Figuring The Population Bomb

Author : Carole R. McCann
Publisher : University of Washington Press
Page : 328 pages
File Size : 43,9 Mb
Release : 2017-05-01
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9780295999111

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Figuring the Population Bomb by Carole R. McCann Pdf

Figuring the Population Bomb traces the genealogy of twentieth-century demographic �facts� that created a mathematical panic about a looming population explosion. This narrative was popularized in the 1970s in Paul Ehrlich�s best-selling book The Population Bomb, which pathologized population growth in the Global South by presenting a doomsday scenario of widespread starvation resulting from that growth. Carole McCann uses an archive of foundational texts, disciplinary histories, participant reminiscences, and organizational records to reveal the gendered geopolitical grounds of the specialized mathematical culture, bureaucratic organization, and intertextual hierarchy that gave authority to the concept of population explosion. These demographic theories and measurement practices ignited the population �crisis� and moved nations to interfere in women�s reproductive lives. Figuring the Population Bomb concludes that mid-twentieth-century demographic figures remain authoritative to this day in framing the context of transnational feminist activism for reproductive justice.

Author : Paul R. Ehrlich
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 54,7 Mb
Release : 1971
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 1568495870

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The Population Bomb by Paul R. Ehrlich Pdf

Author : Carole Ruth McCann
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 327 pages
File Size : 51,8 Mb
Release : 2017
Category : Birth control
ISBN : OCLC:1162313279

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Figuring the Population Bomb by Carole Ruth McCann Pdf

Author : Emily Klancher Merchant
Publisher : Oxford University Press
Page : 313 pages
File Size : 53,5 Mb
Release : 2021
Category : BUSINESS & ECONOMICS
ISBN : 9780197558942

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Building the Population Bomb by Emily Klancher Merchant Pdf

'Building the Population Bomb' carefully examines how the rise of the world's human population came to be understood as problematic by scientists and governments across the globe. It challenges our assumption of population growth as inherently problematic by demonstrating how it is our anxieties over population growth - and not population growth itself - that have detracted from the pursuit of economic, environmental, and reproductive justice.

Author : Pierre Desrochers,Joanna Szurmak
Publisher : Gwpf Books
Page : 259 pages
File Size : 55,9 Mb
Release : 2018
Category : Climatic changes
ISBN : 0993119034

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Population Bombed! by Pierre Desrochers,Joanna Szurmak Pdf

Many scholars, writers, activists and policy-makers have linked growth in population to environmental degradation, especially catastrophic climate change. In the last few years, however, a number of writers and academics have documented significant improvements in human wellbeing, pointing to longer lifespans, improved health, abundant resources and a general improvement in the environment. Population Bombed! addresses the main shortcomings of arguments advanced by both population control advocates and optimistic writers, explaining how economic prosperity and a cleaner environment are the direct results of both population growth and humanity's increased use of fossil fuels and showing how campaigns against the spread of fossil fuels will cause misery in the developing world, fuel poverty in advanced economies, and will inevitably wreak havoc on the natural world.

Author : Emily Klancher Merchant
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 128 pages
File Size : 46,7 Mb
Release : 2021
Category : Electronic books
ISBN : 019755895X

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Building the Population Bomb by Emily Klancher Merchant Pdf

Building the Population Bomb carefully examines how the rise of the world's human population came to be understood as problematic by scientists and governments across the globe. It challenges our assumption of population growth as inherently problematic by demonstrating how it is our anxieties over population growth--and not population growth itself--that have detracted from the pursuit of economic, environmental, and reproductive justice.

Author : Paul R. Ehrlich
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 246 pages
File Size : 42,6 Mb
Release : 1983-02-12
Category : Birth control
ISBN : NWU:35556016808545

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The Population Bomb by Paul R. Ehrlich Pdf

Author : Darrell Bricker,John Ibbitson
Publisher : Signal
Page : 246 pages
File Size : 45,7 Mb
Release : 2019-02-05
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9780771050893

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Empty Planet by Darrell Bricker,John Ibbitson Pdf

From the authors of the bestselling The Big Shift, a provocative argument that the global population will soon begin to decline, dramatically reshaping the social, political, and economic landscape. For half a century, statisticians, pundits, and politicians have warned that a burgeoning planetary population will soon overwhelm the earth's resources. But a growing number of experts are sounding a different kind of alarm. Rather than growing exponentially, they argue, the global population is headed for a steep decline. Throughout history, depopulation was the product of catastrophe: ice ages, plagues, the collapse of civilizations. This time, however, we're thinning ourselves deliberately, by choosing to have fewer babies than we need to replace ourselves. In much of the developed and developing world, that decline is already underway, as urbanization, women's empowerment, and waning religiosity lead to smaller and smaller families. In Empty Planet, Ibbitson and Bricker travel from South Florida to Sao Paulo, Seoul to Nairobi, Brussels to Delhi to Beijing, drawing on a wealth of research and firsthand reporting to illustrate the dramatic consequences of this population decline--and to show us why the rest of the developing world will soon join in. They find that a smaller global population will bring with it a number of benefits: fewer workers will command higher wages; good jobs will prompt innovation; the environment will improve; the risk of famine will wane; and falling birthrates in the developing world will bring greater affluence and autonomy for women. But enormous disruption lies ahead, too. We can already see the effects in Europe and parts of Asia, as aging populations and worker shortages weaken the economy and impose crippling demands on healthcare and social security. The United States is well-positioned to successfully navigate these coming demographic shifts--that is, unless growing isolationism and anti-immigrant backlash lead us to close ourselves off just as openness becomes more critical to our survival than ever before. Rigorously researched and deeply compelling, Empty Planet offers a vision of a future that we can no longer prevent--but one that we can shape, if we choose.

Author : Paul Sabin
Publisher : Yale University Press
Page : 322 pages
File Size : 46,7 Mb
Release : 2013-09-03
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9780300198881

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The Bet by Paul Sabin Pdf

Author : Michael E. Endres
Publisher : Halsted Press
Page : 224 pages
File Size : 53,8 Mb
Release : 1975
Category : Social Science
ISBN : UOM:39015007259867

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On Defusing the Population Bomb by Michael E. Endres Pdf

Author : John Becklake,Sue Becklake
Publisher : Franklin Watts
Page : 36 pages
File Size : 40,6 Mb
Release : 1990-01-01
Category : Birth control
ISBN : 0749601213

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The Population Explosion by John Becklake,Sue Becklake Pdf

Discusses our continually increasing population, its causes and consequences, and efforts by governments and individuals to control its growth.

Author : Carole Ruth McCann,Seung-Kyung Kim
Publisher : Psychology Press
Page : 518 pages
File Size : 49,8 Mb
Release : 2003
Category : Family & Relationships
ISBN : 0415931525

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Feminist Theory Reader by Carole Ruth McCann,Seung-Kyung Kim Pdf

Feminist Theory Reader is an anthology of classic and contemporary works of feminist theory, organized around the goal of providing both local and global perspectives.

Author : Sisay Asefa
Publisher : W.E. Upjohn Institute
Page : 200 pages
File Size : 44,6 Mb
Release : 2005
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9780880993210

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The Economics of Sustainable Development by Sisay Asefa Pdf

Annotation This book contains six essays based on presentations made at the 40th Annual Werner Sichel Economics Lecture Series sponsored by the Department of Economics, Western Michigan University, during the academic year 2003-3004. The Series was made possible through the financial support of the W.E. Upjohn Institute for Employment Research and Western Michigan University.

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 207 pages
File Size : 44,5 Mb
Release : 1975
Category : Electronic
ISBN : OCLC:760418132

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The Limits to Growth by Anonim Pdf

Author : Paul R. Ehrlich,Michael Charles Tobias
Publisher : University of Chicago Press
Page : 205 pages
File Size : 43,5 Mb
Release : 2014-04-21
Category : Science
ISBN : 9780226113715

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Hope on Earth by Paul R. Ehrlich,Michael Charles Tobias Pdf

Hope on Earth is the thought-provoking result of a lively and wide-ranging conversation between two of the world’s leading interdisciplinary environmental scientists: Paul R. Ehrlich, whose book The Population Bomb shook the world in 1968 (and continues to shake it), and Michael Charles Tobias, whose over 40 books and 150 films have been read and/or viewed throughout the world. Hope on Earth offers a rare opportunity to listen in as these deeply knowledgeable and highly creative thinkers offer their takes on the most pressing environmental concerns of the moment. Both Ehrlich and Tobias argue that we are on the verge of environmental catastrophe, as the human population continues to grow without restraint and without significant attempts to deal with overconsumption and the vast depletion of resources and climate problems it creates. Though their views are sympathetic, they differ in their approach and in some key moral stances, giving rise to a heated and engaging dialogue that opens up dozens of new avenues of exploration. They both believe that the impact of a human society on its environment is the direct result of its population size, and through their dialogue they break down the complex social problems that are wrapped up in this idea and attempts to overcome it, hitting firmly upon many controversial topics such as circumcision, religion, reproduction, abortion, animal rights, diet, and gun control. For Ehrlich and Tobias, ethics involve not only how we treat other people directly, but how we treat them and other organisms indirectly through our effects on the environment. University of California, Berkeley professor John Harte joins the duo for part of the conversation, and his substantial expertise on energy and climate change adds a crucial perspective to the discussion of the impact of population on global warming. This engaging and timely book invites readers into an intimate conversation with some of the most eminent voices in science as they offer a powerful and approachable argument that the ethical and scientific issues involved in solving our environmental crisis are deeply intertwined, while offering us an optimistic way forward. Hope on Earth is indeed a conversation we should all be having.