Science That Colonizes

A Critique of Fertility Studies in Africa

Dados Bibliográficos

ID11086166
AutoresEtienne Van De Walle (autor correspondente), Agnes Riedmann
Ano1994
Volume23
Fascículo4
Páginas560
Data de publicação1994-07-01
Peer ReviewedSim
Open AccessNão
TipoARTICLE
PeriódicoContemporary Sociology A Journal of Reviews (JOURNAL)
Identificadores do periódicoISSN: 0094-3061 • E-ISSN: 1939-8638
EditoraSAGE Publications (PUBLISHER • US)
DOI10.2307/2076399
OpenAlexW2082630430
IdiomaEN
Citações recebidas11

Maps and Tables Acknowledgments 1. Introduction: World-System Demography and the Yoruba Bureaucratic Surveillance CAFN Projects From World-System Theory to World-System Demography Nigerian Demographic Data Yoruba What Follows 2. Historical Prelude: Bringing Yorubaland into the World System Eurocentric Devaluation of the Yoruba Deconstruction of the Indigenous Economy Advancing Bureaucratic Surveillance Resistance and Political Liberation Nigeria Today Demographic Parallels with the Historical Themes Conclusion 3. Yoruba Fieldworkers: Emissaries of Bureaucratic Surveillance Subordinates as Yorubas Bureaucratic Supervision Network Ongoing Training Conclusion 4. Gaining Entrance Block 40 and Surveillance Utilizing Cultural Capital from Two Worlds Sources of Difficulty Invading Subjects' Territorial Selves Conclusion 5. Lessons Inherent in the CAFN Projects Disciplining Power and Docile Bodies Lesson 1: Real Family Is the Nuclear Family Lesson 2: Children Should be Evaluated According to a Cost Calculus Lesson 3: Western Contraceptive Methods are Morally Acceptable as Traditional Measures Lesson 4: Personal Efficacy is Normal and Natural Lesson 5: Placing Oneself under Bureaucratic Surveillance is Normal and Natural Conclusion 6. Resisting the Lessons I strongly suspect that she lied This attitude is foreign to African society The poor man must not lack both wealth and children She is not interested in such topics Things should be allowed to happen as it pleases God Restating the Yoruba Case Effect of Western Schooling on Compliance Conclusion 7. CAFN Projects as Exercises in World-System Demography: Policy Considerations Exploitation and Reactivity World-System Demography and Funding Agencies Opening Doors Conclusion Appendix A: Study Design Appendix B: Description of Background Documents, with Samples Notes Bibliography Index

Development economics · Economics · Fertility · Political science · Population · Social science · Sociology · Agricultural risk and resilience · Demography · Gender Studies · Income, Poverty, and Inequality · Insurance, Mortality, Demography, Risk Management