Science for governing Japan's population
Twenty-first-century Japan is known for the world's most aged population. Faced with this challenge, Japan has been a pioneer in using science to find ways of managing a declining birth rate. Science for Governing Japan's Population considers the question of why these population phenomena...
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| Formato: | Libro electrónico |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Cambridge :
Cambridge University Press
2023.
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| Edición: | First edition |
| Colección: | Science in history (Cambridge University Press)
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| Ver en Biblioteca Universitat Ramon Llull: | https://discovery.url.edu/permalink/34CSUC_URL/1im36ta/alma991009769419106719 |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Introduction; 1. Population statistics: between building a modern state and governing imperial subjects; 2. Medical midwifery and vital statistics: for the health of Japan's population; 3. Policy experts: tackling Japan's 'population problems'; 4. National land planning: distributing populations for the wartime nation-state-empire; 5. Birth control survey: visualizing a productive Japanese population for postwar reconstruction; 6. Public health demography: local, national, and transnational efforts to govern lower-class populations; Conclusion.
