The Other Population Crisis
Kramer, Steven Philip,
The Other Population Crisis What Governments Can Do about Falling Birth Rates / [electronic resource] : Steven Philip Kramer. - Baltimore, Maryland : Project Muse, 2018 Baltimore [Maryland] : Johns Hopkins University Press, [2014] - 1 online resource (1 PDF (xiii, 172 pages)) - Book collections on Project MUSE. .
Issued as part of book collections on Project MUSE.
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.
Open Access
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.
9781421428499
Family policy--Case studies.
Population policy--Case studies.
Electronic books.
Electronic books.
HB883.5 / .K73 2014
363.9/1
The Other Population Crisis What Governments Can Do about Falling Birth Rates / [electronic resource] : Steven Philip Kramer. - Baltimore, Maryland : Project Muse, 2018 Baltimore [Maryland] : Johns Hopkins University Press, [2014] - 1 online resource (1 PDF (xiii, 172 pages)) - Book collections on Project MUSE. .
Issued as part of book collections on Project MUSE.
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.
Open Access
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.
9781421428499
Family policy--Case studies.
Population policy--Case studies.
Electronic books.
Electronic books.
HB883.5 / .K73 2014
363.9/1