Book reviews

Abstract VIRTUALLY NORMAL: AN ARGUMENT ABOUT HOMOSEXUALITY. Andrew Sullivan. New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1995. ii+209 pp. Reviewed by Richard D. Mohr VIRTUALLY NORMAL: AN ARGUMENT ABOUT HOMOSEXUALITY. Andrew Sullivan. New York: Knopf, 1995. ii+209 pp. VIRTUAL EQUALITY: THE MAINSTREAMING OF GAY AND LESBIAN LIBERATION. Urvashi Vaid. New York: Anchor Books, 1995. 440 pp. Reviewed by John D'Emilio THE WORKS OF ALLEN GINSBERG, 1941-1994: A DESCRIPTIVE BIBLIOGRAPHY. Bill Morgan. Bibliographies and Indexes in American Literature, Number 19. Westport, CT: Greenwood Press, 1995. xix + 456 pp. Reviewed by Raymond-Jean Frontain ANOTHER FINE DRESS: ROLE-PLAYING IN THE FILMS OF LAUREL AND HARDY. Jonathan Sanders. London: Cassell, 1995. 232 pp. Reviewed by Alexander Doty.     

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Diffusion Processes and Fertility Transition: Selected Perspectives. 2001. Edited by John B. Caster-Line. National Research Council, Committee on Population. Washington, DC: National Academies Press. Pp. xi + 271. N.p.g. ISBN: 0-309-07610-2. Available online at http://www.nap.edu/books/0309076102/html/Rl.html The Explanatory Power of Models. 2002. Edited by Robert Franck. Boston/Dordrecht/London: Kluwer Academic Publishers. Pp. x + 310. ￡74.00. ISBN: 1-4020-0867-8. Communism, Health and Lifestyle. The Paradox of Mortality Transition in Albania, 1950-1990. 2001. By Arjan Gjon?a. Westport, CT: Greenwood Press. Pp. ix + 227. US$69.95. ISBN: 0-313-31586-8. Historical Studies in Mortality Decline. 2002. By William H. Hubbard, Kari Pitk?nen, Jürgen Schlumbohm, S?lvi Sogner, Gunnar Thorvaldsen, and Frans van Poppel. Oslo: Novus Forlag. Pp. 134. ISBN: 82-7099-360-3. Population and Society in Western European Port-Cities. 2002. Edited by Richard Lawton and Robert Lee. Liverpool: Liverpool University Press. Pp. xx + 385. ￡18.95. ISBN: 0-85323-907-X. The Changing Face of Home: The Transnational Lives of the Second Generation. 2003. Edited by Peggy Levitt and Mary C. Waters. New York: Russell Sage Foundation. Pp. xi + 408. US$39.95. ISBN: 0-87154-517-9. The Demography of Victorian England and Wales. 2000. By Robert Woods. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. Pp. xxv + 447. ￡50.00. ISBN: 0-521-78254-6. The Life Table: Modelling Survival and Death. 2002. Edited by Guillaume Wunsch, Michel Mouchart, and Josianne Duchêne. Dordrecht: Kluwer Academic Publishers (European Studies of Population, Volume 11). Pp. x + 306. ￡89.00. ISBN: 1-4020-0638-1.     

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Books reviewed in this article: Samuel H. Preston, Patrick Heuveline, And Michel Guillot, Demography: Measuring and Modeling Population Processes Bobbi S. Low, Why Sex. Matters: A Darwinian Look at Human Behavior Linda Mealey, Sex Differences: Developmental and Evolutionary Strategies Harriet B. Presser and Gita Sen (Eds.), Women's Empowerment and Demographic Processes: Moving Beyond Cairo World Health Organization, The World Health Report 2000: Health Systems: Improving Performance John Bongaarts and Rodolfo A. Bulatao (Eds.), Beyond Six Billion: Forecasting the World's Population John D. Early and John F. Peters, The Xilixana Yanomami of the Amazon: History, Social Structure, and Population Dynamics     

Family Planning Programs for the 21st Century: Rationale and Design

Diffusion Processes and Fertility Transition: Selected Perspectives. 2001. Edited by John B. Caster‐Line. National Research Council, Committee on Population. Washington, DC: National Academies Press. Pp. xi + 271. N.p.g. ISBN: 0‐309‐07610‐2. Available online at http://www.nap.edu/books/0309076102/html/Rl.html

The Explanatory Power of Models. 2002. Edited by Robert Franck. Boston/Dordrecht/London: Kluwer Academic Publishers. Pp. x + 310. £74.00. ISBN: 1‐4020‐0867‐8.

Communism, Health and Lifestyle. The Paradox of Mortality Transition in Albania, 1950‐1990. 2001. By Arjan Gjonça. Westport, CT: Greenwood Press. Pp. ix + 227. US$69.95. ISBN: 0‐313‐31586‐8.

Historical Studies in Mortality Decline. 2002. By William H. Hubbard, Kari Pitkänen, Jürgen Schlumbohm, Sølvi Sogner, Gunnar Thorvaldsen, and Frans van Poppel. Oslo: Novus Forlag. Pp. 134. ISBN: 82‐7099‐360‐3.

Population and Society in Western European Port‐Cities. 2002. Edited by Richard Lawton and Robert Lee. Liverpool: Liverpool University Press. Pp. xx + 385. £18.95. ISBN: 0‐85323‐907‐X.

The Changing Face of Home: The Transnational Lives of the Second Generation. 2003. Edited by Peggy Levitt and Mary C. Waters. New York: Russell Sage Foundation. Pp. xi + 408. US$39.95. ISBN: 0‐87154‐517‐9.

The Demography of Victorian England and Wales. 2000. By Robert Woods. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. Pp. xxv + 447. £50.00. ISBN: 0‐521‐78254‐6.

The Life Table: Modelling Survival and Death. 2002. Edited by Guillaume Wunsch, Michel Mouchart, and Josianne Duchêne. Dordrecht: Kluwer Academic Publishers (European Studies of Population, Volume 11). Pp. x + 306. £89.00. ISBN: 1‐4020‐0638‐1.     

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Books reviewed in this article: Patrick J. Buchanan, The Death of the West: How Dying Populations and Immigrant Invasions Imperil Our Country and Civilization Catherine Hakim, Work‐Lifestyle Choices in the 21st Century: Preference Theory Nancy Folbre, The Invisible Heart: Economics and Family Values Nancy Folbre, The Invisible Heart: Economics and Family Values Diane J. Macunovich, Birth Quake: The Baby Boom and Its Aftershocks James C. Riley, Rising Life Expectancy: A Global History Sylvia T. Wargon, Demography in Canada in the Twentieth Century     

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Book reviewed in this articles: Taking Stock of Population Studies: A Review Essay Review of Graziella Caselli, Jacques Vallin, and Guillaume Wunsch (eds.) Demography: Analysis and Synthesis Contesting the Cause and Severity of the Black Death: A Review Essay Review of Ole J. Benedictow, The Black Death, 1346–1353: The Complete History Saul Halfon The Cairo Consensus: Demographic Surveys, Women's Empowerment, and Regime Change in Population Policy Helen Epstein The Invisible Cure: Africa, the West, and the Fight Against AIDS SHORT REVIEWS Andrea Cornwall , Elizabeth Harrison, and Ann Whitehead (eds.) Feminisms in Development: Contradictions, Contestations and Challenges Campbell Gibson and Kay Jung The Foreign‐Born Population of the United States: 1850 to 2000 Claude Got , Patricia Delhomme, and Sylvain Lassarre More Could Be Done to Prevent Road Deaths in France Devesh Kapur and John Mc Hale Give Us Your Best and Brightest: The Global Hunt for Talent and Its Impact on the Developing World Esther Katz (ed.) The Selected Papers of Margaret Sanger. Volume 2: Birth Control Comes of Age, 1928–1939 Ça?lar Özden and Maurice Schiff (eds.) International Migration, Remittances, and the Brain Drain United Nations Population Fund State of World Population 2007: Unleashing the Potential of Urban Growth     

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Book reviewed in this issue. How to Save a Crowded Planet: A Review Essay Review of Jeffrey D. Sachs, Common Wealth: Economics for a Crowded Planet. Matthew Connelly Fatal Misconception: The Struggle to Control World Population Review Symposium: Review by John Cleland Matthew Connelly Fatal Misconception: The Struggle to Control World Population Review Symposium: Review by Malcolm Potts Matthew Connelly Fatal Misconception: The Struggle to Control World Population Review Symposium: Review by Dennis Hodgson Arland Thornton , William G. Axinn, and Yu Xie Marriage and Cohabitation Isabella Aboderín Intergenerational Support and Old Age in Africa Robert Engelman More: Population, Nature, and What Women Want SHORT REVIEWS by John Bongaarts, Susan Greenhalgh, Geoffrey McNicoll, Adam Weiner Daniela Del Boca and Cécile Wetzels (eds .) Social Policies, Labour Markets and Motherhood: A Comparative Analysis of European Countries Marito Garcia and Jean Fares (eds .) Youth in Africa's Labor Market Alan D. Lopez , Colin D. Mathers , Majid Ezzati , Dean T. Jamison , and Christopher J. L. Murray Global Burden of Disease and Risk Factors James Raymer and Frans Willekens (eds .) International Migration in Europe: Data, Models and Estimates Lisa Ann Richey Population Politics and Development: From the Policies to the Clinics United Nations World Economic and Social Survey 2007: Development in an Ageing World World Health Organization WHO Report on the Global Tobacco Epidemic, 2008: The MPOWER Package     

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Books reviewed in this article: Leonore Loeb Abler and Uwe P. Gielen(EDS.) , Migration: Immigration and Emigration in International Perspective Samuel Agyei‐Mensah and John B. Casterline(EDS.) , Reproduction and Social Context in Sub‐Saharan Africa: A Collection of Micro‐Demographic Studies Francesco C. Billari And Alexia Prskawetz(EDS.) , Agent‐Based Computational Demography: Using Simulation to Improve Our Understanding of Demographic Behaviour Siew‐Ean Khoo And Peter McDonald(EDS.) , The Transformation of Australia's Population: 1970‐2030 James P. Lynch and Rita J. Simon , Immigration the World Over: Statutes, Policies, and Practices C. Ford Runge, Benjamin Senauer, Philip G. Pardey, And Mark W. Rosegrant , Ending Hunger in Our Lifetime: Food Security and Globalization Sheldon J. Segal , Under the Banyan Tree: A Population Scientist's Odyssey Lynn M. Thomas , Politics of the Womb: Women, Reproduction, and the State in Kenya United Nations Economic Commission For Europe , Dynamics of Fertility and Partnership in Europe: Insights and Lessons from Comparative Research     

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Books reviewed in this article: Tom Athanasiou, Divided Planet: The Ecology of Rich and Poor Ester Boserup, My Professional Life and Publications 1929–1998 Joachim von Braun, Tesfaye Tekxu, and Patrick Webb, Famine in Africa: Causes, Responses, and Prevention John Brotchie, Peter Newton, Peter Hall, and John Dickey (eds.), East West Perspectives on 21st Century Urban Development: Sustainable Eastern and Western Cities in the New Millennium Alex de Sherbinin and Victoria Dompka (eds.), Water and Population Dynamics: Case Studies and Policy Implications Pamela Feldman-Savelsberg, Plundered Kitchens, Empty Wombs: Threatened Reproduction and Identity in the Cameroon Grassfields Peter H. Gleick, The World's Water 1998–1999: The Biennial Report on Freshwater Resources Inge Kaul, Isabelle Grunberg, and Marc A. Stern (eds.), Global Public Goods: International Cooperation in the 21st Century Patricia W. Lunneborg, The Chosen Lives of Childfree Men Thomas Gale Moore, Climate of Fear: Why We Shouldn't Worry About Global Warming United Nations, Department of Economic and Social Affairs, Population Division, World Population Prospects: The 1998 Revision. Volume I: Comprehensive Tables; Volume II: The Sex and Age Distribution of the World Population US Agency for International Development and US Department of Commerce, World Population Profile: 1998, with a Special Chapter Focusing on HIV I AIDS in the Developing World     

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Books reviewed in this article: Adele E. Clarke , Disciplining Reproduction: Modernity, American Life Sciences, and “the Problems of Sex” Delia Davin , Internal Migration in Contemporary China Anton Kuijsten, Henk de Gans, and Henk de Feijter (eds.) The Joy of Demography… and Other Disciplines: Essays in Honour of Dirk van de Kaa William Petersen , Malthus: Founder of Modern Demography Eric B. Ross , The Malthus Factor: Population, Poverty and Politics in Capitalist Development Nicholas Van Hear , New Diasporas: The Mass Exodus, Dispersal and Regrouping of Migrant Communities Thomas M. Wilson and Hastings Donnan (eds.) , Border Identities: Nation and State at International Frontiers     

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Books reviewed in this article: Reginaijd Applbyard (Ed.), Emigration Dynamics in Developing Countries. Volume IV: The Arab Region James R. Carey and Debra S. Judge, Longevity Records: Life Spans of Mammals, Birds, Amphibians, Reptiles, and Fish Bart J. de Bruijn, Foundations of Demographic Theory: Choice, Process, Context Laurie Garrett, Betrayal of Trust: The Collapse of Global Public Health Ellen M. Gee and Gloria M. Gutman (Eds.). The Overselling of Population Aging: Apocalyptic Demography, Intergenerational Challenges, and Social Policy International Organization for Migration, World Migration Report 2000 National Intelligence Council, Global Trends 2015: A Dialogue about the Future with Nongovernment Experts Richard Parker, Regina Maria Barbosa, and Peter Aggleton (Eds.), Framing the Sexual Subject: The Politics of Gender, Sexuality, and Power United Nations Department of Economic and Social Affairs, Demographic Yearbook 1998: Fiftieth Issue     

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Book reviewed in this articles: Paul Collier The Bottom Billion: Why the Poorest Countries Are Failing and What Can Be Done About It Michael J. Rosenfeld The Age of Independence: Interracial Unions, Same‐Sex Unions, and the Changing American Family Wolfgang Lutz , Rudolf Richter , and Chris Wilson (EDS.) The New Generations of Europeans: Demography and Families in the Enlarged European Union Laura L. Lovett Conceiving the Future: Pronatalism, Reproduction, and the Family in the United States, 1890–1938 Michel Foucault Security, Territory, Population: Lectures at the Collège de France, 1977–78 SHORT REVIEWS Sudhir Anand , Fabienne Peter , and Amartya Sen (EDS.) Public Health, Ethics, and Equity James Chin The AIDS Pandemic: The Collision of Epidemiology with Political Correctness Jennifer Cole and Deborah Durham (EDS.) Generations and Globalization: Youth, Age, and Family in the New World Economy Wayne A. Cornelius AND Jessa M. Lewis (EDS.) Impacts of Border Enforcement on Mexican Migration: The View from Sending Communities Rashid Hassan , Robert Scholes , and Neville Ash (EDS.) Ecosystems and Human Well‐being: Volume 1, Current State and Trends Matthias Koch , Claus Harmer , and Florian Coulmas Trilingual Glossary of Demographic Terminology: English‐Japanese‐German/ Japanese‐English‐German/German‐Japanese‐English Ian Pool , Arunachalam Dharmalingam , and Janet Sceats The New Zealand Family from 1840: A Demographic History     

宫内节育器取出困难的临床分析

目的:了解IUD在使用中的作用机理。方法:取IUD的具体操作方法。结果:放置IUD的时间越短,取出越方便,成功率越高。结论:严格掌握其适应症及并发症,减少嵌顿的发生,减轻妇女的痛苦。     

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Books reviewed in this article: Laurel Bossen, Chinese Women and Rural Development: Sixty Years of Change in Lu Village, Yunnan Fabrizio Butera and Gabriel Mugny (EDS.), Social Influence in Social Reality: Promoting Individual and Social Change Harold Coward and Daniel C. Maguire (EDS.), Visions of a New Earth: Religious Perspectives on Population, Consumption, and Ecology Martha C. Nussbaum, Women and Human Development: The Capabilities Approach Fred C. Pampel, The Institutional Context of Population Change: Patterns of Fertility and Mortality across High‐Income Nations Demetrios G. Papademetriou and Deborah Waller Meyers (EDS.), Caught in the Middle: Border Communities in an Era of Globalization Per Pinstrup‐Andersen and Ebbe Scniøler, Seeds of Contention: World Hunger and the Global Controversy over GM Crops Walter Scheidel (ED.), Debating Roman Demography     

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Books reviewed in this article: Helen Macbeth and Paul Collinson (eds.) Human Population Dynamics: Cross‐Disciplinary Perspectives Jane Menken, Ann K. Blanc, and Cynthia B. Lloyd (eds.) Training and Support of Developing‐Country Population Scientists: A Panel Report Erin Phelps, Frank F. Furstenberg Jr., and Anne Colby (eds.) Looking at Lives: American Longitudinal Studies of the Twentieth Century Stephen H. Schneider, Armin Rosencranz, and John O. Niles (eds.) Climate Change Policy: A Survey United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees Statistical Yearbook 2001: Refugees, Asylum‐seekers and Other Persons of Concern—Trends in Displacement, Protection and Solutions World Bank World Development Report 2003. Sustainable Development in a Dynamic World: Transforming Institutions, Growth, and Quality of Life World Health Organization World Health Report 2002: Reducing Risks, Promoting Healthy Life     

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Book reviewed in this articles. John F. Kantner and Andrew Kantner The Struggle for International Consensus on Population and Development World Bank World Development Report 2007: Development and the Next Generation Lyla M. Hernandez and Dan G. Blazer (eds .) Genes, Behavior, and the Social Environment: Moving Beyond the Nature/NurtureDebate. World Bank Global Economic Prospects 2007: Managing the Next Wave of Globalization Daniel Jordan Smith A Culture of Corruption: Everyday Deception and Popular Discontent in Nigeria Ian Bannon and Maria C. Correia (eds .) The Other Half of Gender: Men's Issues in Development John Broome Weighing Lives Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations The State of Food and Agriculture: Agricultural Trade and Poverty: Can Trade Work for the Poor? John Glad Future Human Evolution: Eugenics in the Twenty‐First Century United Nations Development Programme Human Development Report 2006. Beyond Scarcity: Power, Poverty and the Global Water Crisis     

An investigation of the unexpectedly high fertility of secular,native-born Jews in Israel

Secular, native-born Jews in Israel enjoy the socio-economic status of many affluent populations living in other democratic countries, but have above-replacement period and cohort fertility. This study revealed a constellation of interrelated factors which together characterize the socio-economic, cultural, and political environment of this fertility behaviour and set it apart from that of other advanced societies. The factors are: a combination of state and family support for childbearing; a dual emphasis on the social importance of women's employment and fertility; policies that support working mothers within a conservative welfare regime; a family system in which parents provide significant financial and caregiving aid to their adult children; relatively egalitarian gender-role attitudes and household behaviour; the continuing importance of familist ideology and of marriage as a social institution; the role of Jewish nationalism and collective behaviour in a religious society characterized by ethno-national conflict; and a discourse which defines women as the biological reproducers of the nation.

Supplementary material for this article is available at: http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/00324728.2016.1195913     

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Books reviewed in this article: Iris Chi, Neena L. Chappell, and James Lubben (eds.), Elderly Chinese in Pacific Rim Countries: Social Support and Integration Wayne A. Cornelius, Thomas J. Espenshade, and Idean Salehyan (eds.), The International Migration of the Highly Skilled: Demand, Supply, and Development Consequences in Sending and Receiving Countries Bimal Ghosh (ed.), Managing Migration: Time for a New International Regime? Institute of Medicine, Forum on Emerging Infections, Emerging Infectious Diseases from the Global to the Local Perspective: Workshop Summary Hans‐Peter Kohler, Fertility and Social Interaction: An Economic Perspective David Kyle and Key Koslowski (eds.), Global Human Smuggling: Comparative Perspectives Brian C. O'Neill, F. Landis Mackellar, and Wolfgang Lutz, Population and Climate Change Neil J. Smelser and Paul B. Baltes (eds.), International Encyclopedia of the Social & Behavioral Sciences Thomas Spira, Nationalism and Ethnicity Terminologies: An Encyclopedic Dictionary and Research Guide, vol. 1 Li Zhang, Strangers in the City: Reconfigurations of Space, Power, and Social Networks within China's Floating Population     

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Books reviewed in this article: Christopher Wills, Children of Prometheus: The Accelerating Pace of Human Evolution Helen Fisher, The First Sex: The Natural Talents of Women and How They Are Changing the World Lionel Tiger, The Decline of Males Francis Fukuyama, The Great Disruption: Human Nature and the Reconstitution of Social Order Tom Kirkwood, Time of Our Lives: The Science of Human Aging Margo J. Anderson And Stephen E. Fienberg, Who Counts? The Politics of Census-Taking in Contemporary America Alain Desrosières, The Politics of Large Numbers: A History of Statistical Reasoning. Translation by Camille Naish of La politique des grands nombres: histoire de la raison statistique. Henk A. de Gans, Population Forecasting 1895–1945: The Transition to Modernity Massimo Livi-Bacci and Gustavo De Santis (eds.), Population and Poverty in the Developing World William A. Jackson, The Political Economy of Population Ageing Dorothy J. Solinger, Contesting Citizenship in Urban China: Peasant Migrants, the State, and the Logic of the Market     

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Books reviewed in this article: Lourdes Benería with Savitri Blsnath (eds.), Gender and Development: Theoretical, Empirical and Practical Approaches Margaret Jolly and Kalpana Ram (eds.), Borders of Being: Citizenship, Fertility, and Sexuality in Asia and the Pacific John Loxley, Interdependence, Disequilibrium and Growth: Reflections on the Political Economy of North‐South Relations at the Turn of the Century William Petersen, From Birth to Death: A Consumer's Guide to Population Studies Zeba Ayesha Sathar and James F. Phillips (eds.), Fertility Transition in South Asia M. A. B. Siddique (ed.), International Migration into the 21st Century: Essays in Honour of Reginald Appleyard Ewa Tabeau, Anneke van den Berg Jeths, and Christopher Heathcote (eds.), Forecasting Mortality in Developed Countries: Insights from a Statistical, Demographic and Epidemiological Perspective Arne Tostensen, Inge Tvedten, and Mariken Vaa (eds.), Associational Life in African Cities: Popular Responses to the Urban Crisis United Nations Population Fund, The State of World Population 2001. Footprints and Milestones: Population and Environmental Change