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Synopsis
Responding to those who argue that resources spent saving lives in impoverished and overpopulated regions are wasted, Klaus Leisinger and Karin Schmitt set forth the components of strategies that can bring down birth rates in an ethically acceptable way. They explain that development must: foster a political, legal, and economic environment that supports human development focus on the satisfaction of basic human needs improve the social status of women All Our People provides an in-depth, balanced treatment of such factors as human consumption patterns, the ethical issues surrounding population policy, and the role of women in development issues. The authors consider the wide range of conditions necessary to mitigate problems associated with population growth and the environment, including reformed attitudes and behavior patterns among people in industrial countries as well as global changes in economic, social, and political structures."
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Klaus M. Leisinger is a professor of sociology at the University of Basel, Switzerland.
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- PublisherIsland Press
- Publication date1994
- ISBN 10 1559632925
- ISBN 13 9781559632928
- BindingHardcover
- Edition number4
- Number of pages280
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