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[Mohan Rao]

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      October 2004
      284 pages
      Cloth: Rs 575.00 (0-7619-3269-0) Paper: Rs 380.00 (0-7619-3285-2)

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     FROM POPULATION CONTROL 
      TO REPRODUCTIVE HEALTH
      Malthusian Arithmetic
      MOHAN RAO, Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi


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      A powerful history and critique of population control in India, [this book] raises the population policy debate to a new, higher level. With careful documentation and eloquent prose, Rao shows how the single-minded focus on reducing birth rates has wreaked havoc on India's public health system, violated basic human rights, and reinforced class and gender inequities.. Challenging neo-liberal prescriptions, Mohan Rao's path-breaking analysis puts primary health care back at the centre of population policy, where it rightfully belongs.
      Betsy Hartmann

      [This book] lives up to that forgotten but still great tradition of assisting present and future students to revive 'the banal but forgotten academic understanding that critiquing is useful, legitimate and indeed necessary'.. A must read for planners and practitioners in the field.
      Vina Mazumdar


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      The Indian family planning programme, one of the largest public health initiatives in the world, has adopted various strategies since its inception-none, however, have yielded the desired results. What are the reasons for this? Why do large sections of the elite blame the population 'explosion' for all the social and economic problems that India faces? Answering these questions, the book critically evaluates the family planning programme in India, exposing its biases and skewed priorities. It argues that Neo-Malthusian ideology has profoundly influenced not only demographers, but also policy planners, the medical profession, and, indeed, the middle class and the elite as a whole. Strongly critical of the impact of neo-liberal economic policies on the already ailing public health care system in India, Mohan Rao argues that the recent emphasis on health and reproductive rights adopted by the Indian government has done little to improve the health of women.


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        Contents:
        Introduction n The Indian Family-Planning Programme n Red Herrings: Malthusianism and Neo-Malthusianism n Beyond Malthusian Arithmetic n Reifying Reproduction n Into the 1990s: Old Wine in New Bottles? n Conclusion: The Many Avatars of Malthus n Index 



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