Strategien und Diskurse Demographischer Steuerung

摘要

This collection of articles by women sociologists and political scientists addresses one of the most salient problems of our time: population explosion in the developing world but decline in Europe. The issues have vast implications for the economic development, ecology and the position of women in the former and the future of the welfare state, employment, etc. in the latter category. Matters are complicated by regional variations: in Europe alone there are considerable differences between states with noticeably more family friendly policies (Scandinavia and France), which show a less marked decline, and the traditionally catholic countries (Spain, Portugal and Italy), which show a greater one. Germany occupies a special place: it emerges as the country with the most conservative family policies. Its birth rate is now one of the lowest in Europe.