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245 00 $aBarren states :$bthe population "implosion" in Europe /$cedited by Carrie B. Douglass.
264 1 $aAbingdon, Oxon ;$aNew York, NY :$bRoutledge, Taylor & Francis Group,$c2020.
300 $a1 online resource (288 pages)
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500 $a"First published in 2005 by Berg Publishers."
504 $aIncludes bibliographical references.
505 0 $aA matter of free choice? / Malin Noem Ravn -- "Now it is completely the other way around" / Susan L. Erikson -- "Our nation is dying" / Cynthia Gabriel -- The economy of birthrates in the Czech republic / Rebecca Nash -- A quest for belonging / Maria Stoilkova -- Underfertility's challenge to family and gender relations in urban Greece / Heather Paxson -- "Toys and perfumes" / Elizabeth L. Krause -- "We're fine at home" / Carrie B. Douglass -- Making family / Anna Lim -- Bodies coming and going / Jo Murphy-Lawless -- A reflection on barren states / Gail Kligman.
520 $aThe fertility rate has dramatically declined across Europe in recent years. Globally, over sixty-four countries have fallen below generation replacement levels and countries in eastern and southern Europe are registering the lowest birth rates in the history of humanity. Demographers emphasize that these developments could have serious repercussions for society and public policy - from a projected drastic loss of national population numbers to labor shortages and a swelling population of over-65s. Typically, analysts have approached the issue of low fertility quantitatively and from state levels. As a result, most research tends to elide any nuanced understanding of this significant trend. Filling a major gap, this timely book goes well beyond existing studies to investigate how people experience, understand and speak about what is called "low fertility." On the individual level, is there such a thing? How do people understand their choices and the perceived limitations on their lives? What is the meaning of motherhood for women today? How has the definition of "family" changed? What are the particularities of fertility decline in each country? And, perhaps most importantly, what does this tendency toward fewer births mean to the women and men who ultimately become demographic statistics? Offering new readings and a much deeper understanding of Europe's decline in fertility, this exciting book adds the voices of everyday people to previous state-centered studies. Overturning a number of assumptions, case studies show that having fewer children is often understood positively in Europe as a means to freedom and self-empowerment. Anyone wishing to understand what low fertility means to the people who live it will find this book essential reading
545 0 $aCarrie B. Douglass is Associate Professor of Anthropology and Spanish at the Mary Baldwin College, USA.
588 0 $aOnline resource; title from PDF title page (Taylor & Francis, viewed June, 25, 2020).
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650 0 $aFamily size$zEurope.
650 6 $aFécondité humaine$zEurope.
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655 4 $aElectronic books.
700 1 $aDouglass, Carrie B.,$d1948-$eeditor.
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