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  • A Practitioner's Guide to State and Local Population Projections

    by Stanley K. Smith, Jeff Tayman, David A. Swanson ...
    Series series Social Sciences (R0)
    This book focuses on the methodology and analysis of state and local population projections. It describes the most commonly used data sources and application techniques for four types of projection methods: cohort-component, trend extrapolation, structural models, and microsimulation. It covers the components of population growth, sources of data, the formation of assumptions, the development of ... Read more

    $116.09 USD

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  • Developing Effective Research Proposals

    by Keith F Punch ...
    This is your step-by-step guide to success with your research proposal. This new edition covers every section of the proposal, telling you all you need to know on how to structure it, bring rigour to your methods section, impress your readers and get your proposal accepted.With practical tips and advice throughout, new features include:Comprehensive explanation of method and methodology, and how ... Read more

    $71.99 USD

  • Working Together

    Collective Action, the Commons, and Multiple Methods in Practice

    by Elinor Ostrom, Marco A. Janssen, Amy Poteete ...
    Advances in the social sciences have emerged through a variety of research methods: field-based research, laboratory and field experiments, and agent-based models. However, which research method or approach is best suited to a particular inquiry is frequently debated and discussed. Working Together examines how different methods have promoted various theoretical developments related to collective ... Read more

    $39.59 USD

  • Movers and Stayers: Social Mobility, Migration and Skills

    by Izabela Grabowska ...
    Series Book 3 - Migration – Ethnicity – Nation: Studies in Culture, Society and Politics
    The author examines social mobility in the enlarged EU by analysing the work sequences of 1865 movers and stayers in Poland. Using indicators of upward and downward social mobility, she explores the role of migration in careers. Her research shows that migration adds dynamism to work paths and contributes to the improvement of people’s working lives. It also suggests that agency and reflexivity ... Read more

    $69.39 USD

  • Agent-Based Modelling in Population Studies

    Concepts, Methods, and Applications

    Edited by André Grow, Jan Van Bavel ...
    Series series Social Sciences (R0)
    This book examines the use of agent-based modelling (ABM) in population studies, from concepts to applications, best practices to future developments. It features papers written by leading experts in the field that will help readers to better understand the usefulness of ABM for population projections, how ABM can be injected with empirical data to achieve a better match between model and reality, ... Read more

    $152.09 USD

  • The Demography of Europe

    Edited by Gerda Neyer, Gunnar Andersson, Hill Kulu, Laura Bernardi, Christoph Bühler ...
    Over the past decades Europe has witnessed fundamental changes of its population dynamics and population structure. Fertility has fallen below replacement level in almost all European countries, while childbearing behavior and family formation have become more diverse. Life expectancy has increased in Western Europe for both females and males, but has been declining for men in some Eastern ... Read more

    $143.09 USD

  • Population Studies and Development from Theory to Fieldwork

    Edited by Véronique Petit ...
    Series series Social Sciences (R0)
    This book addresses major population and development issues: fertility and reproductive health, migrations, gender, education, poverty and inequalities. To that aim it revisits and considerably enlarges Kingsley Davis’ 1963 theory of change and response, using interdisciplinary methodologies. On the basis of four decades of field research (1985-2015), it questions the rationality of the actors, ... Read more

    $80.09 USD

  • Concepts, Methods and Practical Applications in Applied Demography

    An Introductory Textbook

    by Richard K. Thomas ...
    Series series Social Sciences (R0)
    This textbook offers a comprehensive overview of applied demography by presenting both basic concepts and methodological techniques. It allows students from the social and human sciences, demographers, consultants and anyone interested in applied demography to gain an understanding of a wide range of practical applications of demographic concepts, methods and techniques to real- world problems. ... Read more

    $58.49 USD

  • Diaspora, Food and Identity

    Nigerian Migrants in Belgium

    by Antonella Campanini, Peter Scholliers, Jean-Pierre Williot, Maureen Duru ...
    Series Book 9 - L’Europe alimentaire / European Food Issues / Europa alimentaria / L’Europa alimentare
    This book examines the connection between food and identity in the Nigerian diaspora community in Belgium. Encounters between people from different cultures do not lead to a simple adaptation of the diet, but usually give rise to some kind of fusion of new and indigenous food habits.The author questions the relationship between what Nigerian migrants in the diaspora eat, their self-perception and ... Read more

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  • Advanced Techniques for Modelling Maternal and Child Health in Africa

    Edited by Ngianga-Bakwin Kandala, Gebrenegus Ghilagaber ...
    Series series Social Sciences (R0)
    This book presents both theoretical contributions and empirical applications of advanced statistical techniques including geo-additive models that link individual measures with area variables to account for spatial correlation; multilevel models that address the issue of clustering within family and household; multi-process models that account for interdependencies over life-course events and non ... Read more

    $143.09 USD

  • Research Methods in Africana Studies | Revised Edition

    by Serie McDougal III ...
    Series Book 97 - Black Studies and Critical Thinking
    The revised edition of Research Methods in Africana Studies is a major contribution to the discipline of Africana studies and social science involving people of African descent in general. The first edition was the first of its kind, offering instruction on how to conduct culturally relevant critical research on Africana communities in the American context, in addition to the African diaspora. The ... Read more

    $55.99 USD

  • Fundamentals of Demographic Analysis: Concepts, Measures and Methods

    by Gordon A. Carmichael ...
    Series series Social Sciences (R0)
    This book offers an ideal introduction to the analysis of demographic data. Inside, readers of all quantitative skill levels will find the information they need to develop a solid understanding of the methods used to study human populations and how they change over time due to such factors as birth, death, and migration.The comprehensive, systematic coverage defines basic concepts and introduces ... Read more

    $170.09 USD