{"product_id":"development-and-womens-reproductive-he","title":"Development And Womens Reproductive He","description":"\u003cp\u003eThis book investigates the history of women’s reproductive health in Ghana,\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003earguing that between the 1920s and 1980s, it was largely driven by discourses of\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003edevelopment and population control rather than a concern for women’s health or\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003erights.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBetween the 1920s and 1980s, the choices that Ghanaian women made\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eregarding their reproductive health were defined by development policy and\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003epractice. Spanning the colonial and immediate postcolonial periods, this book\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003edemonstrates that whilst the substance of development discourse shifted over\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003etime, principles of development continued to be used to impact and legitimise\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ereproductive health policy and practices well after independence. The book\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eexplores Ghana’s pluralist health system, the introduction of maternal and child\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ewelfare, the dominance of the Red Cross in Ghana’s maternal and child health\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003elandscape, nationalist pronatalism and global population activism. In order to\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eunderstand how global iterations of development and health policy impacted\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eordinary lives in Ghana, the author uses evidence from multiple ‘levels,’ including\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eprivate papers, national archives and records of international and transnational\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eorganisations. Providing balanced archival perspectives, the book includes\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eextensive oral history interviews carried out with both rural Ghanaian women and\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003etraditional birth attendants, as well as with midwives, doctors and family planning\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003efieldworkers.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis book will have an important impact on a number of historical fields\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eincluding Ghanaian history, global health history, global histories of population\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eand family planning and histories of development. It will be of interest to\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eresearchers and students in the history of public health, development, Africa,\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eGhana and gender.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"MediaPlace","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":57197820969342,"sku":"NW9781032227863","price":39.97,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1379\/1261\/files\/9781032227863.jpg?v=1778540982","url":"https:\/\/mediaplace.com\/products\/development-and-womens-reproductive-he","provider":"MediaPlace","version":"1.0","type":"link"}