The Cairo Consensus

Saul Halfon

ISBN 10: 0739111760 / ISBN 13: 9780739111765

Edité par Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, Incorporated, 2006

pp. 282. N° de réf. du vendeur 264485946

Synopsis :

In the early 1990s international population policy faced a crisis—it was being attacked from the left and the right, from inside and outside, for a range of failings—of ethics, fact, method, and vision. The 1994 International Conference on Population and Development, held in Cairo, provided a new policy consensus that helped to overcome this crisis. Starting from the question of how the transition from population control to womens empowerment was formulated as an international consensus, The Cairo Consensus maps the discourses, technical practices, and institutional practices that made this transition possible and stable. Demographic surveys in particular emerge as a crucial, though often overlooked, mechanism for policy production and stability. Using detailed empirical material, including over 30 interviews, combined with cutting edge social and political theory, Saul Halfon offers a new look at population policy that will interest scholars of science and technology, international studies, womens studies, development studies, and post-colonial theory.

À propos de l?auteur: Saul Halfon is assistant professor of science & technology in society at Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University.

Détails bibliographiques

Titre : The Cairo Consensus
Éditeur : Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, Incorporated
Date d'édition : 2006
Reliure : Couverture rigide
Etat : New