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Population Dynamics in Eastern India and Bangladesh

Demographic, Health and Developmental Issues

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Editors:
  1. Aparajita Chattopadhyay

    1. International Institute for Population Sciences, Mumbai, India

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  2. Saswata Ghosh

    1. Institute of Development Studies Kolkata, Kolkata, India

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  • Includes revealing cases based on area-specific micro-studies, mainly conducted in West Bengal and Bangladesh

  • Gathers contributions by respected scholars from India and Bangladesh

  • Intended for a broad audience, from geographers, sociologists and demographers to social workers and policymakers

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Table of contents (25 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xxviii
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  2. The Prelude

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 1-1
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    2. The Tale of Greater Bengal: People, Polity and Progress

      • Aparajita Chattopadhyay, Mayanka Ambade, Saswata Ghosh
      Pages 3-27

    3. Demography of Bengal from a Historical Perspective

      • Nahid Kamal
      Pages 29-46

  3. Fertility and Family Planning: How Far the Pattern Varies?

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 47-47
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    2. Explaining Fertility Decline in Greater Bengal: A Spatial Approach

      • Pallabi Das, Zakir Husain
      Pages 49-69

    3. Contraception among Bengalese: Pattern, Preferences and Practicality

      • T. K. Roy, A. K. Roy
      Pages 71-90

    4. Determinants of High-Risk Childbearing and High-Risk Pregnancy in Bangladesh

      • Sumaiya Abedin, Dharma Arunachalam
      Pages 91-104

    5. Acceptability, Uptake and Safety of Post-partum Intrauterine Contraceptive Device: A Case Study

      • Parnamita Bhattacharya, Keluosenuo Linyu, Somajita Chakraborty
      Pages 105-113

  4. Infertility and Surrogacy: Returning a Favour?

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 115-115
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    2. Wombs for Money: Commercial Surrogacy Through Kolkata’s Window

      • Ritika Mukherjee, T. V. Sekher
      Pages 117-132

    3. Understanding Infertility Treatment and Policy Invisibilization in the Context of India’s Surrogacy Law: Notes from Kolkata and its Suburb

      • Pragna Paramita Mondal
      Pages 133-147

    4. In Vitro Fertilization: A Case Study in Kolkata, India

      • Suparna Banerjee, Anshu Baranwal
      Pages 149-159

  5. Son Preference: Endangered Daughters?

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 161-161
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    2. Son Preference and Hindu–Muslim Fertility Differentials in ‘Ultra-low’ Fertility Context in Kolkata, India

      • Saswata Ghosh, Nandini Ghosh
      Pages 163-182

    3. Religion, Contraceptive Method Mix and Son Preference among Bengali-Speaking Community in Indian Subcontinent: A Long View

      • Saswata Ghosh, Santosh Kumar Sharma, Noyonika Das, Aparajita Chattopadhyay
      Pages 183-207

    4. Desire for Additional Children and the Accompanying Sex Preference: A Comparative Study Between West Bengal and Bangladesh

      • Rahul Rajak, Debashree Sinha, Subrata Lahiri
      Pages 209-225

    5. Understanding the Preference to Have More Sons among Hindu and Muslim Women: A Case Study from North Dinajpur District of West Bengal

      • Atreyee Sinha, Faujdar Ram
      Pages 227-239

  6. Public Health: Getting Better?

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 241-241
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    2. Socio-economic Determinants of Neonatal and Post-neonatal Mortality: A Study of Bengali-Speaking Community in Eastern India and Bangladesh

      • Zakir Husain, Santosh Kumar Sharma
      Pages 243-261
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About this book

This book highlights historical and current perspectives on population issues in the Bengali-speaking states of India (i.e., West Bengal, Tripura, Assam) and Bangladesh and explores three core population dynamics: fertility, mortality–morbidity and development. Furthermore, it presents a selection of revealing cases from area-specific micro-studies, mainly conducted in West Bengal and Bangladesh. The book covers various demographic and health issues in these two regions, which are similar in terms of several sociocultural aspects, yet dissimilar in terms of their policies and programs. Adopting an integrated approach that combines various disciplines and perspectives, it explores highly topical issues such as social inequality, religious difference and mental health. The book is intended for a broad readership interested in population studies, sociology and development, including academics, researchers, planners and policymakers.


Editors and Affiliations

  • International Institute for Population Sciences, Mumbai, India

    Aparajita Chattopadhyay

  • Institute of Development Studies Kolkata, Kolkata, India

    Saswata Ghosh

About the editors

Aparajita Chattopadhyay is currently associated with the International Institute for Population Sciences as an Associate Professor in the area of Development Studies where she has invested significant time in academic research and post graduate teaching for close to two decades. An area expert in human geography and demography, Chattopadhyay has also served at the Banaras Hindu University as a faculty with the department of Geography for a brief period. Her teaching and research career includes a portfolio of wide ranging research projects and peer-reviewed academic publications. She has been a recipient of numerous medals, awards and grants for demographic and population related academic achievements and researches from reputed Universities and organizations including the likes of the University of Calcutta, International Institute for Population Sciences, Indian Association for the Study of Population, University of Karachi, University of Harvard, RAND corporation USA to highlight a few. She handled different research projects funded by the Government of India, UNICEF etc. Her area of academic and research interests includes Gender issues, Environment and development, Nutrition, Aging and Public Health.

Saswata Ghosh is an Associate Professor at the Institute of Development Studies Kolkata (IDSK). He completed his Ph.D. in Population Studies from the Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU) in 2006. He obtained Sir Ratan Tata Fellowship from the Asia Research Centre of London School of Economics (LSE) during 2014-15. He also received International Fellowship for Young Bio-Medical Scientists from the Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR) during 2012-13. He served as a Visiting Fellow at the LSE and at Bangladesh Institute of Development Studies (BIDS). He worked with Qatar Statistics Authority (QSA), Doha; Centre for Health Policy (CHP), ADRI, Patna; Population Council and Council for Social Development, New Delhi in various capacities. He has published extensively in peer-reviewed journals of international standing. His areas of interest include religious demography; fertility, family planning and son preference; family demography; field survey methods; demographic estimations; and econometric methods.



Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Population Dynamics in Eastern India and Bangladesh

  • Book Subtitle: Demographic, Health and Developmental Issues

  • Editors: Aparajita Chattopadhyay, Saswata Ghosh

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-15-3045-6

  • Publisher: Springer Singapore

  • eBook Packages: Social Sciences, Social Sciences (R0)

  • Copyright Information: Springer Nature Singapore Pte Ltd. 2020

  • Hardcover ISBN: 978-981-15-3044-9Published: 01 May 2020

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-981-15-3047-0Published: 01 May 2021

  • eBook ISBN: 978-981-15-3045-6Published: 01 May 2020

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: XXVIII, 465

  • Number of Illustrations: 14 b/w illustrations, 41 illustrations in colour

  • Topics: Demography, Development and Health, Social Structure, Social Inequality, Social/Human Development Studies

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