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Just one child [electronic resource] : science and policy in Deng's China / Susan Greenhalgh.

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Population politics are a major issue in China. Susan Greenhaigh explores the origins and development of the one-child policy from the late 1970s to the present day, showing how sociopolitical life in China has been subject to scientization and statisticalization.

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Online Access: Full Text (via De Gruyter)
Main Author: Greenhalgh, Susan
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Berkeley, Calif. ; London : University of California Press, ©2008.
Subjects:
Birth control > China > History > 20th century.
Women > Social conditions > 20th century.
China > Population policy.
Birth control.
Population policy.
Women > Social conditions.
China.
1900-1999
History.
Table of Contents:
  • Frontmatter
  • Contents
  • List of Illustrations
  • Preface
  • Acknowledgments
  • 1. Introduction: An Anthropology of Science Making and Policymaking
  • 2. History: The "Ideology" Before the "Science"
  • MAKING POPULATION SCIENCE
  • 3. A Chinese Marxian Statistics of Population
  • 4. A Sinified Cybernetics of Population
  • 5. A Chinese Marxian Humanism of Population
  • MAKING POPULATION POLICY
  • 6. The Scientific Revolution in Chengdu
  • 7. Ally Recruitment in Beijing
  • 8. Scientific Policymaking in Zhongnanhai
  • 9. Conclusion: Why an Epistemic Approach Matters
  • Notes
  • List of Interviews
  • References
  • Index

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