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The Means of Reproductionby Michelle Goldberg
Penguin Group Inc. 2010; US$ 12.99A groundbreaking new work on the global battle over reproductive rights by the author of The New York Times bestseller Kingdom Coming Award-winning journalist Michelle Goldberg shows how the emancipation of women has become the key human rights struggle of the twenty-first century in The Means of Reproduction . Deeply reported across four continents, the book explores issues such as abortion, female circumcision, and Asia's missing girls to dramatize the connections between international policymaking and individual lives. Goldberg demonstrates how women's rights are key to addressing both overpopulation and rapid population decline, reducing world poverty, and retarding the spread of AIDS. Sweeping and ambitious, this is a must-read... more...
Abortionby Eva Pattis Zoja
Routledge 1997; US$ 37.50The psychological significance of abortion is often ignored in a debate which excites strong emotions. Rather than polarising her views for or against abortion, Eva Pattis Zoja presents its significance in terms of a woman's inner life. more...
Family Planning in the Legacy of Islamby Abdel-Rahim Omran; Nafis Sadik
Routledge 1992; US$ 200.00Providing a much-needed source of reference and examining how the Islamic view of marriage, family formation and child rearing has developed over the centuries, this book is a comprehensive and ground-breaking work in the field. more...
Childlessby James H. Monach
Routledge 1993; US$ 200.00Examines the causes of childlessness, the availability of choices for couples and at a time of rapidly developing treatments for infertility and new legislative controls, looks at the experiences and views of childless couples. more...
Abortion, Sin and the State in Thailandby Louise Edwards; Andrea Whittaker
RoutledgeCurzon 2004; US$ 39.95This book discusses abortion in a non-Western, non-Christian context - in Thailand, where over 200,000 to 300,000 illegal abortions are performed each year by a variety of methods. more...
Childhoodby Chris Jenks
Routledge 1996; US$ 115.00In this fascinating book Chris Jenks thoroughly examines the concept of childhood. He focuses on the way the image of the child is played out in society, looking specifically at its image through history and the reality of child abuse. more...
Pregnancy and Abortion Counsellingby Ida Fairbairn; Joanna Brien
Routledge 1996; US$ 34.95Aimed at professionals in the field, it provides a comprehensive review of the social, moral and legal issues surrounding contraception and abortion and offers clear guidelines for establishing good practice. more...
Constructing and Reconstructing Childhoodby Allison James; Alan Prout
RoutledgeFalmer 1997; US$ 57.50The second and fully revised edition of James and Prout's acclaimed seminal work on the study of childhood. more...
Childrenby David Archard
Routledge 2004; US$ 29.95Offering a serious and sustained philosophical examination of children's rights, David Archard provides a clear and accessible introduction to the topic. The second edition is fully revised and updated and include a new preface and two new chapters. more...
The Origins and Evolution of Family Planning Programs in Developing Countriesby Judith R. Seltzer
RAND Corporation 2002; US$ 9.95This book analyzes the origins and rationale of family planning programs and how they have evolved based on experience in different country settings. more...