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Fathers' Liberation Ethics provides a holistic ethical argument for active involvement by fathers in child caring with their children. Building on social analysis of the causes for father absence, this book provides a radical and comprehensive strategy for transforming the society into one of greater equality between men and women where men share equally in child-care-giving. Contents: A Critique of Traditional Roles; A Critique of the Absent Father; A Moral Argument for ANF; Motivating Myths for ANF; Rebirth for ANF; Do Work Innovations Promote ANF?; Bringing Back the Banished Father; Conclusion.
Until the early to mid-1970s, social scientists in the fields of population and development were largely going their own ways. Demographers relied almost exclusively on demographic transition theory as their para digm for understanding the role of development in population change and fertility decline. Conversely, most development economists and other specialists were certainly aware of the constraints placed upon development objectives by population growth. However, the main de velopment theories paid little attention to population and the implica tions of population growth for development. Indeed it was not until after the World Population Conference in Bucharest in 1974 that the interacti...
Beyond the Numbers presents a thought-provoking series of essays by leading authorities on issues of population and consumption. The essays both define the poles of debate and explore common ground beyond the polarized rhetoric. Specific chapters consider each of the broad topics addressed at the International Conference on Population and Development held in September 1994 in Cairo, Egypt. The essays are supplemented by sidebars and short articles featuring more-impassioned voices that highlight issues of interest not fully explored in the overviews. As well as providing a sense of the difficulties involved in dealing with these issues, the essays make clear that constructive action is possible. Topics covered include: the interrelationships between population, economic growth, consumption, and development the history of population and family planning efforts gender equality and the empowerment of women reproductive rights, reproductive health, family planning, health and mortality