Studies and documentary statements relating to governmental policy as it affects population.
Studies relating primarily to national and international population policies and development assistance for population activities. Studies of policies affecting the quality of populations that are not covered by L.4. Demographic Factors and Human Genetics are classified under this heading.
63:40724 Arum, Gilbert; Shah, Wahida
P. Towards a comprehensive population policy: a review of
population policies in Kenya. KENGO Policy Study Series.
Occasional Paper, No. 2, ISBN 99-6684-113-X. LC 94-983329. Jan 1994. v,
50 pp. Kenya Energy and Environment Organizations, Policy and Planning
Department: Nairobi, Kenya. In Eng.
This is a study on "Kenyan
population policies which is expected to provide an evaluative critique
of the impact of national population policies in Kenya upon grassroots
populations, and especially upon women and the environment....The
overall purpose is to identify a number of the major constraints in the
population control policy by focusing on the linkages between
demographic factors and socio-economic
realities."
Correspondence: Kenya Energy and
Environment Organizations, Policy and Planning Department, P.O. Box
48197, Nairobi, Kenya. Location: U.S. Library of Congress,
Washington, D.C.
63:40725 Chasteland, Jean-Claude.
From the end of World War II to the Cairo conference: the
international community facing the problem of world population
growth. [De la fin de la seconde guerre mondiale à la
conférence du Caire: la communauté internationale face au
problème de la croissance de la population mondiale.] In: La
population du monde: enjeux et problèmes, edited by Jean-Claude
Chasteland and Jean-Claude Chesnais. 1997. 585-617 pp. Presses
Universitaires de France: Paris, France; Institut National d'Etudes
Démographiques [INED]: Paris, France. In Fre.
The global
shift from the view that governments should not try to influence
demographic trends to a general belief that they can and should
intervene in such matters is examined. The author describes how a group
of population activists worked toward creating an international
conference that would legitimize government intervention in population
matters, and how this goal was gradually achieved over the course of
the conferences held in Belgrade, Bucharest, Mexico City, and Cairo.
The role of these activists in getting the United Nations involved in
population activities is also described.
Correspondence:
J.-C. Chasteland, Institut National d'Etudes
Démographiques, 27 rue du Commandeur, 75675 Paris Cedex 14,
France. Location: Princeton University Library (SPR).
63:40726 Cohen, Joel E. Why
should more United States tax money be used to pay for development
assistance in poor countries? Population and Development Review,
Vol. 23, No. 3, Sep 1997. 579-84 pp. New York, New York. In Eng.
The author briefly discusses the question "why should more
United States tax money be used to pay for development assistance,
including population assistance, in poor countries?...My question then
breaks into two questions. First, how would American interests be
advanced by more rapid development or harmed by less rapid development
in poor countries? Second, why is taxing me to pay for U.S. government
development programs a more effective way to promote development in
poor countries than alternatives?"
Correspondence: J.
E. Cohen, Rockefeller University, Laboratory of Population, New York,
NY 10021-6399. Location: Princeton University Library (SPR).
63:40727 Cross, Máire; Perry,
Sheila. Population and social policy in France. ISBN
1-85567-393-2. LC 96-45999. 1997. xviii, 222 pp. Pinter: Herndon,
Virginia/London, England. In Eng.
This volume arose from the
proceedings of the Annual Conference of the Association for the Study
of Modern and Contemporary France held at the University of Northumbria
in Newcastle, England, in September 1995. "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....Topics covered include:
French natalist policy, French feminists and population control,
in-vitro fertilization, demographic concerns and policy-making towards
women, work and childcare, female migrants, mixed marriages, labour
shortages in the next century, changing working practices, social
welfare systems, government policy and higher
education."
Correspondence: Pinter, Wellington House,
125 Strand, London WC2R 0BB, England. Location: Princeton
University Library (SPR).
63:40728 Hailemariam, Assefa.
Population policies and programmes. Population Education
Monograph, LC 95-982148. 1994. ii, 39 pp. Ministry of Education,
Institute for Curriculum Development and Research: Addis Ababa,
Ethiopia. In Eng.
"This monograph is one of the five
Population Education Monographs produced [on Ethiopia] for use by
teachers at primary and secondary schools and the instructors of
[teacher training institutes] who may use it as reference
material...." Chapters are included on a typology of population
policy, factors influencing national policy, polices in developed and
developing countries, and population policy in
Ethiopia.
Correspondence: Institute for Curriculum
Development and Research, Ministry of Education, P.O. Box 2346, Addis
Ababa, Ethiopia. Location: U.S. Library of Congress,
Washington, D.C.
63:40729 Kaiden, Douglas.
Examining male roles in population policies and family planning
programs. Einstein Quarterly Journal of Biology and Medicine, Vol.
12, No. 4, 1996. 134-41 pp. Bronx, New York. In Eng.
"This
paper will discuss the following: why population policies and programs
have traditionally focused on women; what the limitations of current
male contraceptives are and why research into new methods [has] proved
unfruitful; and why these policies and programs would be more
productive if they were to direct more attention toward
men."
Correspondence: D. Kaiden, Albert Einstein
College of Medicine, 1300 Morris Park Avenue, Bronx, NY 10461.
Location: U.S. National Library of Medicine, Bethesda, MD.
63:40730 Kerr, Duncan. The
Australian labor party's views on population policy. People and
Place, Vol. 5, No. 2, 1997. 13-8 pp. Victoria, Australia. In Eng.
"Duncan Kerr, Labor Shadow Minister for Immigration and
Multicultural Affairs [in Australia], outlines his party's current
thinking about population policy and immigration
issues."
Location: Princeton University Library (SPR).
63:40731 Khan, Ayesha.
Policy-making in Pakistan's population programme. Health
Policy and Planning, Vol. 11, No. 1, Mar 1996. 30-51 pp. Oxford,
England. In Eng.
"This paper explores the policy-making
process which shaped the [population control] programme in Pakistan in
terms of the political considerations of the various military and
civilian regimes, the role of religion in politics, the influences of
Western donors (particularly USAID), and the effect of international
development ideology. The resulting instability of the population
programmes is analyzed in terms of: (a) the rivalry between the
separate population and health programmes within government; (b) the
politically charged problem of over-centralized federal control over
population; (c) the unresolved and uneasy working relationship between
government and non-government organizations. The paper concludes that
the conflicts in these areas are directly related to the larger policy
context in which they have evolved, and without addressing the latter,
the population programme will remain victim to deep-rooted structural
problems."
Correspondence: A. Khan, #8, St. 8, F-8/3
Islamabad, Pakistan. Location: U.S. National Library of
Medicine, Bethesda, MD.
63:40732 Liagin, Elizabeth.
Excessive force: power, politics, and population control. ISBN
1-886719-15-2. 1996. viii, 348 pp. Information Project for Africa:
Washington, D.C. In Eng.
"This book provides a brief history
of the U.S. foreign aid program with an emphasis on its objectives and
consequences for the emerging nations of the Southern Hemisphere. It
then reviews opinion about the importance of population change
presented over the past fifty years by an assortment of scientists,
academics, expert panels, military officials, and political
leaders." The author suggests that today's U.S. program of
overseas population assistance, "based in large part on
intelligence assessments by the CIA, has assumed the characteristics
and magnitude of the most aggressive political warfare campaigns of the
1950s--complete with the clandestine establishment of `indigenous'
fronts, secret payments to affect political decisions, recruitment of
`in-place' agents, infiltration of academia, systematic intimidation of
opponents, falsely attributed communications, penetration of the news
media, threats, targets, and ultimatums." The book includes two
appendixes. The first provides the full text of the Options for
Population Policy final report for USAID prepared by the Futures Group
in 1992. The second is a compilation of USAID-funded population policy
development projects.
Correspondence: Information Project
for Africa, P.O. Box 43345, Washington, D.C. 20010. Location:
Princeton University Library (SPR).
63:40733 Rowland, Donald T.
Approaches to population policy in Australia. Working Papers
in Demography, No. 70, 1997. 51 pp. Australian National University,
Research School of Social Sciences, Demography Program: Canberra,
Australia. In Eng.
"If Australia were to adopt a population
policy, what would it be like? This paper compares proposed answers to
this question with reference to the concept of a population policy. The
demographic outlook for the future is then examined and an alternative
approach to policy development is suggested, taking account of problems
inherent in recent proposals. The alternative calls for the management
of overall population growth with reference to an agreed limit on the
growth rate. The paper also proposes a regional population projections
bulletin as a key means of improving demographic sources for planning
and population policy decisions."
Correspondence:
Australian National University, Research School of Social
Sciences, Demography Program, Canberra, ACT 0200, Australia.
Location: Princeton University Library (SPR).
63:40734 Ruddock, Philip.
Coalition government views on population policy. People and
Place, Vol. 5, No. 2, 1997. 6-13 pp. Victoria, Australia. In Eng.
"Philip Ruddock, Minister for Immigration and Multicultural
Affairs in the [Australian] Coalition Government provides for the first
time a statement of Coalition Government policy on population planning
issues."
Location: Princeton University Library (SPR).
Government policies aimed at directly influencing fertility and nuptiality, and policies with an indirect effect on fertility such as family allowances, pregnancy and maternity benefits, infant welfare measures, and government regulation of fertility controls, including abortion.
63:40735 Blangiardo, Gian C.; Golini, Antonio;
De Sandre, Paolo; Palomba, Rossella; Ambrosini, Maurizio; Rossi
Sciumè, Giovanna; Saraceno, Chiara; Marchese, Carla.
Population policies for Italy. [Politiche per la popolazione
in Italia.] Studi e Ricerche, ISBN 88-7860-083-0. 1994. viii, 89 pp.
Edizioni della Fondazione Giovanni Agnelli: Turin, Italy. In Ita.
This is a collection of studies by various authors on aspects of
current fertility trends in Italy. The focus is on the reasons why
Italy has one of the lowest fertility rates in the modern world, and on
the policy changes that need to be made if this situation is to be
changed. There are chapters on population policy in general, attitudes
toward population policies in Italy, female employment outside the home
and family policy, social policy designed to reduce gender inequalities
and achieve social welfare goals, and the relation between public
expenditure and reproductive decisionmaking.
Correspondence:
Edizioni della Fondazione Giovanni Agnelli, via Giacosa 38, 10125
Turin, Italy. Location: Princeton University Library (SPR).
63:40736 Information Project for Africa
(Washington, D.C.). Excessive force: power, politics, and
population control. An essay on the benevolent superpower, sustainable
development, and other contemporary myths. ISBN 1-886719-04-7. LC
96-187390. 1995. v, 318 pp. Washington, D.C. In Eng.
"The
following pages offer a brief history of the [U.S.] foreign aid program
with an emphasis on its objectives and consequences for the emerging
nations of the south. It then reviews opinion about the importance of
population change presented over the past half century by an assortment
of scientists, academics, expert panels, military officials, and
political leaders....This text then looks beyond the theories and
political analysis to the actual implementation of population
programs....It examines the all-too-prevalent view held by many in the
west that other people ought to limit their fertility because they are
different in culture, class, religious affiliation, lifestyle, or
political identity from the Anglo-Saxon `ideal'. And, even more
importantly, it explores the frightening consequences of extending this
concept of `group superiority' into the arena of global politics where
it becomes an instrument of power or even of
conquest."
Correspondence: Information Project for
Africa, P.O. Box 43345, Washington, D.C. 20010. Location: U.S.
Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.
63:40737 King, Maurice; Elliott, Charles;
Hellberg, Hakan; Lilford, Richard; Martin, Jean; Rock, Edwin; Mwenda,
Jason. Does demographic entrapment challenge the two-child
paradigm? Health Policy and Planning, Vol. 10, No. 4, Dec 1995.
376-83 pp. Oxford, England. In Eng.
"Local demographic
entrapment has been discussed informally for many years, but is taboo
to the UN agencies and to much of academia. There are also indications
that the world as a whole may be demographically trapped in that global
per capita grain production is falling. Arguments for and against
recognizing entrapment are discussed. Policy implications of entrapment
are outlined in the light of the 1994 International Conference on
Population and Development (ICPD). The case for a one-child world is
argued."
Correspondence: M. King, University of Leeds,
Institute of Epidemiology and Health Services Research, Leeds LS2 9JT,
England. Location: U.S. National Library of Medicine,
Bethesda, MD.
63:40738 Li, Jianxin. Easterlin's
fertility theory and population adjustment and regulation in rural
China. Chinese Journal of Population Science, Vol. 9, No. 1, 1997.
45-54 pp. New York, New York. In Eng.
"This article examines
some approaches and methods that may be utilized to solve China's rural
population problems through integrating Easterlin's fertility theory
and specific characteristics of changes in China's rural population
fertility. The settlement of China's rural population problems not only
depends on effective family planning policies, but more importantly,
attention should be paid to the impact of nonpolicy factors on
fertility changes. To this end, this article provides several revealing
empirical cases."
Correspondence: J. Li, Beijing
University, Institute of Sociology and Anthropology, Hai Dian, Beijing
100871, China. Location: Princeton University Library (SPR).
63:40739 Makinwa-Adebusoye, Paulina.
Population policy and fertility in Nigeria, 1974-1994.
[Politique démographique et fécondité au Nigeria,
1974-1994.] In: La population du monde: enjeux et problèmes,
edited by Jean-Claude Chasteland and Jean-Claude Chesnais. 1997. 259-79
pp. Presses Universitaires de France: Paris, France; Institut National
d'Etudes Démographiques [INED]: Paris, France. In Fre.
The
change in Nigerian population policy objectives from a pronatalist
policy in the 1960s to a national family planning policy in the 1990s
is described. The first part of the chapter introduces the economic and
demographic situation in Nigeria, including a description of the 1991
census. The following section deals with family planning and fertility
trends from 1974 to 1994, and includes consideration of fertility
differentials and determinants. A final paragraph discusses the
possible effect of the most recent economic crisis on
fertility.
Correspondence: P. Makinwa-Adebusoye, Nigerian
Institute of Social and Economic Research, PMB 5 University Post
Office, Oyo Road, Ibadan, Nigeria. Location: Princeton
University Library (SPR).
63:40740 Olowu, Folarin. Why not
use Nigeria's agricultural extension system to increase access to
family planning? International Family Planning Perspectives, Vol.
23, No. 3, Sep 1997. 134-6 pp. New York, New York. In Eng. with sum. in
Fre; Spa.
"Innovative strategies are needed if the objectives
of Nigeria's national population policy are to be achieved....The
challenge...is to extend family planning services in rural areas such
as Delta State and Plateau State. What is needed is an appropriate but
cost-effective method of raising family planning awareness and
distributing contraceptive commodities in these areas....The
agricultural extension system has agents in all rural areas of the
country. Thus, wider coverage of family planning services might be
achieved by means of this system, using agricultural extension
agents."
Correspondence: F. Olowu, United Nations
Population Fund, Ministry of Health, Family Planning Unit, Department
of Primary Health Care, Plateau State, Jos, Nigeria. Location:
Princeton University Library (SPR).
63:40741 Rasevic, Mirjana; Petrovic,
Mina. Case studies in population policy concerning
demographic problems in Serbia. [Iskustva populacione politike u
svetu relevantna za odgovor na demografske probleme Srbije.]
Stanovnistvo, Vol. 35, No. 1-2, Jan-Jun 1997. 47-65 pp. Belgrade,
Yugoslavia. In Scr. with sum. in Eng.
"Attention has been
given to the direction and type of measures to be taken [in Serbia] in
the immediate future dealing with fertility, mortality, migration
policies and problem of population ageing. A major portion of the
article is devoted to the policy [on] fertility and aims to contribute
to the research of experiences in implementation of population policy
across the world."
Correspondence: M. Rasevic,
Univerzitet u Beogradu, Institut Drustvenih Nauka, Centar za
Demografska Istracivanja, Narodnog fronta 45, 11000 Belgrade,
Yugoslavia. Location: Princeton University Library (SPR).
63:40742 Thomas, Neil; Price, Neil.
The evolution of population policy in rural China. Health
Policy and Planning, Vol. 11, No. 1, Mar 1996. 21-9 pp. Oxford,
England. In Eng.
"Fertility declined rapidly in China in the
1970s, to slightly above replacement level by 1978....However, the
decollectivization of agriculture, also initiated in the late 1970s,
weakened collective institutions, thereby undermining birth planning
administration and family planning services. The consequent stall in
fertility was succeeded in 1987 by a sudden and pronounced decline, to
a total fertility rate of 1.8 in 1992. This paper is an attempt to
explain this recent decline in terms of falling demand for children,
the provision of more accessible family planning services, and the
operation of restrictive population policy. The major emphasis is on
the formulation and implementation of birth control policies in rural
areas."
Correspondence: N. Thomas, University of
Wales, Department of City and Regional Planning, P.O. Box 906, Cardiff
CF1 3YN, Wales. Location: U.S. National Library of Medicine,
Bethesda, MD.
63:40743 Women's Health Project (Johannesburg,
South Africa). Choice on Termination of Pregnancy Act
1996: Republic of South Africa. Reproductive Health Matters, No.
9, May 1997. 116-20 pp. London, England. In Eng. with sum. in Fre; Spa.
"In November 1996, the Choice on Termination of Pregnancy Bill
was enacted by the South African Parliament. Substantive parts of the
text of the new law are reproduced here, together with a commentary on
its contents." A commentary by Marion Stevens and Makhosazana Xaba
(pp. 119-20) "argues that, particularly for disadvantaged women
and teenagers, access to abortion services will be a critical aspect of
implementation. It also describes both problematic and progressive
amendments to the Bill...."
Correspondence: Women's
Health Project, c/o SAIMR, P.O. Box 1038, Johannesburg 2000, South
Africa. Location: Princeton University Library (SPR).
63:40744 Yan, Meifu; Shi, Renbing.
The role of different modes of rural marriage in the process of
fertility decline in China. Chinese Journal of Population Science,
Vol. 9, No. 1, 1997. 55-65 pp. New York, New York. In Eng.
"Empirical investigations have shown that different modes of
marriage in China's rural areas may either stimulate or impede
fertility. The current study confirms previous findings and reveals the
complete process and innate mechanism of how the zhaozhui-style
marriage--a marriage whereby the bridegroom goes to live with the
bride's family and the couple's children carry on their mother's family
name--leads to the decline of fertility and how the jiaqu-style
marriage--a marriage whereby the bride goes to live with the
bridegroom's family and the couple's children carry on the father's
family name--leads to the rise of fertility. The paper proposes that a
viable strategy in population control for China at the turn of the
century is to force down high fertility in rural China by way of
changing the mode of marriage and suggests feasible ways to bring about
the change in marriage mode within a short period of
time."
Correspondence: M. Yan, Hubei University,
Department of Education, Hubei Province, China. Location:
Princeton University Library (SPR).
63:40745 Yang, Kuifu. A thought
on the integration of poverty relief with family planning. Chinese
Journal of Population Science, Vol. 9, No. 1, 1997. 19-24 pp. New York,
New York. In Eng.
"This paper discusses, from a demographic
point of view, the relationship between poverty and population [in
China]. Overpopulation is a serious problem particularly conspicuous in
poor areas, and it in turn constitutes a major hindrance for
eliminating poverty and the overall development in poor areas; thus
overpopulation and poverty form a vicious circle. Therefore, economic
development and population control are keys to the elimination of
poverty. Poverty elimination and population control should be
integrated. Some specific measures have been described in this
article."
Correspondence: K. Yang, State Family
Planning Commission, Beijing, China. Location: Princeton
University Library (SPR).
Government policies relating to emigration, immigration, and population resettlement. See also the appropriate categories under H. Migration that include general studies also covering policy issues.
63:40746 Betts, Katharine. Recent
developments in population policy in Australia: the demographic
setting. People and Place, Vol. 5, No. 2, 1997. 1-6 pp. Victoria,
Australia. In Eng.
"The major parties [in Australia] are
moving away from an exclusive pre-occupation with immigration to a
broader focus on population policy and the Minister for Immigration has
expressed an implicit preference for a population of 23 million. The
contributions in this section of People and Place document his concerns
together with those of the shadow Minister. They also provide
demographic analyses which show that the Minister's goal will be hard
to achieve. This is largely because of the exceptionally high migration
of the Hawke years."
Correspondence: K. Betts,
Swinburne University of Technology, Department of Sociology, P.O. Box
28, Hawthorne, Victoria 3122, Australia. Location: Princeton
University Library (SPR).
63:40747 Bonvin, Jean-Michel. The
Swiss responses to migration. [Les réponses suisses au
phénomène migratoire.] L'Année Sociologique, Vol.
46, No. 2, 1996. 449-73 pp. Paris, France. In Fre. with sum. in Eng.
"Swiss migration policy is determined primarily by the
manpower needs of the country. Immigrants coming from traditional
territories of recruitment (mainly Italy, Spain and Portugal) satisfy
these needs. Beside this immigration possibility depending on economic
expectations, there is another opening, very narrow, for the political
refugees. In order to guarantee the narrowness of this opening, Swiss
authorities do not question the legitimacy of concepts such as `foreign
overpopulation' or `excessive cultural differences', the meaning of
which is, to say the least, very unclear. In case of economic crisis,
the reduction of manpower needs combines with the xenophobe pressure to
prevent any generous impetus and reinforce the tendency to close the
frontiers. In Switzerland the migration policy is elaborated without
taking account of the immigrants'
situation."
Correspondence: J.-M. Bonvin,
Université de Genève, Département de Sociologie, 3
Place de l'Université, 1211 Geneva 4, Switzerland. Location:
Princeton University Library (PR).
63:40748 Farrag, Mayar. Managing
international migration in developing countries. International
Migration, Vol. 35, No. 3, 1997. 315-36 pp. Geneva, Switzerland. In
Eng. with sum. in Spa; Fre.
The International Organization for
Migration's "research project on emigration dynamics in developing
countries, launched in 1993, brought together teams of researchers in
four regions of the developing world: Sub-Saharan Africa; South Asia;
the Arab region; and Mexico, Central America and the Caribbean. The
article reports the findings of team members as reported to, and
discussed by, 180 participants....A central objective of the research
was to try and measure interaction between the variables in specific
country and subregional situations and, as far as possible, provide
results that could assist policymakers in both developing and developed
countries."
Correspondence: M. Farrag, International
Organization for Migration, 17 route des Morillons, Case Postale 71,
1211 Geneva 19, Switzerland. Location: Princeton University
Library (SPR).
63:40749 Freeman, Gary P.; Bean, Frank
D. Mexico and U.S. worldwide immigration policy. In:
At the crossroads: Mexican migration and U.S. policy, edited by Frank
D. Bean et al. 1997. 21-45 pp. Rowman and Littlefield: Lanham,
Maryland/London, England. In Eng.
"This chapter seeks to
provide background and context for examining how Mexico has fit into
U.S. immigration law and practice in the past and rethinking what the
U.S.-Mexico relationship might be in the
future."
Correspondence: G. P. Freeman, University of
Texas, Government Department, Austin, TX 78712-1088. Location:
Princeton University Library (SPR).
63:40750 Hamilton, Kimberly A.
Europe, Africa, and international migration: an uncomfortable
triangle of interests. PSTC Working Paper Series, No. 97-02, May
1997. 41 pp. Brown University, Population Studies and Training Center
[PSTC]: Providence, Rhode Island. In Eng.
"This paper
challenges policy makers and analysts to understand international
migration between Africa and Europe as a result of receiving and
sending states' sometimes competing interests and the way these
interests are cross-cut by those of immigrant communities
themselves....This paper turns first to various theories regarding the
state and migration and highlights the lack of attention paid to
sending state interests. It then provides an overview of emerging
migration patterns between Africa and Europe with a special focus on
Italy and France. After comparing sending and receiving state
interests, the paper concludes with a discussion of the limits of
state-centered policy when dealing with
migration."
Correspondence: Brown University,
Population Studies and Training Center, Box 1916, Providence, RI 02912.
Author's E-mail: hamilton@gilman.com. Location: Princeton
University Library (SPR).
63:40751 Li, Tana. Peasants on
the move: rural-urban migration in the Hanoi region. Occasional
Paper, No. 91, ISBN 981-3055-07-3. LC 96-945608. 1996. 80 pp. Institute
of Southeast Asian Studies [ISEAS], Indochina Programme: Singapore. In
Eng.
"The study seeks to estimate the main trends, directions
and patterns of the population movement [from rural to urban areas] in
the Red River delta. It will examine the basic institutional changes in
the countryside since Vietnam's formally endorsed market reforms, known
as doi moi, began in 1986; and the new changes such as the improved
transportation system and lodging houses for migrants, all of which are
relevant to labour force movement. Within this context, the study will
analyse Vietnamese Government policy on voluntary migration, and its
possible consequences."
Correspondence: Institute of
Southeast Asian Studies, Heng Mui Keng Terrace, Pasir Panjang,
Singapore 119596. Location: U.S. Library of Congress,
Washington, D.C.
63:40752 Papademetriou, Demetrios G.;
Hamilton, Kimberly A. Managing uncertainty: regulating
immigration flows in advanced industrial countries. International
Migration Policy Program, No. 1, 1995. viii, 36 pp. Carnegie Endowment
for International Peace: Washington, D.C. In Eng.
The authors set
forth the conceptual problems and principal issues involved in
developing contemporary immigration policy. They present a selective
overview of the undercurrents and tensions behind this task and
describe how key OECD (Organization for Economic Co-operation and
Development) countries are responding to them. They also briefly
analyze the history of immigration policy, summarize what some
countries have learned from their experiences, and examine whether and
under what circumstances that knowledge is transferable. The essay
concludes with a few thoughts on constructing and implementing
immigration policies in an increasingly interdependent world; the point
is made that to be effective and durable, international cooperation on
immigration issues must be tempered by national goals and
priorities.
Correspondence: Carnegie Endowment for
International Peace, Program for Immigration and U.S. Foreign Policy,
11 Dupont Circle, Washington, D.C. 20036-1207. Location: State
University of New York Library, Albany, NY.
63:40753 Sayah, Jamil. The fight
against clandestine immigration. [Lutte contre l'immigration
clandestine.] Cahiers de l'Orient, Vol. 38, No. 2, 1995. 151-68 pp.
Paris, France. In Fre.
The history of recent French legislation on
immigration is discussed. The author examines the consequences of
stricter immigration laws, suggesting that they force more people into
illegality and thus increase public suspicion of and action against
foreigners.
Correspondence: J. Sayah, Université de
Grenoble II (Université Pierre Mendès-France), B.P. 47X,
38040 Grenoble Cedex, France. Location: U.S. Library of
Congress, Washington, D.C.
63:40754 Tirtosudarmo, Riwanto.
From emigratie to transmigrasi: continuity and change in migration
policies in Indonesia. PSTC Working Paper Series, No. 97-05, Jun
1997. 25 pp. Brown University, Population Studies and Training Center
[PSTC]: Providence, Rhode Island. In Eng.
"A review of state
migration policies (transmigration) in Indonesia from the turn of the
century to the mids-1990s shows that the relationship between migration
and demographic, social, and economic aims has occupied policy-makers
since colonial times. Following independence, as the military gained a
larger political role, transmigration policy emphasized explicit
security and political goals. In the mid-1960s, the New Order
government revived the link between economic development and
transmigration. Yet, competing interests between economist-technocrats
and the political-bureaucrats close to the military distorted the
planning and implementation of the transmigration program. This paper
suggests that, as a result of the long standing perception of
transmigration as a multi-purpose state instrument, the program has
become mystified as a universal panacea for a variety of social and
economic ills."
Correspondence: Brown University,
Population Studies and Training Center, Box 1916, Providence, RI 02912.
E-mail: Population_Studies@brown.edu. Location: Princeton
University Library (SPR).
