Scarce Women and Surplus Men in China and India Macro Demographics versus Local Dynamics

This volume documents how families, communities and some groups (single men, young ‘scarce’ women, parents) adapt and adjust to recent demographic shifts in China and India. It discuss how demographic change interacts with other processes of change, including changes with respect to economic develop...

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Other Authors: Srinivasan, Sharada (Editor), Li, Shuzhuo (Editor)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Cham Springer International Publishing 2018, 2018
Edition:1st ed. 2018
Series:Demographic Transformation and Socio-Economic Development
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Collection: Springer eBooks 2005- - Collection details see MPG.ReNa
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Summary:This volume documents how families, communities and some groups (single men, young ‘scarce’ women, parents) adapt and adjust to recent demographic shifts in China and India. It discuss how demographic change interacts with other processes of change, including changes with respect to economic development and globalization, gender, class, caste, families, migration and work. The chapters offer micro-level analyses contextualized in larger processes of change and push further existing understandings of the consequences of the demographic imbalance between men and women in China and/or India, particularly from a gender/ feminist perspective. As such this book will be of interest to scholars and students in population studies, sociology, international development, gender studies, and Asian studies. 
Physical Description:VIII, 164 p. 9 illus online resource
ISBN:9783319632759