Eric P. Kaufmann

Whither the Child?: Causes and Consequences of Low Fertility Eric P. Kaufmann 1st edition

Marc Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index. Table of Contents: Introduction / Eric Kaufmann, W. Bradford Wilcox -- Chapter 1. Fertility, Feminism, and Faith: The Influence of Secularism and Economic Conditions / Alicia Adsera -- Chapter 2. The Social and Civic Consequences of Parenthood for Adults / David J. Eggebeen -- Chapter 3. Do Children Bring Happiness and Purpose in Life? / Hans-Peter Kohler -- Chapter 4. Gift or Commodity: How Ought We to Think about Children? / Elizabeth Marquardt -- Chapter 5. Little Emperors? Growing Up in China after the One-Child Policy / Susan E. Short, Hongwei Xu, Ying Liu -- Chapter 6. Before, During, and After the Baby Carriage: The Division of Family Labor and Wives' Contemporary Marital Satisfaction / W. Bradford Wilcox, Jeffrey Dew -- Chapter 7. Sacralization by Stealth? The Religious Consequences of Low Fertility in Europe / Eric Kaufmann -- Chapter 8. Feminism as the New Natalism: Twenty-First-Century Prescriptions for Addressing Low Fertility / Leonard Schoppa -- Chapter 9. What Do Women Really Want? Designing Family Policies for All Women / Catherine Hakim -- Chapter 10. The Future of Fertility: Future Trends in Family Size among Low Fertility Populations / Wolfgang Lutz, Stuart Hasten, Erich Striessnig -- Index -- About the Editors and Contributors. Publisher Marketing: Birth rates are falling and fertility rates are well below replacement levels. At the same time, the economic crisis has forced governments to scale back public spending, reduce child support, and raise the retirement age, causing immense social conflict. Taking a step outside the disciplinary comfort zone, "Whither the Child?" asks how demography affects individuals and society. What does it feel like to live in a low fertility world? What are the consequences? Is there even a problem - economically, culturally and morally? No other book confronts so many dimensions of the low fertility issue and none engage with the thorny issues of child psychology, parenting, family, and social policy that are tackled head-on here. Review Citations:

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Contributor Bio:  Kaufmann, Eric Eric Kaufmann is Reader in Politics at Birkbeck College, University of London, and author of "Shall the Religious Inherit the Earth" (Profile 2010). Contributor Bio:  Wilcox, W Bradford W. Bradford Wilcox is Director of the National Marriage Project and Associate Professor of Sociology at the University of Virginia.