Diffusion Processes and Fertility Transition : Selected Perspectives

by National Research Center; Casterline, John

• ISBN13: 9780309076104
• ISBN10: 0309076102
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2001-10-01
• Publisher: Natl Academy Pr

Summary

This volume is part of an effort to review what is known about the determinants of fertility transition in developing countries and to identify lessons that might lead to policies aimed at lowering fertility. It addresses the roles of diffusion processes, ideational change, social networks, and mass communications in changing behavior and values, especially as related to childbearing. A new body of empirical research is currently emerging from studies of social networks in Asia (Thailand, Taiwan, Korea), Latin America (Costa Rica), and Sub-Saharan Africa (Kenya, Malawi, Ghana). Given the potential significance of social interactions to the design of effective family planning programs in high-fertility settings, efforts to synthesize this emerging body of literature are clearly important.

Table of Contents

Diffusion Processes and Fertility Transition: Introduction	1	(38)
John B. Casterline
Potatoes and Pills: An overview of Innovation-Diffusion Contributions to Explanations of Fertility Decline	39	(27)
John Cleland
Diffusion in Sociological Analysis	66	(49)
Alberto Palloni
Social Interactions and Fertility Transitions	115	(23)
Steven N. Durlauf
James R. Walker
Social Processes and Fertility Change: Anthropological Perspectives	138	(41)
Anthony T. Carter
Learning and Using New Ideas: A Sociocognitive Perspective	179	(29)
Kathleen M. Carley
Mass Media and Fertility Change	208	(32)
Robert Hornik
Emile McAnany
Ready, Willing, and Able: A Conceptualization of Transitions to New Behavioral Forms	240	(25)
Ron Lesthaeghe
Camille Vanderhoeft
Index	265