PROGRESSIVE POPULATION NETWORK - PPN@CSF.COLORADO.EDU

The Progressive Population Network list is dedicated to the development of
alternative ways to think about population processes, beyond the standard
demographic, microeconomic and neo-malthusian perspectives, and beyond the
notion that population control is a panacea for the world's problems. The
list is intended to start a conversation about the strengths and
weaknesses of current approaches, and about ways to incorporate and
further develop the contributions of sociological, anthropological,
Marxist, neo-Marxist, environmentalist and feminist theory and research to
the study of population.  Central to our discussions will be the
importance of class, gender and racial/ethnic divisions and, more
generally, the role of power in shaping demographic behavior, policies and
processes.  We believe that rapid population growth poses important
problems to communities, nation states and the globe, but we also believe
that population stabilization cannot be achieved without addressing the
social conditions that lead to excessive growth. We invite you to become
involved in this project, joining our intellectual energies to create
alternative ways to think and teach about population and population
policy. 

We intend, besides engaging in discussions, to build archives around
issues such as reproductive freedom, teen-age pregnancy, the new
reproductive technologies, internal and international migration,
population control policies and methods, health stratification, mortality
differentials by class, gender and race, and others.  There are plenty of
issues to talk about and we invite you to put forth ideas and offer your
time and dedication to help us build these archives.  The archives are
intended to serve as repositories for the members' published and
unpublished work as well as for articles gleaned from other lists and
electronic data bases members may have access to.  Syllabi, handouts,
student papers, dissertations, book reviews, policy statements, etc are
also important for we would like to create archives useful for
teachers, students and researchers. 

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