Birth Control in China 1949-2000 - Population Policy and Demographic Development (Hardcover)

Contents:
Introduction
1. Levels of Understanding
2. Moral and Cultural Dimensions
3. Information and Sources
Policy Formulation
4. Motives and Goals of Chinese Birth Control
5. Phases of One-Child Policy and its Forerunners
Bureaucratic Implementation
6. Legal Norms and Practice in Flux
7. Problems of Organization
8. Planning and Evaluation
Popular Response
9. Gender Roles, Family Size and Sex Preferences
10. Strategies and Evidences of Non-Compliance
Demographic Results
11. Female Marriage Trends
12. Fertility Levels
13. Changes in Sex and Age Structure
Conclusions and Future Perspectives
14. Looking Back: Causal Structures and Policy Impact
15. Looking Forward: Demographic Projections and Their Implications
16. Weighing the Options: Past Experience and New Ideas
Epilogue: The Population Census of November of 2000