Berelson on Population

1. Front Matter

   Pages i-xii

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2. Overview

   1. Front Matter

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   2. Berelson’s Population Writings in Review

      • John A. Ross, W. Parker Mauldin

      Pages 1-10

3. Population Policy

   1. Front Matter

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   2. The Great Debate on Population Policy: An Instructive Entertainment

      • John A. Ross, W. Parker Mauldin

      Pages 11-32

   3. Paths to Fertility Reduction: The ‘Policy Cube’

      • John A. Ross, W. Parker Mauldin

      Pages 33-41

   4. Beyond Family Planning

      • John A. Ross, W. Parker Mauldin

      Pages 42-58

   5. Romania’s 1966 Anti-Abortion Decree: The Demographic Experience of the First Decade

      • John A. Ross, W. Parker Mauldin

      Pages 59-69

4. Resource Allocation

   1. Front Matter

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   2. On the Efficient Allocation of Resources for Fertility Reduction

      • Robert H. Haveman

      Pages 71-84

5. Action Strategies

   1. Front Matter

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   2. National Family Planning Programs: A Guide

      • John A. Ross, W. Parker Mauldin

      Pages 85-100

   3. Maternity Care and Family Planning as a World Program

      • Howard C. Taylor Jr.

      Pages 101-108

   4. 18–35 in Place of 15–45?

      • John A. Ross, W. Parker Mauldin

      Pages 109-114

6. Contraceptive Technology

   1. Front Matter

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   2. The Impact of New Technology

      • John A. Ross, W. Parker Mauldin

      Pages 115-121

7. Assessment of National Family Planning Programs

   1. Front Matter

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   2. The Record of Family Planning Programs

      • Ronald Freedman

      Pages 123-156

8. Ethical Considerations

   1. Front Matter

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   2. Government Efforts to Influence Fertility: The Ethical Issues

      • Jonathan Lieberson

      Pages 157-178

Bernard (Barney) Berelson had a major influence in the application of social science concepts and methods to population policy during the period from 1962 to 1980. This was the period when concern with population problems spread from a relatively small group of scholars and population activists to a much larger, diverse, international group of political and intellectual leaders and to the general public as well. There was an exponential growth in the number of scholars and service personnel in vari­ ous population and family specialities in this period. Barney came into the field with his appointment as Director of the Com­ munication Research Program of The Population Council in 1962. He had no previous training or experience in demography. Frank Notestein, Presi­ dent of The Population Council at the time, had the wisdom to appreciate the value and relevance of Barney's itTIpressive background in communica­ tion research and other social science areas, as well as his creative mind and leadership qualities. His influence on the Council's rapidly expanding program was so immediate and impressive that within a year, he was named Vice President. When Frank Notestein retired in 1968, Barney became President, a post he held for 6 very productive years.

• Fertility decline
• assessment
• care
• demography
• developing countries
• developing world
• development
• ethical issues
• fertility
• growth
• planning
• population

• Center for Population and Family Health, Columbia University, New York, USA

  John A. Ross

• The Population Division, The Rockefeller Foundation, New York, USA

  W. Parker Mauldin

Policies and ethics