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Autor(en) / Beteiligte

• Feng, Wang
• Cai, Yong
• Gu, Baochang

Titel

Population, Policy, and Politics: How Will History Judge China's One-Child Policy?

Ist Teil von

• Population and development review, 2013-02, Vol.38 (s1), p.115-129

Ort / Verlag

Oxford, UK: Blackwell Publishing Ltd

Erscheinungsjahr

2013

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Beschreibungen/Notizen

• One of the main puzzles of modern population and social history is why, among all countries confronting rapid population growth in the second half of the twentieth century, China chose to adopt an extreme measure of birth control known as the one-child policy. A related question is why such a policy, acknowledged to have many undesirable consequences, has been retained for so long, even beyond the period of time anticipated by its creators. With the world's population growth rate now at half its historical peak level and with nearly half of the world's population living in countries with fertility below replacement level, we can look back at the role politics played in formulating, implementing, and reformulating policies aimed at slowing population growth (Demeny and McNicoll 2006; Robinson and Ross 2007; Demeny 2011). In this context, an examination of China's unprecedented government intervention in reproduction offers valuable lessons in appreciating the role of politics in the global effort of birth control in the twentieth century. Adapted from the source document.