertility by parity progression and sex of previous children; 12.4 Birth spacing; 12.5 Provincial differentials; 12.6 Urban and rural fertility levels; 12.7 Fertility by social characteristics; 12.8 Fertility by ethnic group; 13 Changes in sex and age structure; 13.1 Sex at birth and in age groups 0-4; 13.2 Age structure
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Part VI Conclusions and future perspectives14 Looking back: causal structures and policy impact; 15 Looking forward: demographic projections and their implications; 16 Weighing the options: past experience and new ideas; Epilogue: The population census of November 2000; Notes; Bibliography; Index
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ISBN 9781136823619
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ISBN 9780700711543
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Erscheint auch als Druck-Ausgabe Birth Control in China 1949-2000 : Population Policy and Demographic Development
Sprache:
Englisch
Schlagwort(e):
Electronic books
Mehr zum Autor:
Scharping, Thomas 1948-
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