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ERIC Number: EJ479800
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 1994
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ISSN: ISSN-0164-0259
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A Case of Problematic Diffusion: The Use of Sex Determination Techniques in India.
Luthra, Rashmi
Knowledge: Creation, Diffusion, Utilization, v15 n3 p259-72 Mar 1994
Discussion of model shifts in diffusion research focuses on the growth in the use of sex determination techniques in India and their consequences relating to gender and power. Topics addressed include development, underdevelopment, and modernization; the adoption of innovations; and meanings of innovations within particular social systems. (Contains 42 references.) (LRW)
Descriptors: Abortions, Adoption (Ideas), Developing Nations, Diffusion (Communication), Economic Development, Females, Foreign Countries, Innovation, Models, Modernization, Power Structure, Sex Discrimination, Social Systems
Publication Type: Information Analyses; Opinion Papers; Reports - Descriptive; Journal Articles
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Language: English
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Identifiers - Location: India
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