Gender, Nation, Pronatalism: Encouraging Births in France, Romania, and Israel

218 p.Thesis (Ph.D.)--University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, 1998.Building on feminist studies that have linked pronatalism with nationalism, I examine right wing nationalisms and more inclusive, citizen-based nationalisms, which are more accepting of "the other," but may still be concerned with reproducing a national group. This study reveals a complex set of issues surrounding pronatalism and gender equity. In recent years, policies have generally become more gender-neutral in tone and content. However, pronatalist efforts in the three countries I examined had negative implications for gender equity as well, namely, restrictions on contraception or abortion and emphasis in public discourse on women's role as mother, rather than citizen or worker.U of I OnlyRestricted to the U of I community idenfinitely during batch ingest of legacy ETD