Research Catalog

Title

Nation and family; the Swedish experiment in democratic family and population policy, by Alva Myrdal.

Author

Myrdal, Alva, 1902-1986.

Publication

London, K. Paul, Trench, Trubner & Co., Ltd. [1945]

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Details

Description

xiv, 441 pages diagrams; 23 cm.

Series Statement

International library of sociology and social reconstruction

Uniform Title

International library of sociology and social reconstruction.

Subject

• Public welfare > Sweden
• Families
• Family [MESH]
• Aide sociale > Suède
• Familles
• Population
• Public welfare
• Gezinspolitiek
• Bevolkingspolitiek
• Families > Sweden
• POPULATION
• Sweden > Population
• Sweden
• Suède > Population

Note

• "Written anew for the public in English-speaking countries ... to be considered as a substitute for an English version of the Kris i Befolkningsfrägen, Stockholm, 1934, by the present author in collaboration with Dr. Gunnar Myrdal."--Pref.
• "First published in England 1945."

Bibliography (note)

• "Selected bibliography": p. 427-436.

Contents

Population, the family, and social reform -- Population trends and opinions -- The changing family: marriage and illegitimacy -- The changing family: parenthood -- Forecasting the future -- Qualitative population changes -- Goals for a population policy -- Means for a population policy -- In cash or in kind -- Official programs and legislative acts -- Educational preparation for family life -- Planning the size of family -- Economics of homemaking -- Housing for families -- Feeding a nation -- Health for the nation -- Provisions for childbearing -- The incomplete family -- Social security and social care of the handicapped -- Opportunities for education -- Recreation and the family -- One sex a social problem.

LCCN

• 45007805
• x28049265x

OCLC

• ocm04954541
• 4954541
• SCSB-9067251

Owning Institutions

Princeton University Library