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Between global and local hierarchies: population management in the first half of the tewntieth century

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  • Attila Melegh

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This study proposes new ways of comparing discourses on population and argues that these discourses concern both management of the reproduction of human bodies on a massive scale, and competition at global and local levels for resources and/or an improved position in global and local hierarchies. This interface between global and local hierarchies actually reveals how we can understand the comparative politics of population management. We aim to establish some of the basic types of such positioning, linking global and local hierarchies in order to start the work of a truly comparative analysis of patterns of population policy, which cannot be sufficiently explained by demographic processes or the specific ideologies of ruling groups.

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  • Attila Melegh, 2010. "Between global and local hierarchies: population management in the first half of the tewntieth century," Demográfia English Edition, Hungarian Demographic Research Institute, vol. 53(5), pages 51-77.
    • Handle: RePEc:nki:journl:v:53:y:2010:i:5:p:51-77
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    Keywords

    Demographic Trends; Population; Population policy; Population discourses; Comparative history; Biopolitics; Discourse analysis; 1900-1940; USA; Netherlands; Hungary; India; Great Britain; Italy; France; Romania; Bulgaria;
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    • J11 - Labor and Demographic Economics - - Demographic Economics - - - Demographic Trends, Macroeconomic Effects, and Forecasts

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