Reproductive Rights and Wrongs (Revised Edition): The Global Politics of Population Control (And Addie D. Averitt Lecture Series; 3)
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| Rating | : | 4.27 (863 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 0896084914 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 388 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2015-04-09 |
| Language | : | English |
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Rapid population growth is here linked to economic and social problems in chapters which provide strong keys to understanding world population patterns. -- Midwest Book Review. This revised edition of a feminist classic adds new information on AIDS, contraception, and the anti-abortion movement as it probes world patterns of population and reproduction control and its meaning for the future
She lives in Amherst, Massachusetts where she is the director of the Population and Development Programand professor of Development Studies atHampshire College. Her recent research focuses on the politics of climate change. She is the author of the novels "Deadly Election"and"The Truth about Fire"and the feminist classic, "Reproductive Rights and Wrongs: The Global Politics of Population Control." She is co-author of"A Quiet Violence: View from a Ban
Frightening and revealing The research is painstaking and relentlessly documented. Statistics and anecdotal evidence are interwoven flawlessly, bringing home the human reality and demonstrating the full scope of the problem. I recommend this book, without qualification, to everyone conc
With a new introduction, this fully revised edition of a feminist classic reveals the dangers of contemporary population control tactivs, especially as they affect women in developing countries.