59:20767
Chandrasekaran, C. International transmission of
population policy experience in south Asia. Population Research
Abstract, Vol. 3, No. 2, Dec 1992. 3-15 pp. Bangalore, India. In Eng.
The author reviews population policies in southern and Southeast
Asia, with a focus on policies affecting fertility, mortality, and
migration. Consideration is given to international cooperation in
disseminating information of relevance to policymakers, particularly by
the United Nations and nongovernmental
agencies.
Correspondence: C. Chandrasekaran, Applied
Population Research Trust, 79/3 Benson Road, Bangalore 560 046, India.
Location: Princeton University Library (SPR).
59:20768
Chimere-Dan, Orieji. Population policy in South
Africa. Studies in Family Planning, Vol. 24, No. 1, Jan-Feb 1993.
31-9 pp. New York, New York. In Eng.
"This report describes the
problems that the complex racial, political, and demographic situation
in South Africa has raised for population policy over the past three
decades. Perceptions of the population factor in the apartheid era and
background to the current national policy on population are briefly
examined. An account of the Population Development Program (PDP) is
provided with specific reference to family planning activities.
Finally, possible future directions and some issues for population
policy in a post-apartheid South Africa are
considered."
Correspondence: O. Chimere-Dan, University of
the Witwatersrand, Department of Sociology, 1 Jan Smuts Avenue,
Johannesburg 2050, South Africa. Location: Princeton
University Library (SPR).
59:20769 Kurbatov,
Vladimir P. Population policy and employment in the
People's Republic of China. [Politika narodonaseleniya i
zanyatosti v KNR.] Ekonomicheskie Nauki, No. 11, 1991. 20-6 pp. Moscow,
USSR. In Rus.
Current demographic trends in China are examined in
the context of policy steps that are being taken in an attempt to guide
such trends. Attention is given to problems of unemployment and to the
one-child policy. Data are from the 1990 census and other official
sources.
Location: Princeton University Library (FST).
59:20770 Morocco.
Direction de la Statistique. Centre d'Etudes et de Recherches
Demographiques [CERED] (Rabat, Morocco). Population
strategies and policies from 1960 to 2000 in Morocco. [Strategies
et politiques de population de 1960 a l'an 2000 au Maroc.] Dec 1992. 61
pp. Rabat, Morocco. In Fre.
This report describes the evolution of
population policy in Morocco since 1960. Current and probable future
population trends in the country are first summarized. The relevant
policies are then outlined as they affect family planning, population
education, the integration of women in development, and young people
and children. The report also describes sources of demographic data,
development policies, and measures to protect the environment.
Chapters are also included in which these policies are evaluated and
future policy changes are discussed.
Correspondence:
Direction de la Statistique, Centre d'Etudes et de Recherches
Demographiques, B.P. 178, Charii Maa El Ainain, Rabat, Morocco.
Location: Princeton University Library (SPR).
59:20771 United
Nations Population Fund [UNFPA] (New York, New York).
Albania. UNFPA Report, ISBN 0-89714-136-9. [1991]. ix, 33 pp.
New York, New York. In Eng.
This is one in a series of publications
examining population issues and developments in developing countries.
"The aim is to help countries achieve self-reliance in formulating and
carrying out population policies and programmes." This is the report
from the UNFPA delegation that visited Albania in December 1989. They
"reviewed the population and development situation, national population
programmes and trends in technical co-operation to arrive at [their]
conclusions and recommendations." Consideration is given to data
collection and analysis, maternal and child health, family planning,
information, education and communication, and women and
youth.
Correspondence: United Nations Population Fund, 220
East 42nd Street, New York, NY 10017. Location: Princeton
University Library (SPR).
59:20772 Camp,
Sharon L. Population: the critical decade. Foreign
Policy, No. 90, Spring 1993. 126-44 pp. Washington, D.C. In Eng.
Recent trends in U.S. support for international population
assistance are described. The author suggests that the 1990s will be a
critical decade, representing the last chance to stabilize human
population at a level of around 10 billion, a number that might be
compatible with existing global resources. However, achievement of
this goal will require strong political leadership on the part of the
United States, a change from the last 12 years, in which U.S. policy
has been controlled by the anti-abortion lobby. This has caused support
for worldwide family planning efforts to
decline.
Correspondence: S. L. Camp, Population Action
International, 1120 19th Street NW, Suite 550, Washington, D.C. 20036.
Location: Princeton University Library (SF).
59:20773 de Vos,
M. A theoretical perspective on population policy in South
Africa. Development Southern Africa, Vol. 9, No. 3, Aug 1992.
347-63 pp. Halfway House, South Africa. In Eng.
The author
describes the goals of South Africa's Population Development Programme,
which works to enact the government's population policy. The primary
objective is to achieve a balance between population size and natural
and socioeconomic resources in the country. "The Population
Development Programme promotes specific fertility-inhibiting
programmes, projects and actions in the socio-economic fields of
education, manpower training, health, the economy and housing.
Population information, education and communication programmes are also
directed at people with high fertility to facilitate the change of
fertility perceptions in favour of a small family
norm."
Correspondence: M. de Vos, Department of National
Health and Population Development, Johannesburg, South Africa.
Location: World Bank, Joint Bank-Fund Library, Washington,
D.C.
59:20774 Freedman,
Lynn P.; Isaacs, Stephen L. Human rights and reproductive
choice. Studies in Family Planning, Vol. 24, No. 1, Jan-Feb 1993.
18-30 pp. New York, New York. In Eng.
"This article places the
right of reproductive choice in legal and historical contexts,
highlights salient issues that arise in trying to formulate
international standards for its enforcement, and examines two
particularly thorny issues: the tension between demographic priorities
and reproductive choice and the tension between international standards
and local custom/religion. The article calls on health professionals
to participate actively in the elaboration of reproductive rights, both
through their immediate work in the health-care field and through
involvement in the international policymaking process that will take
place in three upcoming international
conferences."
Correspondence: L. P. Freedman, Columbia
University, Center for Population and Family Health, Development Law
and Policy Program, Reproductive Rights Project, 60 Haven Avenue, New
York, NY 10032. Location: Princeton University Library (SPR).
59:20775 Hoem, Jan
M. Public policy as the fuel of fertility: effects of a
policy reform on the pace of childbearing in Sweden in the 1980s.
Stockholm Research Reports in Demography, No. 69, ISBN 91-7820-056-3.
Sep 1992. 16 pp. Stockholm University, Demography Unit: Stockholm,
Sweden. In Eng.
The focus of this study is on the effect of an
increase in family allowances for a second birth if it occurs within 30
months of the first.
Correspondence: Stockholm University,
Demography Unit, S-106 91 Stockholm, Sweden. Location:
Princeton University Library (SPR).
59:20776
International Social Security Association (Geneva,
Switzerland). Evolution of family policy in the light of
demographic development. Social Security Documentation European
Series, No. 16, ISBN 92-843-1033-4. 1990. 185 pp. Geneva, Switzerland.
In Eng.
These are the proceedings of a conference held in Prague,
Czechoslovakia, June 28-30, 1989, on family policy in Europe in light
of recent demographic developments. "The delegates...agreed that it
was difficult to assess the impact of family policy on fertility rates,
but...the symbolic value of family policy was important since it gave
recognition to the child, its role and the family." Separate
consideration is given to policies concerning family allowances and
sickness and maternity schemes.
Correspondence:
International Social Security Association, Case Postale 1, CH-1211
Geneva 22, Switzerland. Location: Princeton University Library
(SPR).
59:20777 Lloyd,
Cynthia B. Family and gender issues for population
policy. Population Council Research Division Working Paper, No.
48, 1993. 41 pp. Population Council, Research Division: New York, New
York. In Eng.
The author reviews a series of assumptions concerning
the family and the role of women on which most policies designed to
reduce fertility in developing countries are based. She proposes a
broader framework--which involves greater contributions from
men--within which to develop future policies and
programs.
Correspondence: Population Council, Research
Division, One Dag Hammarskjold Plaza, New York, NY 10017.
Location: Princeton University Library (SPR).
59:20778 Mattern,
Michael G. German abortion law: the unwanted child of
reunification. Loyola of Los Angeles International and Comparative
Law Journal, Vol. 13, Feb 1991. 643-94 pp. Los Angeles, California. In
Eng.
This article "will first describe the history and present
state of East and West German abortion law. It will then discuss the
compromise, which allows both laws to coexist through 1995, and the
political maneuverings and negotiations which led to it. Finally, [it]
will discuss abortion law proposals for a reunified Germany. These
proposals attempt to reconcile the fetus' right to life with the
woman's freedom of choice by using positive measures rather than
criminal sanctions."
Location: Columbia University, Law
Library, New York, NY.
59:20779 Michev,
Nikolai. Contemporary aspects of demographic policy in
Bulgaria. [Savremenni aspekti na demografskata politika v
Balgariya.] Naselenie, No. 6, 1992. 7-14 pp. Sofia, Bulgaria. In Bul.
with sum. in Eng; Rus.
Bulgaria's pronatalist population policies
are reviewed in light of the country's transition to a market economy.
The author outlines policy changes that will make optimal use of human
and natural resources while controlling migration and encouraging
population growth.
Location: Princeton University Library
(SPR).
59:20780 Nair,
Sumati. Population policies and the ideology of population
control in India. Issues in Reproductive and Genetic Engineering,
Vol. 5, No. 3, 1992. 237-52 pp. New York, New York. In Eng.
This
article traces the history of the population control program in India
and the ideologies that have guided it. The author maintains that what
was initially a family planning program when it was created in 1952
changed during the food crisis in the 1960s because Western assistance
was made conditional upon a more target-oriented population control
approach. The focus has since been on woman-centered methods, but the
level of women's and children's health remains low. The author states
that the Indian government continues to pursue the same program
strategy, supported by such bodies as the World Bank and the
International Monetary Fund, despite the program's lack of success and
the continued opposition of women's groups.
Correspondence:
S. Nair, Nias straat 14, 1905 VA Amsterdam, Netherlands.
Location: Princeton University Library (SZ).
59:20781 Schwarz,
Karl. Demographic effects of family policy measures.
[Bevolkerungspolitische Wirkungen familienpolitischer Massnahmen.]
Zeitschrift fur Bevolkerungswissenschaft, Vol. 18, No. 2, 1992. 197-208
pp. Wiesbaden, Germany. In Ger. with sum. in Eng; Fre.
The author
describes the enactment of family allowance and parental leave measures
in 1986 in the former West Germany and assesses the effect of this
legislation on fertility rates, which have risen since that time. He
finds that "the increase in births...must be explained almost
completely by causes related to population structure and by the fact
that due to the legislation on the granting of such measures [many]
more children of foreigners living in West Germany are not born in the
foreigners' home country but rather in
Germany."
Correspondence: K. Schwarz, Klopstockstrasse 14,
6200 Wiesbaden, Germany. Location: Princeton University
Library (SPR).
59:20782 White,
Tyrene. The population factor: China's family planning
policy in the 1990s. In: China Briefing, 1991, edited by William
A. Joseph. ISBN 0-8133-1363-5. 1992. 97-117 pp. Westview Press:
Boulder, Colorado/Oxford, England. In Eng.
The evolution of China's
family planning policy is first outlined. The author then describes the
implementation of the one-child policy, resistance to the policy that
developed in rural areas, and the responses of policymakers to that
opposition. She also describes how results of the 1990 census and
recent surveys might affect future population policy
developments.
Correspondence: T. White, Swarthmore College,
Swarthmore, PA 19081. Location: Princeton University Library
(FST).
59:20783 Ze, Hong;
Ebanks, G. Edward. Economic reform and population control
in rural mainland China in the 1980s. Issues and Studies, Vol. 28,
No. 9, Sep 1992. 22-46 pp. Taipei, Taiwan. In Eng.
"This article
examines the difficult task faced by mainland China's leadership in
implementing population control through household size restrictions in
rural areas." The authors examine rural economic reforms and the
population policy measures that were adopted in the 1970s, including
those concerned with minimum age at marriage, number of children
allowed per couple and the one-child policy. Concerns about the
effectiveness of the national program to control population growth are
also discussed, including "the agricultural responsibility system into
which the population policy is integrated, the modification and
relaxation of the population control policy and program, the
decentralization of policy and programs, policy implementation, and the
hurdles of traditional rural attitudes and values that need to be
overcome....Strategies for future population control programs in rural
mainland China are suggested."
Correspondence: H. Ze,
University of Western Ontario, London, Ontario N6A 3K7, Canada.
Location: World Bank, Joint Bank-Fund Library, Washington,
D.C.
59:20784 Briggs,
Vernon M. Mass immigration and the national interest.
Labor and Human Resources Series, ISBN 1-56324-170-6. LC 92-16927.
1992. ix, 275 pp. M. E. Sharpe: Armonk, New York/London, England. In
Eng.
The author analyzes trends in mass immigration to the United
States and the changes in migration policy that have affected those
trends. He considers migration policy as a determinant of economic
phenomena and notes that the original purpose for encouraging
large-scale immigration was to create a nonagricultural labor force.
However, policy changes since the 1960s have reflected political rather
than social goals, and the resulting revival of mass immigration has
had significant economic consequences that policymakers have failed to
take into account. The author concludes that the United States needs
to adopt an immigration policy that is consistent with its rapidly
changing labor market, and that such a policy can help achieve both
economic efficiency and social equity.
Correspondence: M.
E. Sharpe, 80 Business Park Drive, Armonk, NY 10504.
Location: Princeton University Library (FST).
59:20785 Freeman,
Gary P. Migration policy and politics in the receiving
states. International Migration Review, Vol. 26, No. 4, Winter
1992. 1,144-67 pp. Staten Island, New York. In Eng.
"This article
explores the politics of migration policies in the receiving states."
The author finds that "a survey of the politics of immigration in the
major receiving states shows a strong pattern of restrictionism in the
face of unprecedented pressures for entry, but also amnesties,
exceptions on humanitarian grounds, and hesitation to enforce the law.
As individual states founder, multilateral strategies abound, but with
scant success....Ironically, the failure of states to deal with the
crisis may reinforce national prerogatives and capacities with respect
to immigration and strengthen rather than erode the distinction between
economic migrants and refugees."
Correspondence: G. P.
Freeman, University of Texas, Austin, TX 78712-1088.
Location: Princeton University Library (SPR).
59:20786 Fuchs,
Lawrence H. Migration research and immigration
policy. International Migration Review, Vol. 26, No. 4, Winter
1992. 1,069-76 pp. Staten Island, New York. In Eng.
The author
briefly reviews the impact of migration research on U.S. immigration
policy over the period 1964-1992. Consideration is given to legal and
illegal migrants and refugees.
Correspondence: L. H. Fuchs,
Brandeis University, 415 South Street, Waltham, MA 02254-9110.
Location: Princeton University Library (SPR).
59:20787 Zapatero,
Jose A. "The golden gate": migration to the United
States. ["La puerta dorada": la inmigracion en Estados Unidos.]
Revista de Economia y Sociologia del Trabajo, No. 11, Mar 1991. 162-88
pp. Madrid, Spain. In Spa. with sum. in Eng.
The author reviews
changes in U.S. policy on international migration since 1964. He
describes changes in the quota and contingency systems, the 1986
Immigration Reform and Control Act, sanctions against illegal labor
migration, and 1990 reforms that revised family reunification
criteria.
Correspondence: J. A. Zapatero, Spanish Embassy,
Washington, D.C. Location: Cornell University Library, Ithaca,
NY.
