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Resources and Population: Natural, Institutional, and Demographic Dimensions of Development
ISBN: 9780198289180 / Angielski / Twarda / 368 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Since the beginning of the twentieth century, the world's population has increased threefold. The "demographic revolution" has not only changed the size of the population; it is radically transforming its age structure and its spatial distribution, with attendant problems and contradictions. Despite measurable advances in human welfare, such as increased longevity, more than one billion people--about a third of the total Third World population--live in poverty. Sharply diverging rates of population growth have been accompanied by increasing disparities in income and quality of life across...
Since the beginning of the twentieth century, the world's population has increased threefold. The "demographic revolution" has not only changed the si...
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912,23 |
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Urbanization in Large Developing Countries: China, Indonesia, Brazil, and India
ISBN: 9780198289746 / Angielski / Twarda / 376 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. This book examines the interactions between economic change and urbanization, in the form of structural shifts in employment, regional development policy, and national industrial policy. It also discusses the human welfare problems associated with rapid urbanization and a lack of government finance. Its conclusions move beyond the scope of the four country case-studies to identify urban planning issues that are relevant to all developing countries.
This book examines the interactions between economic change and urbanization, in the form of structural shifts in employment, regional development pol...
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700,46 |
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Family Change and Family Policies in Great Britain, Canada, New Zealand, and the United States
ISBN: 9780198290254 / Angielski / Twarda / 480 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. This is the first volume in a series intended to report on the evolution of family policies in Western welfare states (and to compare current provisions). The developments are presented in the context of a report on family change for each of the countries, and with a view of the economic, political, and institutional climates in which they occurred. Topics covered in this book include family formation and current structural patterns, families and the division of labor, the income of families (earnings, taxation, transfer programs), and also the political and institutional contexts for family...
This is the first volume in a series intended to report on the evolution of family policies in Western welfare states (and to compare current provisio...
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912,23 |
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Demographic Responses to Economic Adjustment in Latin America
ISBN: 9780198292104 / Angielski / Twarda / 256 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. The papers in this volume address the influence of economic fluctuations upon mortality, fertility, and labor markets in the Latin America of the 1980s. Contributors attempt to distinguish short-term effects from long-term ones. Broader policy-related and institutional factors affecting the continent as a whole are examined alongside the demographic consequences of economic changes in individual countries.
The papers in this volume address the influence of economic fluctuations upon mortality, fertility, and labor markets in the Latin America of the 1980...
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288,67 |
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Sexual Cultures and Migration in the Era of AIDS: Anthropological and Demographic Perspectives
ISBN: 9780198292302 / Angielski / Twarda / 272 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Sexual Cultures and Migration in the Era of AIDS is the first demographic, anthropological study of what happens to sexual behavior and the rules of risk-taking in sexual encounters when people migrate from countryside to city, from one city to another, or from one country to another culture. It represents a milestone in the study of cross-cultural sexuality and sexually transmitted diseases.
Sexual Cultures and Migration in the Era of AIDS is the first demographic, anthropological study of what happens to sexual behavior and the rules of r...
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818,11 |
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The Continuing Demographic Transition
ISBN: 9780198292579 / Angielski / Twarda / 472 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. One of the most significant occurrences of this century has been the drastic decline in many countries of tragically high death and birth rates. In this collection, leading demographers, anthropologists, sociologists, and historians examine the causes of this transition and the reasons why many other countries have not followed suit.
One of the most significant occurrences of this century has been the drastic decline in many countries of tragically high death and birth rates. In th...
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274,54 |
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Population and Poverty in the Developing World
ISBN: 9780198293002 / Angielski / Twarda / 320 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. This volume concentrates on all aspects of the population and poverty problem: what poverty is, what effects poverty has, what creates poverty, and what can be done to eradicate it. By collecting together papers from a variety of disciplines, and by combining detailed empirical study with the necessary theoretical frameworks, the editors are able to clearly identify the most important themes and potential solutions to a problem that the world cannot afford to ignore.
This volume concentrates on all aspects of the population and poverty problem: what poverty is, what effects poverty has, what creates poverty, and wh...
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559,27 |
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The Methods and Uses of Anthropological Demography (Isd)
ISBN: 9780198293378 / Angielski / Twarda / 344 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. This volume takes stock of the current status of the comparatively new discipline of "Anthropological Demography," and discusses its major methods, its main strengths, and its chief limitations. It includes contributions from both mainstream demographers and foremost anthropologists, all stressing the necessity of a shared agenda for each discipline to progress successfully and avoid marginalization.
This volume takes stock of the current status of the comparatively new discipline of "Anthropological Demography," and discusses its major methods, it...
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888,70 |
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Keynes on Population
ISBN: 9780198293620 / Angielski / Twarda / 272 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Keynes on Population publishes two of John Maynard Keynes's manuscripts omitted from the Collected Writings his Cambridge lectures on population and 1914 Oxford lecture on Population. It provides a detailed commentary on the text of Population and discusses the extent of Keynes's engagement with the Social Darwinist doctrine of the rapid multiplication of the unfit and with eugenics. It then traces the subsequent vicissitudes of his views on population.
Keynes on Population publishes two of John Maynard Keynes's manuscripts omitted from the Collected Writings his Cambridge lectures on population and 1...
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747,52 |
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Dynamics of Values in Fertility Change
ISBN: 9780198294399 / Angielski / Twarda / 400 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. The move from large extended families towards the nuclear family already prevalent in the West is one of the most notable demographic trends of the 20th Century. In exploring this "fertility transition" this volume investigates and explains the impact that changing cultural and moral beliefs have had on fertility practice. The contributors create a global picture through a wide variety of theoretical approaches combined with highly focused empirical studies.
The move from large extended families towards the nuclear family already prevalent in the West is one of the most notable demographic trends of the 20...
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354,55 |
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Worlds in Motion
ISBN: 9780198294429 / Angielski / Twarda / 316 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. By applying systematic theoretical frameworks to detailed empirical data, Worlds in Motion provides a unique overview of not only where migration occurs, and how it works, but crucially details the major factors that influence international population movement.
By applying systematic theoretical frameworks to detailed empirical data, Worlds in Motion provides a unique overview of not only where migration occu...
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959,29 |
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Asian Population History
ISBN: 9780198294436 / Angielski / Twarda / 464 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. This volume consists of three major sections on fertility, disease and mortality, and marriage and family, which together with five introductory chapters combine depth of analysis with breadth of source material.
This volume consists of three major sections on fertility, disease and mortality, and marriage and family, which together with five introductory chapt...
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1006,35 |
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Fertility and the Male Life-Cycle in the Era of Fertility Decline
ISBN: 9780198294443 / Angielski / Twarda / 392 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Traditionally, women have been the sole focus of fertility studies. Ranging broadly over ethnographies, national surveys, and historical texts, this volume breaks imaginative new ground in grappling with the immense variation in male reproduction across the world.
Traditionally, women have been the sole focus of fertility studies. Ranging broadly over ethnographies, national surveys, and historical texts, this v...
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665,15 |
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Women, Poverty, and Demographic Change
ISBN: 9780198294863 / Angielski / Twarda / 328 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. This book analyzes the specific demographic implications and conditioning factors of women's experience of poverty. By investigating the different experiences that women in developing countries face in attempting to escape from poverty, the contributors illustrate the importance of incorporating the gender perspective into population studies.
This book analyzes the specific demographic implications and conditioning factors of women's experience of poverty. By investigating the different exp...
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841,64 |
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Population and Economy: From Hunger to Modern Economic Growth
ISBN: 9780198296539 / Angielski / Twarda / 512 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. This book of collected essays--an outcome of an A-session held at the 12th International Congress of Economic History in Madrid, 1998--sets a new standard in an active and influential field of research. The contributors go beyond the conventional European and North American geographical boundaries, bringing out new empirical findings and developing new arguments.
This book of collected essays--an outcome of an A-session held at the 12th International Congress of Economic History in Madrid, 1998--sets a new stan...
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392,20 |
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Women's Empowerment and Demographic Processes ' Moving Beyond Cairo '
ISBN: 9780198297314 / Angielski / Twarda / 440 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. This book brings together leading researchers and policy advocates to explore whether the concept of women's empowerment is useful for an understanding of key demographic processes. Its contributors identify new directions for demographic research from the analysis of available data that measure women's empowerment, and point to the implications for population-related policies.
This book brings together leading researchers and policy advocates to explore whether the concept of women's empowerment is useful for an understandin...
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935,76 |
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The Mortality Crisis in Transitional Economies
ISBN: 9780198297413 / Angielski / Twarda / 480 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. This book is the first comprehensive assessment of the mortality crisis in transitional economies. Contributions by demographers, economists, sociologists, epidemiologists, and health experts provide a rigorous analysis of the upsurge in mortality rates, with the aim of contributing to the launch of vigorous policies to tackle the crisis.
This book is the first comprehensive assessment of the mortality crisis in transitional economies. Contributions by demographers, economists, sociolog...
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947,52 |
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Demographic Methods and Concepts
ISBN: 9780198752639 / Angielski / Miękka / 546 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Demographic Methods and Concepts presents the methods most commonly needed to work with statistical materials on population at national, regional, and local levels. Unlike other texts in the field, this book uses clear non-technical language throughout to make demographic techniques accessible to a diverse array of students, regardless of their background in mathematics. All the demographic techniques most relevant to the work of demographers, geographers, sociologists, and planners are covered. Demographic concepts and practical strategies important in the interpretation of...
Demographic Methods and Concepts presents the methods most commonly needed to work with statistical materials on population at national, regi...
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326,27 |
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Fertility Transition in South Asia
ISBN: 9780199241859 / Angielski / Twarda / 448 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. This compendium of nineteen chapters, written by South Asia scholars and international authorities in the field of population, provides an overview of a range of issues surrounding fertility change in South Asia over the past decade.
This compendium of nineteen chapters, written by South Asia scholars and international authorities in the field of population, provides an overview of...
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288,67 |
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Population Matters: Demographic Change, Economic Growth, and Poverty in the Developing World
ISBN: 9780199244072 / Angielski / Twarda / 456 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Does rapid population growth diminish countries' economic development prospects? Do policies aimed at reducing high fertility help families escape poverty? These questions have been at the heart of policy debates since the time of Malthus, and have been particularly heated during the last half-century of explosive Third World population growth. In this carefully constructed collection of recent studies and analyses, the authors offer a nuanced, yet clear and positive answer to these questions---a refreshing step forward from the ambiguous conclusions of much of the literature of the 1970s and...
Does rapid population growth diminish countries' economic development prospects? Do policies aimed at reducing high fertility help families escape pov...
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298,07 |
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