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The land is full : addressing overpopulation in Israel / Alon Tal.
LIBRA HB3634.A3 T35 2016
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Tal, Alon, 1960- author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Israel--Population.
- Israel.
- Population.
- Physical Description:
- xxiii, 377 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm
- Place of Publication:
- New Haven : Yale University Press, [2016]
- Contents:
- 1 Introduction: Talking about Demography in Israel 1
- 2 Of Pollution, Paucity, and Population Pressures 12
- 3 Of Impaired Public Services, Poverty, and Population Pressures 28
- 4 The Rise and Fall of Aliyah: A Brief History of Immigration to Israel 46
- 5 Blessed with Children: From Dogma to Subsidies 79
- 6 Women's Reproductive Rights: Abortion, Birth Control, and Fertility Policies in Israel 105
- 7 "Be Fruitful and Multiply": Jewish Procreation and Ultra-Orthodox Fertility 131
- 8 The Demographic Transition 168
- 9 Growing Pains: The Politics of Bedouin and Palestinian Populations 197
- 10 Carrying Capacity-Past and Present 218
- 11 Toward an Optimal Population Size 237
- 12 We Can Do It-An Agenda for Stabilizing Israel's Population 259.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 295-363) and index.
- ISBN:
- 0300216882
- 9780300216882
- OCLC:
- 939994066
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