Demography category: 971 books
by Barbara Pini, Berit Brandth, Jo Little
Language: English
Release Date: December 18, 2014
Language: English
Release Date: December 18, 2014
Feminist concern with difference has rarely extended to rurality even if it is now widely recognized that experiences of inequality depend on intersections of several identities in each individual life. This lack of concern may reflect the urban background of the majority of feminist academics or...
Japan's Demographic Revival
Rethinking Migration, Identity and Sociocultural Norms
Language: English
Release Date: November 30, 2015
Japan's Demographic Revival shifts discussions about employing immigration as the "best" or "sole" solution to assuaging Japan's demographic quagmire to a more systematic approach that identifies structural, organizational and cultural impediments that contribute to Japan's (and...
by Henryk Domanski
Language: English
Release Date: June 30, 2015
Language: English
Release Date: June 30, 2015
Prestige examines whether social prestige is still an important axis of the stratification hierarchy. It appears that prestige has lost some of the close connection with social position it had in estates societies. Prestige distribution patterns have changed and individualized gradations emerged,...
Population and Development
A Message from The Cairo Conference
Language: English
Release Date: April 9, 2013
Since the onset of modernisation the world population has doubled several times and will soon reach 6 billion of people. The annual rate of increase in the world population is approximately 90 million people. This is the largest absolute level of population growth ever recorded. According to the most...
Cultural Change and Persistence
New Perspectives on Development
Language: English
Release Date: December 12, 2010
This book is about the ways that traditional cultural practices either change or persist in the face of social and economic development, whether the latter proceeds primarily from internal or external forces.
by Jakub Bijak, Arkadiusz Wisniowski
Language: English
Release Date: October 23, 2010
Language: English
Release Date: October 23, 2010
International migration is becoming an increasingly important element of contemporary demographic dynamics and yet, due to its high volatility, it remains the most unpredictable element of population change. In Europe, population forecasting is especially difficult because good-quality data on migration...
The Hope of the Country with a Large Population
Theories and Practices of China's Population Transformation
Language: English
Release Date: January 24, 2014
China has the largest population in the world. However, according to the United Nations, India and China are expected to simultaneously reach a population of approximately 1.38 billion by 2030, with India taking a slight lead. China will be all too happy to surrender its position as the country with...
Tafelberg Short: The Politics of Pregnancy
From 'population control' to women in control
Language: English
Release Date: November 5, 2012
South African women's fertility poses a puzzle: despite immense poverty, our population is growing very slowly, against all international experience. Sadly, this cannot be attributed to the empowerment of women... Activist and analyst Rhoda Kadalie and her daughter Julia Pollak take a hard look at...
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Language: English
Release Date: July 22, 2011
Language: English
Release Date: July 22, 2011
This encyclopedia contains 50 thorough profiles of the most numerically significant immigrant groups now making their homes in the United States, telling the story of our newest immigrants and introducing them to their fellow Americans.
• Comprises contributions from 50 sociologists, anthropologists,...
by Saidbek Goziev
Language: English
Release Date: January 28, 2015
Language: English
Release Date: January 28, 2015
The guiding theme of the book is a traditional institution of Tajik culture: mahalla – neighborhood. For centuries it has sustained the existence of Tajik culture, and in times of the greatest religious persecution in the USSR it has helped Islam to survive. In this book the author does not limit...
by Li Zhang
Language: English
Release Date: November 19, 2010
Language: English
Release Date: November 19, 2010
This book discusses the biological, methodological and sociological issues that have caused men to be overlooked in demographic and sociological literature of fertility. It explores the patterns and determinants of male fertility and studies male fertility rates as compared to those of females in...
by Elizabeth Thomas-Hope (Editor)
Language: English
Release Date: August 14, 2014
Language: English
Release Date: August 14, 2014
Freedom and Constraint in Caribbean Migration and Diaspora was borne out of the June 2006 conference Caribbean Migration: Forced and Free . It explores the contemporary nature of migration, the socio-economic, political and cultural impact of movements across and outside the Caribbean region. The...
Getting College Ready
Latin@ Student Experiences of Race, Access, and Belonging at Predominantly White Universities
Language: English
Release Date: December 1, 2014
Getting College Ready: Latin@ Student Experiences of Race, Access, and Belonging at Predominantly White Universities challenges the way we conceive of college access, retention, and success for underrepresented students writ large. Specifically, through presenting an in-depth, qualitative case study...
by Luc Buchet, Daniel Courgeau, Henri Caussinus
Language: English
Release Date: January 20, 2014
Language: English
Release Date: January 20, 2014
This book examines methods for linking osteo-archaeological data with historical and environmental sources to shed light on the living conditions of past populations. Covering all time periods from prehistory to the 20th century, it aims to construct models that capture plausible demographic dynamics...