Demographic Transition: An Asian Perspective by Rajiv Balakrishnan - 2011

New Delhi, India: Konark Publication/D.K. Publishers Distributors, 2011. The volume stitches together a vast canvas that begins with historical demography and moves on to examine ethnographic perspectives, gender, family health and the ageing population of Asia.The volume also highlights gender, family planning and reproductive health issues, and dwells on the tragic consequences for the girl child when family size norms go down even as son preference persists. A compelling presentation of demographic transition in Asia that brings to fore contemporary research in this area. Printed Pages: 592.. New.