Sex-Selective Abortion in Contemporary Vietnam.
Canberra. ANU Press. 2011. Stock ID #172134 "Sex-selective abortion has been the subject of vigorous debate around the world. While the ethical implications and consequences of sex-selective abortion have been intensely debated within the field of bioethics and feminism, anthropological constitutions to these debates have been surprisingly limited. In Vietnam, demographic data indicates that the proportion of male birthed have increased over the last decade, especially since 2003. The national average sex ration at birth, an indicator of sex selection, today is close to 111, and may rise to 115 in the current decade. Although demographic research indicates that the trend is the result of the practice of sex-selective abortion, very little is understood about the incidence of sex-selective abortions in Vietnam: who undertakes them, why they decide to do so, how they take place and why policy measures to prevent them apparently have had such little effect." - Abstract. When referring to this item please quote stockid 172134.
Colour illustrations, ix + 297pp, bibliography, appendix, very good paperback copy in spiral bound card covers. 30 x 21cm.
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