Curbing Population Growth

1. Front Matter

   Pages i-xvii

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2. What Is in This Book

   1. What Is in This Book

      • Oscar Harkavy

      Pages 1-7

3. Beginnings of the Modern Population Movement

   1. Beginnings of the Modern Population Movement

      • Oscar Harkavy

      Pages 9-28

4. The Population Movement Flourishes

   1. The Population Movement Flourishes

      • Oscar Harkavy

      Pages 29-71

5. Studying the Causes and Effects of Population Change

   1. Studying the Causes and Effects of Population Change

      • Oscar Harkavy

      Pages 73-92

6. The Search for Better Contraception

   1. The Search for Better Contraception

      • Oscar Harkavy

      Pages 93-127

7. India Faces Its Population Problems

   1. India Faces Its Population Problems

      • Oscar Harkavy

      Pages 129-161

8. Population Issues in the United States

   1. Population Issues in the United States

      • Oscar Harkavy

      Pages 163-184

9. New Directions for the Population Movement?

   1. New Directions for the Population Movement?

      • Oscar Harkavy

      Pages 185-207

10. Commentaries

    1. Front Matter

       Pages 209-209

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    2. The Present Status of the World Population, Demography, and Population Policy

       • Ansley J. Coale

       Pages 211-226

    3. Expanding Contraceptive Choices for Men and Women

       • Sheldon J. Segal

       Pages 227-236

    4. Re-Forming Population Paradigms for Science and Action

       • Amy Ong Tsui

       Pages 237-249

11. Back Matter

    Pages 251-274

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Oscar Harkavy offers a unique insider's view of the fascinating world of population politics. Chapters trace the growth of the movement as well as the various foundations, governments, and intergovernmental organizations which were an integral part of it from its beginning in the 1950s, through its growth during the 60s and 70s, to the present. Topics include the role of social science in understanding the causes and effects of population growth; reproductive research and contraceptive development; and the politics of family planning, sex education, and abortion in the United States.

• Demography
• Sex
• education
• politics
• population
• population growth

• The Ford Foundation, New York, USA

  Oscar Harkavy

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