Gender-Biased Sex Selection in South Korea, India and Vietnam - Assessing the Influence of Public Policy (Paperback, 1st ed. 2020)

This book provides an in-depth 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 careful and detailed 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.

General

Imprint:	Springer Nature Switzerland AG
Country of origin:	Switzerland
Series:	Demographic Transformation and Socio-Economic Development, 11
Release date:	August 2020
First published:	2020
Authors:	Laura Rahm
Dimensions:	235 x 155mm (L x W)
Format:	Paperback
Pages:	340
Edition:	1st ed. 2020
ISBN-13:	978-3-03-020236-1
Categories:	Books > Reference & Interdisciplinary > Interdisciplinary studies > Development studies Books > Social sciences > Politics & government > General Books > Business & Economics > Economics > Political economy Books > Social sciences > Sociology, social studies > Gender studies > General Books > Social sciences > Sociology, social studies > Population & demography > General
LSN:	3-03-020236-4
Barcode:	9783030202361

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