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1991.More information
AbstractAfter presenting fertility decline in poor populations in Bangladesh and Latin America, the authors analyse the impulses behind the beginnings of fertility transition in Côte-d'Ivoire. They describe first the emergence of positive attitudes towards fertility control at both individual and governmental levels in this context of socio-economic crisis. After analysing the links between individual poverty, high fertility and low rates of contraceptive practice, using Demographic and Health Survey data, they use multilevel analysis to examine the relationship between standards of living and reproductive behaviour. The results provide the context for a discussion of the pre-conditions for fertility transition, and show that early fertility decline in Côte-d'Ivoire is a consequence of modernisation in a context of economic crisis rather than a real Malthusian response to poverty.
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1992.More information
SUMMARYThis article follows the major historical steps with respect to the protection of the child aged less than three years in France and in Canada over the course of a century. Analysis focuses first on the motives behind increased intervention by political leaders on behalf of the child; next on the protection of the welfare of the mother and child; and finally on the evolution of demographic characteristics, in relation with processes of social and geographic differentiation. A remarkable convergence is observed between the two countries, despite veritable differences in political pressures and actions, traceable back to certain common structural traits, and linked with emerging patterns of international exchanges favouring the modelling of a new culture regarding childhood.
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1993.
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1998.More information
ABSTRACTThe Ligue d'Action française drafted an economic reconquest plan that rested upon the organization of capital and educational reform. It advocated an increased role for the state, control of foreign investment and the balanced development of agriculture and industry. It favoured the growth of French Canadians' material wealth while preserving their identity and religious structure. That's why it privileged a model of development that rejected both socialism and unbridled capitalism.
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1999.
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2000.More information
ABSTRACTThe World March of Women in 2000 was a first, being the first time feminist movements from more than 150 countries had mobilised behind a set of social claims to combat poverty and violence and addressed their claims to national states as well as international bodies. In analysing this historic experience, this text focuses on the limited consensus that was constructed. The limits came from the alliance that included women from faith-based communities opposed to abortion rights. Why did feminists make such an alliance and what does it mean that it was accepted ? We observe that beyond this one instance of collective action is a real project of transnational solidarity and integration of women's movements into an international civil society being constructed.