Curbing Population Growth ― An Insiders Perspective on the Population Movement

Now retired after 35 years with the Ford Foundation's population control program, Harkavy recounts the movement's history from its halting beginnings in the 1950s, through the exuberance of the mid 1960s and early 1970s, and the loss of confidence during the 1980s. He characterizes the movement today as split between those who want to focus on the welfare of mothers and children and fear that population programs coerce poor women, and those who fear that population control will vanish among the myriad of other problems facing the developing world. Annotation copyright Book News, Inc. Portland, Or.