Kapitel in diesem Buch

1. Frontmatter i
2. CONTENTS vii
3. FOREWORD: A NEGLECTED DIMENSION OF THE MIDDLE EASTERN (AND WORLD) DILEMMA ix
4. PREFACE xiii
5. ACKNOWLEDGMENTS xxi
6. 1. INTRODUCTION: TALKING ABOUT DEMOGRAPHY IN ISRAEL 1
7. 2. OF POLLUTION, PAUCITY, AND POPULATION PRESSURES 12
8. 3. OF IMPAIRED PUBLIC SERVICES, POVERTY, AND POPULATION PRESSURES 28
9. 4. THE RISE AND FALL OF ALIYAH: A BRIEF HISTORY OF IMMIGRATION TO ISRAEL 46
10. 5. BLESSED WITH CHILDREN: FROM DOGMA TO SUBSIDIES 79
11. 6. WOMEN’S REPRODUCTIVE RIGHTS: ABORTION, BIRTH CONTROL, AND FERTILITY POLICIES IN ISRAEL 105
12. 7. “BE FRUITFUL AND MULTIPLY”: JEWISH PROCREATION AND ULTRA- ORTHODOX FERTILITY 131
13. 8. THE DEMOGRAPHIC TRANSITION 168
14. 9. GROWING PAINS: THE POLITICS OF BEDOUIN AND PALESTINIAN POPULATIONS 197
15. 10. CARRYING CAPACITY— PAST AND PRESENT 218
16. 11. TOWARD AN OPTIMAL POPULATION SIZE 237
17. 12. WE CAN DO IT— AN AGENDA FOR STABILIZING ISRAEL’S POPULATION 259
18. NOTES 295
19. INDEX 365