In Reproductive States, a group of international scholars explore the population politics, policies and practices adopted in various countries and offer reflections on the outcomes of those policies and their legacies. The stories Reproductive States tells bring us back to the connections between population policies and economic growth, and their relationship, in turn, to women ... The stories told in these chapters expose the racial, ethnic, religious, gender and class biases that shaped the establishment and implementation of each country's population policies.