Demography

Regional mortality differences are one dimension of health inequalities, but its trends and determinants in Germany are widely unknown. This book examines and illustrates patterns of regional mortality in Germany-with focus on small-area...

This book examines the long term consequences of improvements in life expectancy in the mid 20th century which are partly responsible for the growth of the elderly population in the developing world. Rapid demographic changes in child and infant...

Military recruitment will become more difficult in times of demographic aging. The question arises whether demographic change will constrain the capacity of aging states like Germany to conduct foreign policy and pursue their national security interests...

This book explores the process of decision-making around having children in a sample of 115 men, women and couples for whom family formation was a recent past, current or imminent future issue. The discussion is initially focused on the extent to which...

Across the EU, populations are shrinking and ageing. An increasing burden is being placed on a smaller working population to generate the taxes required for pensions and care costs. Welfare states are weakening in many countries and across Europe,...

The book explores interlinkages between women's employment and fertility at both a macro- and a micro-level in EU member states, Norway and Switzerland. Similarly as many other studies on the topic, it refers to the cross-country variation in the...

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...

The book explores interlinkages between women's employment and fertility at both a macro- and a micro-level in EU member states, Norway and Switzerland. Similarly as many other studies on the topic, it refers to the cross-country variation in the...

Navigating Time and Space in Population Studies presents innovative approaches to long-standing questions about the diffusion of population and demographic behavior across space and over time. This collection utilizes newly-available historical data...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9783700169673Author Austrian Academy of Sciences PressFormat PaperbackPage Count 314Imprint Austrian Academy of Sciences PressPublisher Austrian Academy of...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780716527237Author Brian GurrinFormat PaperbackPage Count 80Imprint Irish Academic Press LtdPublisher Irish Academic Press Ltd

Rural people and communities continue to play important social, economic and environmental roles at a time in which societies are rapidly urbanizing, and the identities of local places are increasingly subsumed by flows of people, information and...

This book combines the disciplines of applied demography and public health by describing how applied demographic techniques can be used to help address public health issues. Besides addressing the impact of aging on health and health-related expenditure,...

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...

This book combines the disciplines of applied demography and public health by describing how applied demographic techniques can be used to help address public health issues. Besides addressing the impact of aging on health and health-related expenditure,...

This book is a practical guide on how to design, create and validate a spatial microsimulation model. These models are becoming more popular as academics and policy makers recognise the value of place in research and policy making. Recent spatial...

Navigating Time and Space in Population Studies presents innovative approaches to long-standing questions about the diffusion of population and demographic behavior across space and over time. This collection utilizes newly-available historical data...

This book touches upon a few of the major challenges that all modern societies will have to face in the near future: how to set up a resilient pay-as-you-go pension system; whether the current balance between expenses and revenues in social expenditure...

Fertility rates vary considerably across and within societies, and over time. Over the last three decades, social demographers have made remarkable progress in documenting these axes of variation, but theoretical models to explain family change and...

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...

This book examines the history behind the formulation, implementation, and evaluation of population policies in the more developed, the less developed, and the least developed countries from 1950 until today, as well as their future prospects. It links...

Confounding all conventional wisdom, the fertility rate in the Islamic Republic of Iran fell from around 7.0 births per woman in the early 1980s to 1.9 births per woman in 2006. That this, the largest and fastest fall in fertility ever recorded, should...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9789171066213Author Bo MalmbergFormat PaperbackPage Count 48Imprint Nordic African InstitutePublisher Nordic African InstituteWeight(grams) 94g

Winner of the 2019 LAMBDA Literary Award in LGBTQ Studies! Toxic Silence: Race, Black Gender Identity, and Addressing the Violence against Black Transgender Women in Houston contributes to a growing body of transgender scholarship. This book examines the...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781801350242Author Gül Ince-BeqoFormat PaperbackPage Count 190Imprint Transnational Press LondonPublisher Transnational Press LondonWeight(grams) 286g

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781801353137Author Mohammed TaukeerFormat PaperbackPage Count 210Imprint Transnational Press LondonPublisher Transnational Press LondonWeight(grams)...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9783847115328Author Katarzyna AdamczykFormat HardbackPage Count 116Imprint V&R unipress GmbHPublisher V&R unipress GmbHWeight(grams) 297gDimensions(mm) 237mm...

This provocative and groundbreaking book is the first of its kind to propose the concept of Eco-ability: the intersectionality of the ecological world, persons with disabilities, and nonhuman animals. Rooted in disability studies and rights,...

Is demography destiny? Corporate marketers and government agencies act as if it is, producing mountains of statistics about Americans-most always remarkably inaccessible and dry. Now, America by the Numbers puts the power of demography back in the...

The long 19th century, approximately 1750 to 1918, was one of significant existential change for peoples across the globe. The beginning of this period saw the expansion of empires, and shortly thereafter, the Euro-American Enlightenment brought about...

By most accounts, Europe has been mired in a "demographic crisis" since about 1970. By a demographic crisis is meant that Europe's dependency ratio is increasing, and the net result has been declining populations and fewer workers to sustain...

A timely, revelatory first look into the impact climate change has on children—the greatest moral crisis humanity faces today—by a pediatrician in the fastest warming city in America.Wildfires, hurricanes, and heat waves make headlines. But what is...

Includes discussion on the rationale of teaching about genocide; the history of genocide; and 10 cases studies of genocide perpetrated in the 20th century.Book InformationISBN 9781593110758Author Samuel TottenFormat HardbackPage Count 360Imprint...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9789368098973Author Norman MacLeanFormat PaperbackPage Count 82Imprint Double 9 BooksPublisher Double 9 BooksWeight(grams) 104g

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9791029914263Author Thomas MalthusFormat PaperbackPage Count 224Imprint Fv EditionsPublisher Fv EditionsWeight(grams) 277g

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781982181628Author Jean M TwengeFormat PaperbackPage Count 560Imprint Simon & SchusterPublisher Simon & SchusterWeight(grams) 322g

This book examines one of the most important demographic changes facing the United States: an overall aging population and the increasing influence of Latinos. It also looks at the changing demographics in Mexico and its impact on the health and...

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...

This book explores how demographic changes affect inter-generational transfers of time, money, goods, and services, all things that play a role in the well-being of individuals and families. It details the nature and measurement of transfers, their...

This edited collection shows how demographic analysis plays a pivotal role in planning, policy and funding decisions in Australia. Drawing on the latest demographic data and methods, these case studies in applied demography demonstrate that population...