The social and sociological consequences of China's one-child policy

Y Cai, W Feng - Annual Review of Sociology, 2021 - annualreviews.org
China's one-child policy is one of the largest and most controversial social engineering
projects in human history. With the extreme restrictions it imposed on reproduction, the …

Population, policy, and politics: how will history judge China's one-child policy?

W Feng, Y Cai, B Gu - Population and development review, 2013 - JSTOR
One of the main puzzles of modern population and social history i among all countries
confronting rapid population growth in the secon of the twentieth century, China chose to …

Ending an era of population control in China: was the one‐child policy ever needed?

Z Wang, M Yang, J Zhang… - American Journal of …, 2016 - Wiley Online Library
The one‐child policy of China, which was initiated in 1980 and was reversed in 2015, has
been conceived of as a decision made independently and arbitrarily or a product of …

Science, modernity, and the making of China's one‐child policy

S Greenhalgh - Population and Development Review, 2003 - Wiley Online Library
China's one‐child‐per‐couple policy represents an extraordinary attempt to engineer
national wealth, power, and global standing by drastically braking population growth …

A revolution in family life: The political and social structural impact of China's one child policy

BG Rosenberg, Q Jing - Journal of Social Issues, 1996 - Wiley Online Library
The present article examines the need for family policy, acknowledging its potentially
invasive nature and emphasizing its profound impact on extended areas such as health …

The one‐child policy in Shanghai: acceptance and internalization

Y Nie, RJ Wyman - Population and Development Review, 2005 - Wiley Online Library
China's one‐child policy is a major example of social engineering and the subject of human
rights concerns. Given the significance of the policy, it is important to ascertain the attitudes …

[图书][B] Only hope: Coming of age under China's one-child policy

VL Fong - 2004 - books.google.com
The first generation of children born under China's one-child family policy is now reaching
adulthood. What are these children like? What are their values, goals, and interests? What …

China's population policy at the crossroads: Social impacts and prospects

Q Jiang, S Li, MW Feldman - Asian journal of social science, 2013 - brill.com
China's total fertility rate fell below replacement level in the 1990s. From the 1970s the
fertility rate declined dramatically, mainly as a consequence of the national population policy …

Potential effects of the one-child policy on gender equality in the People's Republic of China

LK Hong - Gender & Society, 1987 - journals.sagepub.com
Notwithstanding the obvious advantages of controlling population growth and the probable
problems with old-age security and female infanticide, the one-child program in China could …

Can China afford to continue its one-child policy?

F Wang - 2005 - scholarspace.manoa.hawaii.edu
Twenty-five years after it was launched, China's" One Child" population control policy is
credited with cutting population growth to an all time low and contributing to two decades of …