Preface
PART ONE
THE REAL POPULATION PROBLEM
1. Security and Survival
2. The Malthusian Orthodoxy
3. A Womb of One's Own
4. The Plan Behind Family Planning
5. The Indonesian "Success" and the Kenyan "Failure"
PART TWO
POPULATION CONTROL COMES OF AGE
6. Birth of an Ideology
7. The Population Establishment Today
8. Building a "Consensus" for Cairo and Beyond
9. China—"Gold Babies" and Disappearing Girls
PART THREE
CONTRACEPTIVE CONTROVERSIES
10. Shaping Contraceptive Technology
11. Hormonal Contraceptives and the IUD
12. Bangladesh—Survival of the Richest
13. Sterilization and Abortion
14. Barrier Methods, Natural Family Planning, and Future
Directions
PART FOUR
THE WAY FORWARD
15. The Light at the End of the Demographic Tunnel
16. The Population Framework: Inside or Outside?
Appendix: Call for a New Approach
Reviews and publication notices in In These Times, Jacobin,
Truthout, Ms., Ravishly, and other left feminist publications.
Reviews and publication notices in feminist, environmental and
demographics journals.
Publicity and promotion in conjunction with the author's speaking
engagements.
Betsy Hartmann writes nonfiction and fiction about important national and global challenges. Her forthcoming book The America Syndrome: Apocalypse, War and Our Call to Greatness reveals how end-times thinking profoundly influences American foreign policy, environmental politics and the persistence of injustice. She is also the co-author of A Quiet Violence: View from a Bangladesh Village and co-editor of the anthology Making Threats: Biofears and Environmental Anxieties. Her political thrillers The Truth About Fire and Deadly Election explore the threat the Far Right poses to American democracy. From 1988 until recently Betsy taught at Hampshire College where she directed the Population and Development Program. She is a well-known educator, commentator, and advocate on women’s rights, population, environment and security concerns. For more on Betsy, see BetsyHartmann.com.
“This is is a book of conscience. Shocking, eloquent, carefully
researched, it should be read—and acted upon.”
—Gena Corea
"This revised edition of a feminist classic adds new information on
AIDS, contraception, and the anti-abortion movement as it probes
world patterns of population and reproduction control and its
meaning for the future. Rapid population growth is here linked to
economic and social problems in chapters which provide strong keys
to understanding world population patterns."
—Midwest Book Review
"Stands out amid the rising tide of books on the population
question. Hartmann's critique of global special interests in
population and the environment are must reading for students and
policy analysts."
—Judy Norsigian and Norma Swenson, coauthors The New Our Bodies,
Ourselves
"If i had time to read just one book to gain an understanding of
the population and development link, this one would be it."
—Dianne J. Forte, National Black Women's Health Project
"It is unusual to find such a clear explanation of the complex
issues involved in population control in the modern world; Ms.
Hartmann's clarity can have come only from enormous work and deep
understanding. This is a modern analysis which gives us hope."
—Jonathan Mann, director, FXB Center for Health and Human Rights,
Harvard School of Public Health
"At this juncture in history when victim blaming has become more
blatant and oppressive, there is a need for voices of sanity. This
book is such a voice. It reflects conviction, courage, sensitivity,
and deep insight."
—Mira Shiva, Asian representative, International Peoples' Health
Council
"Political power—not population control—remains the critical
element needed today to confront the threats of inequality, climate
change, and gendered and racial oppression that face humanity
today. Hartmann’s book remains an indispensible resource for those
looking to rebuild that power today." —International Socialist
Review
This is is a book of conscience. Shocking, eloquent, carefully
researched, it should be readand acted upon.”
Gena Corea
"This revised edition of a feminist classic adds new information on
AIDS, contraception, and the anti-abortion movement as it probes
world patterns of population and reproduction control and its
meaning for the future. Rapid population growth is here linked to
economic and social problems in chapters which provide strong keys
to understanding world population patterns."
Midwest Book Review
"Stands out amid the rising tide of books on the population
question. Hartmann's critique of global special interests in
population and the environment are must reading for students and
policy analysts."
Judy Norsigian and Norma Swenson, coauthors The New Our Bodies,
Ourselves
"If i had time to read just one book to gain an understanding of
the population and development link, this one would be it."
Dianne J. Forte, National Black Women's Health Project
"It is unusual to find such a clear explanation of the complex
issues involved in population control in the modern world; Ms.
Hartmann's clarity can have come only from enormous work and deep
understanding. This is a modern analysis which gives us hope."
Jonathan Mann, director, FXB Center for Health and Human Rights,
Harvard School of Public Health
"At this juncture in history when victim blaming has become more
blatant and oppressive, there is a need for voices of sanity. This
book is such a voice. It reflects conviction, courage, sensitivity,
and deep insight."
Mira Shiva, Asian representative, International Peoples' Health
Council
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