Description
Book SynopsisThrough a detailed study of the attempt to provide modern contraception in the community of Cite Soleil, this book demonstrates the complex interplay between local and global politics that so often thwarts well-intended policy initiatives. It argues that we too easily overlook the political dynamics that shape choices about family planning.
Table of ContentsForeword: Unraveling Fertility and Power by Paul Farmer
Acknowledgements
Acronyms 1 Introduction: When Pigs Feasted and People Starved
2 Interpretations of Reproduction: Demography, Anthropology, and the Political Economy of Fertility
3 Gender and Survival: Living on the Edge in Cité Soleil
4 The Family Planning Center: A Clinic in Conflict
5 A Community Consumed: Fire, Politics, and Health Care
6 The Political Economy of International Aid: Grounding Ethnography, Engaging History
7 Health in Haiti: Producing Equity
Epilogue
Appendix: Organizations Supporting COmprehensive Reproductive Health and Economic Empowerment
Notes
Bibliography
Index
