The Demographic Masculinization of China Hoping for a Son /
This book describes the shortage of girls and women in present day China and focuses on two important features: the sex imbalance in childhood and youth, and the excess mortality of women at various stages of their life. The author analyzes the causes and the processes of a strong preference for son...
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| Format: | Electronic |
| Language: | English |
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Heidelberg :
Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Springer,
2013.
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| Series: | INED Population Studies,
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| Online Access: | https://ezaccess.library.uitm.edu.my/login?url=http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-00236-1 |
Table of Contents:
- Introduction
- Part one: Visible Demographic Discrimination: Chapter 1: Overview
- Chapter 2: Why are there more Boys than Girls?
- Chapter 3: A Geography of Discrimination
- Chapter 4: Discrimination against Girls in Early Childhood
- Chapter 5: Life-Long Inequality
- Appendices: Appendix 1: Maternal Mortality
- Appendix 2: Women and Suicide
- Appendix 3: Female-to-male ratio of Probabilities of Dying in Different Age Groups at a Given Level of Male Life Expectancy at Birth in Various Countries
- Chapter 6: A Phenomenon not Unique in China
- Part Two: A System of Norms and Values that Favours Males
- Chapter 7: The Status of Women in Traditional Chinese Societies
- Chapter 8: Women, Feminism and Femininity
- Appendix: Five Pilot Implementations of the "Care for Girls" Campaign
- Chapter 9: Persistent Social and Economic Disparities
- Chapter 10: Discriminatory Practices and Factors in Masculinization
- Chapter 11: Familial and Socioeconomic Reasons behind Discrimination
- Conclusion: What Demographic Perspectives for China and the World?
- References.