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The population discourse: a transnational matrix ; the case of Germany and Sweden
Der Bevölkerungsdiskurs: eine transnationale Matrix ; Deutschland and Schweden im Vergleich
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Abstract "Since the 19th century, the question of population has been discussed in the form of a specific matrix. Population is described as human capital. It can serve a modern nation as a resource if it is biologically and socially optimized, but could also pose a threat if 'degeneration' escalates. Thus, ... mehr
"Since the 19th century, the question of population has been discussed in the form of a specific matrix. Population is described as human capital. It can serve a modern nation as a resource if it is biologically and socially optimized, but could also pose a threat if 'degeneration' escalates. Thus, the demographic question is always dealt with in a dualistic manner. The human capitals' 'valuable' part does not breed enough children, the socially or biologically problematic or even 'substandard' part of the population produces far too much offspring. The fact that this pattern shapes the speaking about population transnationally, can be shown by comparing such very different social systems like Sweden and Germany." (author's abstract)... weniger
Thesaurusschlagwörter
Schweden; Bundesrepublik Deutschland; historische Entwicklung; Bevölkerungsentwicklung; vergleichende Forschung; Wohlfahrtsstaat; 19. Jahrhundert; 20. Jahrhundert; Biopolitik; Regulierung; Bevölkerung; Malthus, T.; Genetik; Theorie; Rasse; biologische Faktoren; Geburtenrückgang; Diskurs; Transnationalisierung
Klassifikation
Bevölkerung
Sozialgeschichte, historische Sozialforschung
Methode
historisch; Theorieanwendung
Sprache Dokument
Englisch
Publikationsjahr
2011
Seitenangabe
S. 101-119
Zeitschriftentitel
Historical Social Research, 36 (2011) 2
Heftthema
Fertilität in der Geschichte des 20. Jahrhunderts: Trends, Theorien, Politik, Diskurse
DOI
https://doi.org/10.12759/hsr.36.2011.2.101-119
ISSN
0172-6404
Status
Veröffentlichungsversion; begutachtet (peer reviewed)