Beyond the Numbers: A Reader on Population, Consumption and the Environment
Beyond the Numbers: A Reader on Population, Consumption and the Environment
contributions by J. Boutwell, Barbara S. Mensch, Christopher Elias, Nafis Sadik, Nancy Yu Ping Chen, Hania Zlotnick, Steven Sinding, John Ross, Allan Rosenfield, Lynn Freedman, Cynthia B. Lloyd, G. Rathjens, Michael S. Teitelbaum, Ruth Macklin, Don Edwards, Frank Sharry, Jodi Jacobson, Frances Kissling, Peter J. Donaldson, Amy Ong Tsui, F. Landis MacKellar, Carl Haub, Judy Norsigian, Martha Farnsworth Riche, Sharon L. Camp, Judith Lichtenberg, L. Anathea Brooks, Robert Fox, Ruth Dixon Mueller, Denese Shirvington, Susan Power Bratton, Judith Heerwagen, Fatima Vianna Mello, Sharon Stanton Russell, Mahmoud F. Fathalla, M. Teresita de Barbieri, Russel Barsh, Teresa Chandler, Emma Rothschild, T. Homer Dixon, David E. Horlacher, Adrienne Germain, Jane Ordway, Judith Bruce and Anrudh Jain foreword by Timothy Wirth edited by Laurie Ann Mazur
Island Press, 1994 eISBN: 978-1-59726-879-0 | Cloth: 978-1-55963-298-0 | Paper: 978-1-55963-299-7 Library of Congress Classification HB871.B446 1994 Dewey Decimal Classification 363.7
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ABOUT THIS BOOK
Beyond the Numbers presents a thought-provoking series of essays by leading authorities on issues of population and consumption. The essays both define the poles of debate and explore common ground beyond the polarized rhetoric.
Specific chapters consider each of the broad topics addressed at the International Conference on Population and Development held in September 1994 in Cairo, Egypt. The essays are supplemented by sidebars and short articles featuring more-impassioned voices that highlight issues of interest not fully explored in the overviews.
As well as providing a sense of the difficulties involved in dealing with these issues, the essays make clear that constructive action is possible.
Topics covered include:
the interrelationships between population, economic growth, consumption, and development
the history of population and family planning efforts
gender equality and the empowerment of women
reproductive rights, reproductive health, family planning, health and mortality
AUTHOR BIOGRAPHY
Editor Laurie Ann Mazur is an independent writer and consultant to nonprofit organizations who has written extensively on population and environmental issues.
TABLE OF CONTENTS
Contents
Foreword
Wirth,
Timothy E.
Beyond the Numbers: An Introduction and Overview
Mazur,
Laurie Ann
Section I:
POPULATION, CONSUMPTION, DEVELOPMENT AND THE ENVIRONMENT
Seeing the Population Issue Whole
Meadows,
Donella H.
Population, Nature, and the Environment
Sagoff,
Mark
The Conundrum of Consumption
Durning,
Alan Thein
Carrying Capacity: The Earth's Bottom Line
Postel,
Sandra
Sustainable Development For and By Whom?
Mello,
Fatima Vianna
Population, Living Standards and Sustainability: An Economic View
MacKellar,
F. Landis
Horlacher,
David E.
Section II:
POPULATION GROWTH AND STRUCTURE
Population by the Numbers: Trends in Population Growth and Structure
Haub,
Carl
Riche,
Martha Farnsworth
Section III:
HISTORY AND ANALYSIS OF POPULATION AND FAMILY PLANNING PROGRAMS
The International Family Planning Movement
Donaldson,
Peter J.
Tsui,
Amy Ong
The Politics of U.S. Population Assistance
Camp,
Sharon L.
Population Policy and Women's Health: Balancing the Scales
Germain,
Adrienne
Ordway,
Jane
Section IV:
POPULATION POLICY, REPRODUCTIVE HEALTH AND REPRODUCTIVE RIGHTS
From Family Planning to Reproductive Health
Fathalla,
Mahmoud F.
Population Policy Must Encompass More than Family Planning Services
Bruce,
Judith
Seeking Common Ground: Unmet Need and Demographic Goals
Sinding,
Steven W.
Ross,
John
Rosenfield,
Allan
Quality: The Key to Success
Jain,
Anrudh
Bruce,
Judith
Box: Quantifying Quality
Mensch,
Barbara S.
Abortion and the Global Crisis in Women's Health
Jacobson,
Jodi L.
AIDS: An Agenda for Population Policy
Elias,
Christopher J.
Box: Priorities in Contraceptive Research: The Case for Barrier Methods
Norsigian,
Judy
Ethical Issues in Reproductive Health
Macklin,
Ruth
Law and Reproductive Health
Freedman,
Lynn P.
Section V:
POPULATION, GENDER AND CULTURE
Investing in Women: The Focus of the '90s
Sadik,
Nafis
Women's Rights and Reproductive Choice: Rethinking the Connections
Dixon-Mueller,
Ruth
Family and Gender Issues for Population Policy
Lloyd,
Cynthia B.
Gender and Population Policy
De Barbieri,
M. Teresita
Women's Voices 1994
Population Policy and the Clash of Cultures
Lichtenberg,
Judith
Reflections on African-American Resistance to Population Policies and Birth Control
Shervington,
Denese
People of Color and the Discussion of Population
Edwards,
Mencer Donahue
Indigenous Peoples, Population, and Sustainability
Barsh,
Russel Lawrence
Section VI:
POPULATION AND RELIGION
American Religious Groups and Population Policy
Brooks,
L. Anathea
Chandler,
Teresa
Population Policies and Christian Ethics
Martin-Schramm,
Reverend James B.
Box: Why Some Christians Object to Abortion
Bratton,
Susan Power
Theo-Politics: The Roman Catholic Church and Population Policy
Kissling,
Frances
Reflections on Population Policy from the Roman Catholic Tradition
Ryan,
Maura Anne
Section VII:
POPULATION DISTRIBUTION: URBANIZATION AND INTERNATIONAL MIGRATION
Urbanization Prospects for the 21st Century
Chen,
Nancy Yu-Ping
Zlotnik,
Hania
Box: Consequences of Rapid Urban Growth: The Example of Mexico City
Fox,
Robert
International Migration: Causes and Effects
Zlotnik,
Hania
Migration: What Policymakers Can Do
Teitelbaum,
Michael S.
Russell,
Sharon Stanton
Immigration and Population in the United States: Collision or Consensus?
Sharry,
Frank
Section VIII:
POPULATION AND NATIONAL SECURITY
Environmental Change and Violent Conflict
Homer-Dixon,
Thomas F.
Boutwell,
Jeffrey H.
Rathjens,
George W.
Population and Common Security
Rothschild,
Emma
Endnotes
Index
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