Cover Image

Family Systems, Political systems, and Asia’s ‘Missing Girls’ : The Construction of Son Preference and Its Unraveling

Son preference is known to be found in certain types of cultures, that is patrilineal cultures. But what explains the fact that China, South Korea, and Northwest India manifest such extreme child sex ratios compared with other patrilineal societies...

Full description

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Das Gupta, Monica
Language:English
Published: 2012
Subjects:
ACCESS TO LAND
ACCESS TO RESOURCES
ADULT WOMEN
ADULTS
AFTERLIFE
AGED
ALLIANCES
AUTONOMY
BIRTH ORDER
BREADWINNER
CAPITALISM
CENSUSES
CHILD CUSTODY
CHILD HEALTH
CHILD MARRIAGE
CHILD MORTALITY
CHILDBEARING
CITIES
CITIZENS
CIVILIZATION
CLAN
COMMON PROPERTY
COURT
COURTS
CULTURES
CUSTOMARY LAW
CUSTOMARY PRACTICE
DAILY LIFE
DEMOCRACY
DEMOGRAPHIC IMPLICATIONS
DEMOGRAPHY
DESCENT
DEVELOPING COUNTRIES
DEVELOPMENT POLICY
DIFFERENTIALS IN MORTALITY
DISCOURSE
DISCRIMINATION
DIVISION OF PROPERTY
DIVORCE
DIVORCED WOMEN
DOMESTIC SPHERE
DOWRIES
DOWRY
EARLY CHILDHOOD
ECONOMIC GROWTH
ECONOMIC OPPORTUNITIES
ECONOMIC RESOURCES
ECONOMIC RIGHTS
EITHER SEX
ELDERLY
ELDERLY WOMEN
ENDOGAMY
EQUAL RIGHTS
EQUALITY OF MEN
ETHNIC IDENTITY
ETHNICITY
ETHNOGRAPHIC STUDIES
ETHNOGRAPHIES
EXCESS MORTALITY
FAMILIES
FAMILY COMPOSITION
FAMILY FORMS
FAMILY HEALTH
FAMILY INCOME
FAMILY LAW
FAMILY LAWS
FAMILY MEMBERS
FAMILY PLANNING
FAMILY SIZE
FAMILY STRUCTURE
FATHERS
FEMALE
FEMALE INFANTICIDE
FEMALE MORTALITY
FERTILITY
FERTILITY DECLINE
FOLKLORE
GENDER
GENDER BIAS
GENDER DIFFERENCES
GENDER DISCRIMINATION
GENDER EQUALITY
GENDER EQUITY
GENDER HIERARCHIES
GENDER INEQUITIES
GENDER PREFERENCE
GENDER RELATIONS
GENDER ROLES
GENEALOGY
GENERATIONS
HEAD OF THE FAMILY
HOME
HOMES
HOUSEHOLDS
HOUSES
HUMAN DEVELOPMENT
HUNTING
HUSBAND
HUSBANDS
ILLEGITIMATE CHILDREN
ILLNESS
IMAGES OF WOMEN
IMMIGRANTS
INCEST
INDIGENOUS POPULATIONS
INDIVIDUAL MEMBERS
INDUSTRIALIZATION
INEQUALITIES
INFANT
INHERITANCE
ISLAMIC LAW
JOURNAL OF MARRIAGE
JOURNAL OF WOMEN
KINSHIP
KINSHIP STRUCTURE
LAWS
LEGAL CHANGES
LEGAL ENTITIES
LEGAL REFORMS
LEGAL RIGHTS
LOCAL COMMUNITIES
LOCAL GOVERNMENTS
LOCAL POPULATION
LOCAL POPULATIONS
MARRIAGE LAW
MARRIAGES
MARRIED COUPLES
MARRIED MEN
MARRIED WOMAN
MARRIED WOMEN
MASS MEDIA
MEDICAL SERVICES
MIGRATION
MODERNIZATION
MORTALITY AMONG INFANTS
MOTHER
MURDERS OF WOMEN
NUMBER OF GIRLS
OFFENDERS
OLD AGE
OLD SYSTEM
PARENTHOOD
PARENTS
PATRIARCHY
PEACE
PENSION
PERSONAL LIVES
PHILOSOPHY
POLICY RESEARCH
POLICY RESEARCH WORKING PAPER
POLITICAL INSTABILITY
POLITICAL POWER
POLITICAL SYSTEMS
POLYANDRY
POPULAR CULTURE
POPULATION AND DEVELOPMENT
POPULATION CENSUSES
POPULATION DIVISION
POPULATION GROWTH
POPULATION STUDIES
PREFERENCE FOR SONS
PRENATAL SEX SELECTION
PROGRESS
PROPERTY RIGHTS
PUBLIC LIFE
PUBLIC POLICY
PUBLIC SERVICES
PUBLIC SPHERE
RADIO
RELIGION
RELIGIOUS BELIEFS
RESIDENCE
RIGHT OF REFUSAL
RITES
RITUAL
RITUALS
RURAL AREAS
RURAL DEVELOPMENT
RURAL WOMEN
SANCTIONS
SEX
SEX DIFFERENCES
SEX OF THE CHILD
SEX PREFERENCE
SEX RATIO
SEX RATIOS
SEX-SELECTIVE ABORTION
SOCIAL AFFAIRS
SOCIAL CHANGE
SOCIAL CLASS
SOCIAL CONTROL
SOCIAL MOVEMENTS
SOCIAL NORMS
SOCIAL ORGANIZATION
SOCIAL SCIENCE
SOCIAL SERVICES
SOCIAL STATUS
SOCIAL SUPPORT
SOCIAL SYSTEMS
SOCIAL WELFARE
SOCIETIES
SOCIETY
SOCIOLOGY
SON PREFERENCE
STATE POLICIES
SYMBOLS
TELEVISION
TRANSPORTATION
TV
UNITED NATIONS
UNMARRIED WOMAN
URBAN AREAS
URBAN WOMEN
URBANIZATION
VILLAGES
WAR
WARS
WIFE
WILL
WIVES
WOMAN
WOMEN'S STATUS
WORLD POPULATION
YOUNG COUPLE
YOUNG GIRLS
YOUNG WOMEN
Online Access:http://www-wds.worldbank.org/external/default/main?menuPK=64187510&pagePK=64193027&piPK=64187937&theSitePK=523679&menuPK=64187510&searchMenuPK=64187283&siteName=WDS&entityID=000158349_20091203173119
http://hdl.handle.net/10986/4341

Internet

http://www-wds.worldbank.org/external/default/main?menuPK=64187510&pagePK=64193027&piPK=64187937&theSitePK=523679&menuPK=64187510&searchMenuPK=64187283&siteName=WDS&entityID=000158349_20091203173119
http://hdl.handle.net/10986/4341

Similar Items