Title:	The Future of Motherhood in Western Societies
Authors:	Gijs Beets Joop Schippers Egbert R. te Velde
Keywords:	The Future of Motherhood
Issue Date:	2011
Publisher:	Springer
Description:	The book in hand is the reflection of several international meetings and consultations on these issues, driven by the observation that practically all Western countries are characterised by a rising age at first birth although levels and timing may vary significantly. In these interdisciplinary meetings the participants – medical and biological scientists, next to demographers, sociologists and economists – discussed their concerns on the ongoing further rise of the age at first birth. They aimed at a better understanding of the advantages and disadvantages of having children late, on gender relationships, (the timing of) having children and other life time preferences and commitments, as well as at discussing acceptable strategies for preventing the age at first birth to rise further. The meetings and discussions were organised at and coordinated by the Netherlands Interdisciplinary Demographic Institute (NIDI) in The Hague, a research institute of the Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences (KNAW) engaged in the scientific study of population (Demography). Next to the authors of the various chapters in this book, listed in a separate annex, several other researchers contributed in the scientific discussions: Christien Brinkgreve (Professor of Sociology, Utrecht University), Pearl Dykstra (Professor of Empirical Sociology, Erasmus University, Rotterdam), Carina Hilders (Gynaecologist, Reinier de Graaf hospital Delft), Marli Huijer (Professor of Philosophy, Erasmus University, Rotterdam; and Haagse Hogeschool, The Hague), Renske Keizer (Post-doc Researcher in Sociology, Erasmus University, Rotterdam), Hans Merkus (Emeritus Professor of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, Nijmegen University), Melinda Mills (Professor of Sociology, Groningen University), Nico van Nimwegen (Deputy Director NIDI), Joyce Outshoorn (Emeritus Professor of Women’s Studies, Leiden University), Anne van Putten (Sociologist, Ministry of Social Affairs and Employment, The Hague), Judith Soons (Psychologist, Education Council, The Hague), Anmarie Widener (Assistant Professor of Women’s and Gender Studies, Georgetown University, Washington, DC), Frans Willekens (Former Director NIDI), and Boukje Zaadstra (Epidemiologist, Researcher at the Netherlands School of Public and Occupational Health, Amsterdam). This book is the reflection of these meetings and discussions. Some contributions were completed already in 2008, others became available more recently. We thank all persons who contributed to this book, in whatever way. Also a “thank you” to NIDI for its efforts in organising the meetings, discussions and its final outcome. We hope the book will widen the understanding and discussion on the future of motherhood.
URI:	http://10.6.20.12:80/handle/123456789/50943
ISBN:	978-90-481-8969-4
Appears in Collections:	Population Studies

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