Whose Perspective Counts? | Context, Subjectivities, Factors, and Consequences of Teenage pregnancy in the Departamento De Granada, Nicaragua

Mine Sato

ISBN 10: 3639709896 / ISBN 13: 9783639709896

Published by Scholars' Press, 2014

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Whose Perspective Counts? | Context, Subjectivities, Factors, and Consequences of Teenage pregnancy in the Departamento De Granada, Nicaragua | Mine Sato | Taschenbuch | 316 S. | Englisch | 2014 | Scholars' Press | EAN 9783639709896 | Verantwortliche Person für die EU: preigu GmbH & Co. KG, Lengericher Landstr. 19, 49078 Osnabrück, mail[at]preigu[dot]de | Anbieter: preigu.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Whose Perspective Counts? | Context, Subjectivities, Factors, and Consequences of Teenage pregnancy in the Departamento De Granada, Nicaragua
• Publisher: Scholars' Press
• Publication Date: 2014
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 3639709896
• ISBN 13: 9783639709896
• Binding: Taschenbuch
• Condition: Neu
• Dimensions: 220W x 150H x 20D millimeters 220 millimeters width by 150 millimeters height by 20 millimeters depth
• Weight: 489 grams
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Synopsis

Is teenage pregnancy simply problematized by outsiders or also problematic for insiders? To explore this unanswerable question, this book (1) analyzes the extent to which teenage pregnancy is perceived as a “problem” in the Granada region, Nicaragua, at governmental and non-governmental organization levels as well as in local communities including among pregnant teenagers, (2) analyzes the consequences and causes of teenage pregnancy, and (3) makes policy and program recommendations. Three major conclusions emerged out of this study. First, teenage pregnancy is recognized as a “problem” by Nicaraguans for a variety of reasons. Teenage pregnancy has been “discovered” as a “problem” by donor agencies and the government, whose discourses tend to be internalized into people’s subjectivities to some extent. However, local initiatives have also contributed to the “discovery” of the teenage pregnancy “problem”. Second, teenage pregnancy has tremendous negative socioeconomic consequences for the mother and child. Third, the causes of teenage pregnancy are societal and gendered rather than individual, and include political, economic, sociocultural, and psychological factors.

About the Author

Mine Sato (Ph.D.)is Social Anthropologist working at JICA Research Institute. She also works as a practitioner for bilateral and multilateral organizations such as UNICEF, as well as lectures International Cooperation at various universities. Her main research areas are agency enhancement, endogenous development, and stationary-state societies.