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Sex-selective abortion in India : Gender, society and new reproductive technologies

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Publication details: New Delhi Sage Publications 2007Description: 432pISBN:
  • 9780761935391
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 304.670954 PAT
Contents:
Table of contents Foreword Tim Dyson; Preface; Introduction: Gender Relations, NRTs and Female Foeticide in India - Tulsi Patel; PART I: MISSING GIRLS AND NRTS: ETHICAL AND DEVELOPMENTAL DILEMMAS; Deficit of Girls in India: Can it be Attributed to Female Selective Abortion? - Leela Visaria; Female Foeticide: A Civilisational Collapse - Ashish Bose; Rethinking Female Foeticide: Perspective and Issues - Rainuka Dagar; PART II: MEANING AND SOCIAL CONTEXT OF THE DEPLETING NUMBER OF GIRLS; The Mindset behind Eliminating the Female Foetus - Tulsi Patel; Between a Rock and a Hard Place: The Social Context of the Missing Girl Child - Alpana D. Sagar; Health Policy, Plan and Implementation: The Role of Health Workers in Altering the Sex Ratio - Reema Bhatia; Adoption: Born to Live - Rashmi Kapoor; PART III: REPRESENTATION, ARTICULATION AND THE STATE; Female Infanticide, Property and the Colonial State - L. S. Vishwanath; The Political Economy of Missing Girls in India - Vibhuti Patel; Female Foeticide, Family Planning and State-Society Intersection in India - Tulsi Patel; Appendices; Index
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Table of contents
Foreword Tim Dyson;
Preface;
Introduction: Gender Relations, NRTs and Female Foeticide in India - Tulsi Patel;
PART I: MISSING GIRLS AND NRTS: ETHICAL AND DEVELOPMENTAL DILEMMAS;
Deficit of Girls in India: Can it be Attributed to Female Selective Abortion? - Leela Visaria;
Female Foeticide: A Civilisational Collapse - Ashish Bose;
Rethinking Female Foeticide: Perspective and Issues - Rainuka Dagar;
PART II: MEANING AND SOCIAL CONTEXT OF THE DEPLETING NUMBER OF GIRLS;
The Mindset behind Eliminating the Female Foetus - Tulsi Patel;
Between a Rock and a Hard Place: The Social Context of the Missing Girl Child - Alpana D. Sagar;
Health Policy, Plan and Implementation: The Role of Health Workers in Altering the Sex Ratio - Reema Bhatia;
Adoption: Born to Live - Rashmi Kapoor;
PART III: REPRESENTATION, ARTICULATION AND THE STATE;
Female Infanticide, Property and the Colonial State - L. S. Vishwanath;
The Political Economy of Missing Girls in India - Vibhuti Patel;
Female Foeticide, Family Planning and State-Society Intersection in India - Tulsi Patel;
Appendices;
Index