The Other Population Crisis What Governments Can Do about Falling Birth Rates / Steven Philip Kramer.
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TextPublisher: Project Muse, Manufacturer: Project MUSE, Description: 1 online resource (xiii, 172 pages)ISBN: 9781421428499Subject(s): Family policy -- Case studies | Population policy -- Case studiesGenre/Form: Electronic books. | Electronic books. Additional physical formats: Print version:: No titleDDC classification: 363.9/1 LOC classification: HB883.5 | .K73 2014Online resources: Full text available: | Item type | Current library | Call number | URL | Status | Date due | Barcode | Item holds |
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
Swedish population policy : the pronatalism of the left -- Demography in France : from national security to family-work reconciliation -- Italy : the absence of policy -- Japan : the politics of position taking -- Singapore : the failure of activism.
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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.
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