Deconstructing the dangerous dogma of denial
The feminist-environmental justice movement and its flight from overpopulation
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 12858307 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Madeline M Weld (Institute of Population and Public Health, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2012 |
| Volume | 12 |
| Issue | 1 |
| Pages | 53-58 |
| Publication date | 2012-02-14 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Ethics in Science and Environmental Politics (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1611-8014 • E-ISSN: 1863-5415 |
| Publisher | I nt er-R es ea rc h (PUBLISHER • DE) |
| DOI | 10.3354/esep00123 |
| OpenAlex | W2327440536 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 2 |
| References cited | 1 |
Media reports on the wave of unrest sweeping the Arab world for the most part ignore a crucial underlying factor: rapid, unsustainable population growth. Seventeen years ago, Egypt, one of the countries at the center of the current unrest, hosted the International Conference on Population and Development. Under the influence of feminist and social justice non-governmental organisations, population reduction as an end in itself was off the agenda as antithetical to women's rights. A focus on development alone was expected to bring about a reduction in population growth. In the absence of national or international (United Nations) population strategies, financial support for family planning has fallen sharply and population growth has remained rapid. Consequently, development has lagged, and a deteriorating environment and resource scarcity have led to conflict in many regions. This article challenges the arguments used to suppress discussion of and action on population growth and invites readers to break the silence of policy makers and scholars to discuss the role of population growth in a myriad of problems, what we can call the population taboo
Criminology · Denial · Development economics · Economic growth · Economic Justice · Economics · Environmental justice · Overpopulation · Political science · Politics · Population · Population growth · Sociology · Unrest · Environmental law and policy · Law · Transboundary Water Resource Management · Water Governance and Infrastructure
| Unique citing works | 2 |
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| Citations per year | 0,33 |
| Citation span | 2020 - 2021 (2) |
| Citation velocity | historical |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 1 |