Demography category: 971 books
China’s Multicultural Economies
Social and Economic Indicators
Language: English
Release Date: November 29, 2012
Although the majority of China’s population is of the Han nationality (which accounts for more than 90% of China’s population), the non-Han ethnic groups have a population of more than 100 million. Until now, China has officially identified, except for other unknown ethnic groups and foreigners...
Ageing in Asia
Asia’s Position in the New Global Demography
Language: English
Release Date: September 13, 2013
The volume takes four key themes related to ageing – the experience of old age; intergenerational relations; economics of and social policy for ageing; longevity and the culture of ageing - and examines how these issues are emerging in different regions of Asia, specifically, the former Soviet Union,...
Birth, Death, and Religious Faith in an English Dissenting Community
A Microhistory of Nailsworth and Hinterland, 1695–1837
Language: English
Release Date: December 17, 2015
This study lies at the intersection of three principal areas of social history: demography, religion, and quantitative methods. It is a microanalysis of an English population at the level of the Anglican parish, during the era of the evangelical revival, which includes, unusually, Protestant dissenters...
India Migration Report 2012
Global Financial Crisis, Migration and Remittances
Language: English
Release Date: March 21, 2014
This volume is a collection of articles dealing with various dimensions of the Global Financial Crisis and its economic and social impact in terms of governance, emigration, remittances, return migration and re-integration.
The crisis, which had its origin in the United States in 2008, spread...
The Future of Motherhood in Western Societies
Late Fertility and its Consequences
Language: English
Release Date: December 6, 2010
Most people value to have children still highly. But what is the optimal moment to have the first? The decision on having children or not and if yes on the timing of the first is one of the most difficult ones to make, also because it more or less coincides with various other heavy decisions on shaping...
India Migration Report 2019
Diaspora in Europe
Language: English
Release Date: October 8, 2018
India Migration Report 2019 examines the issues of identity related to integration in European societies. It examines the multifarious nature of social, economic and political engagements of the Indian diaspora with their host societies in Europe.
This volume:
assesses the historical trends...
Population in History
Essays in Historical Demography, Volume I: General and Great Britain
Language: English
Release Date: July 12, 2017
This large-scale comparative endeavor, complete in two volumes, reflects increasing concern with the population factor in economic and social change worldwide. Demographers, on their side, have been focusing on history. In response to this, Population in History represents the work of two practitioners...
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Language: English
Release Date: December 6, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: December 6, 2012
Bernard (Barney) Berelson had a major influence in the application of social science concepts and methods to population policy during the period from 1962 to 1980. This was the period when concern with population problems spread from a relatively small group of scholars and population activists to...
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Language: English
Release Date: October 17, 2014
Language: English
Release Date: October 17, 2014
This book provides new insights into the significant gap that currently exists between desired and actual fertility in Europe. It examines how people make decisions about having children and demonstrates how the macro-level environment affects micro-level decision-making.
Written by an international...
by Stephanie A. Bohon, Meghan E. Conley
Language: English
Release Date: March 5, 2015
Language: English
Release Date: March 5, 2015
Immigration is the primary cause of population change in developed countries and a major component of population change in many developing countries. This clear and perceptive text discusses how immigration impacts population size, composition, and distribution. The authors address major socio-political...
Simulating Societal Change
Counterfactual Modelling for Social and Policy Inquiry
Language: English
Release Date: January 16, 2019
This book presents a method for creating a working model of society, using data systems and simulation techniques, that can be used for testing propositions of scientific and policy nature. The model is based on the example of New Zealand, but will be applicable to other countries. It is expected...
American Jewish Year Book 2015
The Annual Record of the North American Jewish Communities
Language: English
Release Date: February 3, 2016
This Year Book, now in its 115th year, provides insight into major trends in the North American Jewish communities and is the Annual Record of the North American Jewish Communities. The first two chapters of Part I examine Jewish immigrant groups to the US and Jewish life on campus. Chapters on “National...
On the Cusp
From Population Boom to Bust
Language: English
Release Date: June 15, 2015
For much of its history, human population growth increased at a glacial pace. The demographic rate only soared about 200 years ago, climaxing between the years 1950 and 2000. In that 50-year span, the population grew more than it had in the previous 5,000 years. Though these raw numbers are impressive,...
by Raúl Figueroa
Language: English
Release Date: December 12, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: December 12, 2013
Demographic changes threaten the future of Puerto Rico. The population is shrinking and aging fast. Puerto Ricans are abandoning their homeland after decades of high unemployment rates, violence and sub-par government services. One of few remaining colonies in the world, Puerto Rico has the demographic...