Gender-biased sex selection in South Korea, India and Vietnam :
General Material Designation
[Book]
Other Title Information
assessing the influence of public policy /
First Statement of Responsibility
Laura Rahm.
.PUBLICATION, DISTRIBUTION, ETC
Place of Publication, Distribution, etc.
Cham, Switzerland :
Name of Publisher, Distributor, etc.
Springer,
Date of Publication, Distribution, etc.
[2020]
PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION
Specific Material Designation and Extent of Item
xxvi, 340 pages :
Other Physical Details
illustrations, maps ;
Dimensions
25 cm.
SERIES
Series Title
Demographic transformation and socio-economic development ;
Volume Designation
volume 11
INTERNAL BIBLIOGRAPHIES/INDEXES NOTE
Text of Note
Includes bibliographical references.
CONTENTS NOTE
Text of Note
Gender-biased sex selection in Asia : motives, methods, magnitudes -- History and theory of public policies against sex selection -- Methodology -- South Korea -- India -- Vietnam -- Cross-country comparison : policies, patterns and processes -- General conclusion : limited evidence that policies normalize SRB.
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SUMMARY OR ABSTRACT
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"This book provides an...analysis of the influence of public policy on sex selection. Three Asian countries were chosen for the comparative policy analysis, namely South Korea, India and Vietnam that share in common a historical legacy of son preference, high levels of sex imbalances and active policy response to curbing the growing demographic masculinization of their nations. The research based on the data collected from field work in the three countries shows that despite the adoption of very similar anti-sex selection policies the outcomes have been markedly different for each of the three countries. These unexpected diverse outcomes are explained partly by their different historical and cultural contexts, and partly to the different social, political and economic institutions and dynamics. This monograph offers...explanations of both within and across country diversities in policy outcomes, pointing to the importance and the limits of cross-national policy learning and adoption, and raising questions about the efficacy of international organizations' current approaches to global policy and knowledge transfer."--
TOPICAL NAME USED AS SUBJECT
Sex preselection-- Government policy.
Sex preselection-- Law and legislation-- India.
Sex preselection-- Law and legislation-- Korea (South)