Reproductive States: Global Perspectives on the Invention and Implementation of Population Policy

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Rickie Solinger (, historian and curator.) Mie Nakachi (, Associate Professor of Gender Studies and Russian History at the Center for Applied Ethics, Hokkaido University.)

Reproductive States

Global Perspectives on the Invention and Implementation of Population Policy

Rickie Solinger (, historian and curator.), Mie Nakachi (, Associate Professor of Gender Studies and Russian History at the Center for Applied Ethics, Hokkaido University.)

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Oxford University Press Inc
10 March 2016

Ethical issues & debates; Population & demography; Sociology: birth; Political ideologies; Geopolitics

"When it comes to government's role in personal matters such as family planning, most bristle at any interference from the State on how to exercise their reproductive rights. China's infamous ""one child"" policy is a well-known example of reproductive politics, but history is filled with other examples of governmental population control to advance its interests. Reproductive States is the first volume of a collection of case studies that explores when and how some of the most populous countries in the world invented and implemented state population policies in the 20th century.

The authors, scholars specializing in reproductive politics, survey population policies from key countries on five continents to provide a global perspective. Regardless of the type of government or its cultural history, many of these countries have developed similar policies to control their populations and attempt to combat social problems such as poverty and hunger. However, the common denominator is that states have used women's bodies as a political resource.

Far from being just an overseas problem, this volume illustrates how other countries have developed their strategies in response to goals and tactics driven by the United Nations and the United States. Due to fears of a post-World War II ""population bomb"" and uncertainty of how to deal with the world's poor after the Cold War, the U.S. and the Soviet Union led the charge among nations to devise strategies to control their populations, but in different ways. The U.S. and some European countries pressed the poor and ethnic minorities to limit reproduction. China's ""one child"" policy targeted all ranks of society, while Soviet women (who already had few rights) were under surveillance through state-planned services such as medical care and commodity distribution to detect pregnancy.

Interweaving biopolitics, gender studies, statecraft, and world systems, Reproductive States offer reflections on the outcome of such policies and their legacies in our day."

Edited by: Rickie Solinger ( historian and curator.), Mie Nakachi (, Associate Professor of Gender Studies and Russian History at the Center for Applied Ethics, Hokkaido University.)
Imprint: Oxford University Press Inc
Country of Publication: United States
Dimensions: Height: 163mm, Width: 239mm, Spine: 28mm
Weight: 774g
ISBN: 9780199311071
ISBN 10: 0199311072
Pages: 400
Publication Date: 10 March 2016
Audience: College/higher education , Professional and scholarly , Primary , Undergraduate
Format: Hardback
Publisher's Status: Active

Rickie Solinger is a historian and curator. She is author of Reproductive Politics: What Everyone Needs to Know. Mie Nakachi is Associate Professor of Gender Studies and Russian History at the Center for Applied Ethics, Hokkaido University.

Reviews for Reproductive States: Global Perspectives on the Invention and Implementation of Population Policy

In days gone by, these ten chapters on population policy in ten of the largest, most powerful countries on Earth all might have been contributed by men. This time, however, all the authors (including the coeditors) are women, in many cases from the countries they write about, and they take a decidedly feminist perspective in outlining how each country arrives at actionable population policies. For those concerned with the feminist political implications of population policies, this is a good summary of how some major nations have approached the issue. --E. Carlson, Florida State University, CHOICE The stories Reproductive States tells bring us back to the connections between population policies and economic growth, and their relationship, in turn, to women ... The stories told in these chapters expose the racial, ethnic, religious, gender and class biases that shaped the establishment and implementation of each country's population policies. -- Mindy Jane Roseman, Women's Review of Books