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  • Disciplining Statistics

    Demography and Vital Statistics in France and England, 1830–1885

    by Libby Schweber, Julia Adams, George Steinmetz ...
    Series series Politics, History, and Culture
    In Disciplining Statistics Libby Schweber compares the science of population statistics in England and France during the nineteenth century, demonstrating radical differences in the interpretation and use of statistical knowledge. Through a comparison of vital statistics and demography, Schweber describes how the English government embraced statistics, using probabilistic interpretations of ... Read more

    $25.19 USD

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  • Population Decline and the Remaking of Great Power Politics

    by Susan Yoshihara; Douglas A. Sylva; Nicholas Eberstadt ...
    Remarkably, most conventional wisdom about the shifting balance of world power virtually ignores one of the most fundamental components of power: population. The studies that do consider international security and demographic trends almost unanimously focus on population growth as a liability. In contrast, the distinguished contributors to this volumesecurity experts from the Naval War College, ... Read more

    $35.00 USD

  • The Escape from Hunger and Premature Death, 1700–2100

    Europe, America, and the Third World

    by Robert William Fogel ...
    Series Book 38 - Cambridge Studies in Population, Economy and Society in Past Time
    Nobel laureate Robert Fogel's compelling study, first published in 2004, examines health, nutrition and technology over the last three centuries and beyond. Throughout most of human history, chronic malnutrition has been the norm. During the past three centuries, however, a synergy between improvements in productive technology and in human physiology has enabled humans to more than double their ... Read more

    $27.89 USD

  • Israel's Destiny

    Fertility and Mortality in a Divided Society

    by Jon Anson ...
    Series series Schnitzer Studies in Israel Society Series
    For over a hundred years, demography has been at the heart of the Zionist project, reflected in the goal of creating and maintaining a Jewish majority in Israel and in ensuring the physical continuation of the Jewish people. Demography continues to be an essential issue in the current struggle between Israel and Palestine. Yet in academic discourse, demography is treated as a minor, largely ... Read more

    $65.99 USD

  • Geographies of Ageing

    Social Processes and the Spatial Unevenness of Population Ageing

    by Amanda Davies, Amity James ...
    Population ageing is projected to affect all countries across the world in coming decades. The current rate of population ageing is unprecedented in human history with population projections indicating that this will be an enduring trend. Moreover, population ageing is spatially pervasive, affecting every man, woman and child. This has considerable implications for policy responding to the ... Read more

    $77.99 USD

  • Population Change in the United States

    Socioeconomic Challenges and Opportunities in the Twenty-First Century

    by Steve H. Murdock, Michael E. Cline, Mary Zey, Deborah Perez, P. Wilner Jeanty ...
    Series series Social Sciences (R0)
    This new volume maps the complex interplay of demographic and socioeconomic changes in the United States, where rapid aging and ethnic diversification are merely the most salient of the many issues with major long-term implications. Drawing on The United States Census Bureau’s post-2010 detailed projections, as well as a wealth of data distilled from authoritative sources, the authors tackle many ... Read more

    $49.99 USD

  • Images and Identities

    Puerto Rican in Two World Contexts

    by Asela Rodriguez de Laguna ...
    This book represents the vitality, diversity, and distinctiveness of contemporary Puerto Rican letters and writers. It is concerned with the image and identity of the Puerto Rican as it is reflected in literature. ... Read more

    $65.99 USD

  • Low Fertility Regimes and Demographic and Societal Change

    by Samsik Lee, Han Gon Kim ...
    Series series Social Sciences (R0)
    This book explores how low fertility levels could fundamentally change a country's population and society. It analyzes the profound effects below average birthrates have on virtually all aspects of society, from the economy to religion, from marriage to gender roles. An introduction written by Dudley L. Poston Jr. provides a general overview of this relatively new phenomenon that has already ... Read more

    $89.09 USD

  • Economic and Political Change in Asia and Europe

    Social Movement Analyses

    Edited by Bernadette Andreosso-O'Callaghan, Frédéric Royall ...
    Since the 1973 publication of Alain Peyrefitte’s prophetic When China Awakens, developments in East Asia have outstripped even the wildest predictions. China has undergone the fastest industrialization and urbanization process in history, yet tensions there are rising as some realize how far they have been left behind. This volume explores the applicability of European economic and social models ... Read more

    $143.09 USD

  • West African Migrations

    Transnational and Global Pathways in a New Century

    Edited by M. Okome ...
    Series series Political Science and International Studies (R0)
    Drawing on the interdisciplinary research projects of scholars from various social science and humanities disciplines, this book explores how African migration to Western countries after the neo-liberal economic reforms of the 1980s transformed West African states and their new transnational populations in Western countries. ... Read more

    $49.49 USD

  • Protest, Social Movements, and Global Democracy since 2011

    New Perspectives

    Edited by Thomas Davies, Holly Eva Ryan, Alejandro Milcíades Peña ...
    Series Book 39 - Research in Social Movements, Conflicts and Change
    In light of the limited achievements of the Arab Spring and other pro-democracy movements, volume 39 examines and unpacks arguments that these protests represent both a new phase and new prospects for democratic mobilization. The volume engages with new theoretical and methodological perspectives and illuminates novel aspects of transnational social movement dynamics, such as the evolving role of ... Read more

    $132.99 USD

  • Household and Living Arrangement Projections

    The Extended Cohort-Component Method and Applications to the U.S. and China

    by Yi Zeng, Kenneth C. Land, Danan Gu, Zhenglian Wang ...
    Series series Social Sciences (R0)
    This book presents an innovative demographic toolkit known as the ProFamy extended cohort-component method for the projection of household structures and living arrangements with empirical applications to the United States, the largest developed country, and China, the largest developing country. The ProFamy method uses demographic rates as inputs to project detailed distributions of household ... Read more

    $143.09 USD