Key Terms Flashcards
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Population policy
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- when gov. has a stated aim on an aspect of its pop. + it undertakes measures to achieve that aim
2
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Pro-natalist policy
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- pop. policy aiming to encourage more births through the use of incentives
3
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Anti-natalist policy
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- pop. policy designed to limit fertility through the use of both incentives + deterrents
4
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Sterilisation
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- means of preventing pregnancy by cutting or blocking the tubes from a women’s ovaries, or cutting the tube that carry sperm in a man
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Abortion
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- termination of a pregnancy by the removal or expulsion from uterus of a fetus or embryo, resulting in or caused by its death
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Family-planning programme
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- a programme to regulate number + spacing of children in a family through practice of contraception or other methods of birth control
7
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Centrally planned economy
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- an eco. system in which state or workers’ councils manage all aspects of economy
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Civil liberties
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- rights + freedoms that protect an individual from the state
9
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Selective abortion
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- performed bc of gender of fetus or when a genetic test is performed that detects an undesirable trait
10
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Social norms
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- rules for how ppl should act in a given group or society
