The Myth of Population Control: Family, Caste and Class in an indian Village by Mahmood Mamdani


The Myth of Population Control: Family, Caste and Class in an indian Village
Title : The Myth of Population Control: Family, Caste and Class in an indian Village
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ISBN : 0853452849
ISBN-10 : 9780853452843
Language : English
Format Type : Paperback
Number of Pages : 158
Publication : First published January 1, 1972

Clean, tight book. A study of why the big birth reduction campaign put on by the Indian government and the Rockefeller Foundation in an Indian village in the Punjab failed so dismally. Bibliography.173pp.

The Myth of Population Control: Family, Caste and Class in an indian Village Reviews

  • Conrad Barwa

    Very similar to post-modernist critiques of development programmes circulating today, though this is written in the 1970s and utilises a more Marxist paradigm. Some of the analysis of the class structure of agrarian society is dated by now, which has implications for the arguement that rural people favour larger families. Long term demographic decline can and has taken place in rural areas as well, with factors such as female literacy being key. However, as a critique of how top-down, modernist, high planning and social engineering can go wrong if it doesn't properly understand its subjects, it still remains highly relevant.

  • Pratiti

    In this fascinating book about population, Mamdani points out why the population issue is not about illiteracy or ignorance and is inherently tied to the economic factors in rural India.

  • Brock

    this book can change your entire view on any issue dealing with the modern human world

  • Sachin Bhatia

    What are good intentions?