Gender analysis of family planning

Beyond the feminist vs. population control debate

Datos Bibliográficos

ID12547306
AutoresInes Smyth (autor de correspondencia)
Año1996
Volumen2
Número2
Páginas63-86
Fecha de publicación1996-07-01
Open AccessNo
TipoARTICLE
RevistaFeminist Economics (JOURNAL)
Identificadores de la revistaISSN: 1354-5701 • E-ISSN: 1466-4372
EditorialTaylor & Francis (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1080/13545709610001707656
OpenAlexW2041177836
IdiomaEN
Citas recibidas13

This paper tries to assess whether the recent adoption by population establishment agencies of feminist language and concerns also embodies feminist visions and values, or whether it hides fundamental differences. In particular, the paper warns that this adoption may simply be an expression of the kind of instrumentalism common to many development policies which are recommended for the benefit of women.For this purpose, the paper describes the historical context of the apparent changes in the treatment of women by the population establishment. It then analyses feminist notions of reproduction, science and reproductive technologies, and how these inform critiques of family planning programs. Since such critiques are not uniform, in content or degree, this analysis includes the different feminist traditions from which they derive

Biology · Context (archaeology · Control (management · Economic growth · Economics · Epistemology · Family planning · Geography · Instrumentalism · Management · Political science · Population · Population control · Reproduction · Research methodology · Social science · Sociology · Vision · Anthropology · Demographic Trends and Gender Preferences · Demography · Gender Studies · Gender, Labor, and Family Dynamics · Reproductive Health and Technologies