The Other Population Crisis What Governments Can Do about Falling Birth Rates

• Yazar: Kramer, Steven Philip (auth)
• Materyal Türü: Elektronik Kitap Bölümü
• Dil: İngilizce
• Baskı/Yayın Bilgisi: Johns Hopkins University Press 2014
• Konular: Political economy
• Online Erişim: DOAB: download the publication; DOAB: description of the publication

Özet

In 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.

Fiziksel Özellikler

1 electronic resource (192 p.)

ISBN

book.60330
9781421428499

Erişim

Open Access