Includes bibliographical references (p. [407]-437) and index.

Beyond the numbers : an introduction and overview / Laurie Ann Mazur -- sec. 1. Population, consumption, development and the environment: Seeing the population issue whole / Donella H. Meadows ; Papulation, nature, and the environment / Mark Sagoff ; The conundrum of consumption Alan Thein Durning ; Carrying capacity : the earth's bottom line / Sandra Postel ; Sustainable environment for and by whom? / Fatima Vianna mello ; Population, libing standards and suatainability : an economic view / F. Landis MacKellar and David E. Horlacher -- sec. 2. Population growth and structure: Population by the numbers : trends in population growth and structure / Carl Haub and Martha Farnsworth Riche -- sec. 3. History and analysis of population and family planning programs: The international family planning movement / Peter J. Donaldson and Amy Ong Tsui ; The politics of U.S. population assistance / Sharon L. Camp ; Population policy and women's health : balancing the scales / Adrienne Germain and Jane Ordway -- sec. 4. Population policy, reproductive health and reproductive rights: From family planning to reproductive health / Mahmoud F, Fathalla ; Population policy must encompass more than family planning services / Judith Bruce ; Seeking common ground : unmet need and demographic goals / Steven W. Sinding, John Ross, and Allan Rosenfield ; Quality : the key to success / Anrudh Jain and Judith Bruce ; Box: Quantifying quality / Barbara S. Mensch ; Abortion and the global crisis in women's health / Jodi L. Jacobson ; AIDS : an agenda for population policy / Christopher J. Elias ; Box: Priorities in contraceptive research : the acse for barrier methods / Judy Norsigian ; Ethical issues in reproductive health / Ructh Macklin ; Law and reproductive heatl / Lynn P. Freedman -- sec. 5. Population, gender and culture: Investing in women : the focus of the '90s / Nafis Sadik ; Women's rights and reproductive choice : rethinking the connections / Ruth Dixon-Mueller ; Family and gender issues for population policy / Cynthia B. Lloyd ; Gender and population policy / M. Teresita De Barbieri ; Women's voices 1994 ; Population policy and the clash of cultures / Judith Lichtenberg ; Reflections on African-American resistance to population policies and birth control / Denese Shervington ; Poeple of color and the discussion of population / Mencer Donahue Edwards ; Indigenous peoples, population, and sustainability / Russel Lawrence Barsh -- sec. 6. Population and religion: American religious groups and population policy / L. Anathea Brooks and Teresa Chandler ; Population policies and Christian ethics / James B. Martin-Schramm ; Box: Why some Christians object to abortion / Susan Power Bratton ; Theo-politics : the Roman Catholic Church and population policy / Frances Kissling ; Reflections on population policy from the Roman Catholic tradition / Maura Anne Ryan -- sec. 7. Population distribution : urbanization and international migration: Urbanization prospects for the 21st century / Nancy Yu-Ping Chen and Hania Zlotnik ; Box: Consequences of rapid urban growth : the example of Mexico City / Robert Fox ; International migration : causes and effects / Hania Zlotnik ; Migration : what policymakers can do / Micahel S. Teitelbaum and Sharon Stanton Russell ; Immigration and population in the United States : collison or consensus? / Frank Sharry -- sec. 8. Population and national security: Environmental change and violent conflict / Thomas F. Homer-Dixon, Jeffrey H. Boutwell, and George W. Rathjens ; population and common security / Emma Rothschild.

"In September 1994, world leaders will gather in Cairo, Egypt, for the third decennial United Nations conference on population. The International Conference on Population and Development (ICPD) provides a crucial opportunity to address trends in population growth and resource consumption that pose grave threats to the quality of life on earth." "Beyond the Numbers presents a thought-provoking series of essays by leading authorities on issues of population and consumption. The essays both define the poles of debate and explore common ground beyond the polarized rhetoric. As well as providing a sense of the complex nature of these issues, they make clear that constructive action is possible." "Topics covered include the interrelationships between population, economic growth, resource consumption, and development; the history of population and family planning efforts; gender equality and the empowerment of women; reproductive rights, reproductive health, and family planning; international migration and urbanization; religious perspectives on population; and population and national security."--BOOK JACKET.