Fatal Misconception
ISBN 9780674024236 | |
Fatal Misconception: The Struggle to Control World Population is a 2008 book by Matthew Connelly, an associate professor of history at Columbia University.
Efforts to
Reception
Book reviews
Nicholas Kristof reviewed the book favorably for The New York Times, but concluded: "It's certainly fair of Connelly to dredge up the forced sterilizations, the casual disregard for injuries caused by IUDs, the racism and sexism and all the rest — but we also need to remember that all that is history. The family planning movement has corrected itself, and today it saves the lives of women in poor countries and is central to efforts to reduce poverty worldwide. If we allow that past to tarnish today's efforts by family planning organizations, women in poor countries will be doubly hurt."[1]
James Hughes, executive director of the Institute for Ethics and Emerging Technologies (IEET) reviewed the book for Times Higher Education. Hughes concluded: "Connelly's pessimism that international institutions can ever be as accountable as national governments is hopefully unwarranted. It seems likely that transnational bodies will be increasingly important in ensuring the health and wellbeing of the nine or ten billion people the planet will soon hold."[3]
Diana Wyndham reviewed the book for the
References
- ^ a b Kristof, Nicholas (March 23, 2008). "Birth Control for Others". The New York Times. Retrieved February 11, 2014.
- New York Sun. Retrieved February 11, 2014.
- ^ Hughes, James (May 29, 2008). "Fatal Misconception: The Struggle to Control World Population". Times Higher Education. Retrieved February 11, 2014.
- New York Review of Books. Archived from the originalon February 22, 2014. Retrieved February 11, 2014.
- ^ Wyndham, Diana (April 2009). "Forget Population Control – All You Need is Love". Australian Review of Public Affairs. Retrieved February 11, 2014.