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Twentieth Century Population Thinking
This reader on the history of demography and historical perspectives on "population" in the twentieth century features a unique collection of primary sources from around the globe, written by scholars, politicians, journalists, and activists. Many of the sources are available in English for the first time. Background information is provided on each source. Together, the sources mirror the circumstances under which scientific knowledge about "population" was produced, how demography evolved as a discipline, and how demographic developments were interpreted and discussed in different political and cultural settings. Readers thereby gain insight into the historical precedents on debates on race, migration, reproduction, natural resources, development and urbanization, the role of statistics in the making of the nation state, and family structures and gender roles, among others. The reader is designed for undergraduate and graduate students as well as scholars in the fields of demography and population studies as well as to anyone interested in the history of science and knowledge.
In Pursuit of Health Equity
Throughout Latin America, social medicine has been widely recognized for its critical perspectives on mainstream understandings of health and for its progressive policy achievements. Nevertheless, it has been an elusive subject: hard to define, with puzzling historical discontinuities and misconceptions about its origins. Drawing on a vast archive and with an ambitious narrative scope that transcends national borders, Eric D. Carter offers the first comprehensive intellectual and political history of the social medicine movement in Latin America, from the early twentieth century to the present day. While maintaining a consistent focus on health equity, social medicine has evolved with changi...
Population Politics in the Tropics
Originally presented as the author's thesis (doctoral)--European University Institute (EUI) in Florence, 2014.
Contraception
The development, manufacturing, and use of contraceptive methods from the late nineteenth century to the present, viewed from the perspective of reproductive justice. The beginning of the modern contraceptive era began in 1882, when Dr. Aletta Jacobs opened the first birth control clinic in Amsterdam. The founding of this facility, and the clinical provision of contraception that it enabled, marked the moment when physicians started to take the prevention of pregnancy seriously as a medical concern. In this volume in the MIT Press Essential Knowledge series, Donna Drucker traces the history of modern contraception, outlining the development, manufacturing, and use of contraceptive methods fr...
International Impacts on Social Policy
This open access book consists of 39 short essays that exemplify how interactions between inter- and trans-national interdependencies and domestic factors have shaped the dynamics of social policy in various parts of the world at different points in time. Each chapter highlights a specific type of interdependence which has been identified to provide us with a nuanced understanding of specific social policy developments at discrete points in history. The volume is divided into four parts that are concerned with a particular type of cross-border interrelation. The four parts examine the impact on social policy of trade relations and economic crises, violence, international organisations and cross-border communication and migration. This book will be of interest to academics and postgraduate students in the field of social policy, global history and welfare state research from diverse disciplines: sociology, political science, history, law and economics. .
forum for inter-american research Vol 4
Volume 4 of 6 of the complete premium print version of journal forum for inter-american research (fiar), which is the official electronic journal of the International Association of Inter-American Studies (IAS). fiar was established by the American Studies Program at Bielefeld University in 2008. We foster a dialogic and interdisciplinary approach to the study of the Americas. fiar is a peer-reviewed online journal. Articles in this journal undergo a double-blind review process and are published in English, French, Portuguese and Spanish.
The Routledge Handbook on the History of Development
This bold and ambitious handbook is the first systematic overview of the history of development ideas, themes, and actors in the twentieth century. Taking stock of the field, the book reflects on blind spots, points out avenues for future research, and brings together a greater plurality of regions, actors, and approaches than other publications on the subject. The book offers a critical reassessment of how historical experiences have shaped contemporary understandings of development, demonstrating that the seemingly self-evident concept of development has been contingent on a combination of material conditions, power structures, and policy choices at different times and in different places....
Causal Mechanisms in the Global Development of Social Policies
This open access edited volume introduces the concept of causal mechanisms to explore new ways of explaining the global dynamics of social policy, and shows that a mechanism-based approach provides several advantages over established approaches for studying social policy. The introductory chapter outlines the mechanism-based approach, which stands out by modularisation and a clear focus on actors. The mechanism-based approach then guides the twelve chapters on social policy developments in different Asian, African, European and Latin American countries. Based on these findings, the concluding chapter provides a structured compilation of causal mechanisms and outlines how a mechanism-based approach can further strengthen research on the global development of social policies, especially in a comparative perspective. The edited volume is highly relevant for social policy scholars from a variety of disciplines, as well as for scholars interested in strengthening explanation in the social sciences.
Colombia conectada
Colombia conectada refuta la visión “aislacionista” de la historia de Colombia. En contra de la idea del “Tíbet de Sudamérica” (Alfonso López Michelsen), se evidencia que tanto en el siglo XIX como en el siglo XX hubo episodios de fuerte integración global. En ese sentido, los autores visibilizan las conexiones rotas por una historiografía enfocada en el Estado-nación como unidad de análisis. Sin embargo, como lo muestran los aportes en este texto, incluso la nación misma ha sido resultado de contactos y transferencias dentro de un contexto global. De ninguna manera, su formación puede explicarse de forma autorreferencial, como todavía ocurre en una buena parte de la producción académica del país. Periodos históricos tradicionalmente relacionados con el aislamiento político, la autarquía económica o el “desarrollo hacia adentro” se caracterizaron en realidad por múltiples formas de intercambio global, flujos, transferencias y conexiones, aunque el Estado no haya sido siempre protagónico en estos procesos. Así pues, los estudios de caso que conforman esta compilación demuestran el potencial de una historia global hecha en Colombia.
Wissen
Wissen ist nicht nur eine umkämpfte Ressource unserer Gesellschaft, sondern mittlerweile auch ein zentraler Gegenstand der Geschichtswissenschaften. Seit den 1990er Jahren hat sich neben der Wissenschaftsgeschichte eine eigene Wissensgeschichte etabliert, deren Themen und Theorien weit über das wissenschaftliche Wissen hinausgehen. Gerade diese Dynamik der Ausweitung macht einen komprimierten Überblick erforderlich – Marian Füssel bietet ihn mit dieser prägnanten Einführung in ein wichtiges Thema der historischen Kulturwissenschaften. Thematische Schwerpunkte des Studienbuchs bilden Räume, Institutionen, Akteure, Praktiken, Medien, Prozesse und Narrative der Geschichte des Wissens, also Archive und Bibliotheken, Akademien und Universitäten, Wunderkammern und Museen oder die Gelehrtenkultur Europas seit dem Mittelalter. Außerdem diskutiert der Band auf dem aktuellen internationalen Forschungsstand unterschiedliche Wissensbegriffe, das Verhältnis von Wissensgeschichte und Wissenschaftsgeschichte, die Geschichte des Nicht-Wissens und die Historisierung der Wissensgesellschaft.
