| Description |
xviii, 222 pages ; 24 cm |
| Contents |
Introduction / Maire Cross -- 1. Does France still have a population policy? / Genevieve Parkes -- 2. The demographic argument in France: coherence, reference and metaphors / Herve Le Bras -- 3. Marianne and the mother rabbits: feminism and natality under the Third Republic / Christine Bard -- 4. In vitro fertilization in France: a feminist critique / Margaret Gibbon -- 5. Men, women, work and family size in France: a feminist perspective / Jan Windebank -- 6. In search of the missing female subject: comments on French migration research / Eleonore Kofman -- 7. Sexual and racial boundaries: colonialism and Franco-Algerian intermarriage (1880-1962) / Neil MacMaster -- 8. Families on the front line. Mixed marriage in France / Yvette Rocheron -- 9. French companies faced with an ageing workforce / Catherine Morel -- 10. Strands of militancy in the history of the CGT / Michel Dreyfus -- 11. An ecologist's critique of work in France / Francoise Gollain |
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12. The social security headache: the necessary but elusive reform / Jacques Reland -- 13. Government policy and higher education: the numbers game / Rob Turner -- 14. Epilogue: May in December? / Michel Dreyfus |
| Summary |
Population growth and related issues have long been on the political agenda in France in a way which distinguishes her from her European neighbours and particularly from Britain. This book explores the latest developments in population studies and the policies which spring from them. It particularly focuses on subject areas which are often ignored, such as women, birth and motherhood. Using both feminist and ecological perspectives, the contributors re-evaluate some of the standard conclusions drawn by policy-makers and re-establish the genuinely political dimension of population studies |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| SUBJECT |
France http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n79006404 -- Population policy.
http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh00006970
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France -- Population.
http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85051493
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France -- Social policy.
http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh2009124104
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| Author |
Cross, Máire.
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Perry, Sheila, 1952-
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| LC no. |
96045999 |
| ISBN |
1855673932 (hc : alk. paper) |
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