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Encompassing the areas of economics, sociology, social biology and genetics, and drawing on studies from the UK and Australia, this volume charts and analyses the factors affecting population growth. Chapters include: * The international decline in fertility * The changing structure of the family * Educational opportunities * Concepts of race. ... Read more

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Population ageing is a global phenomenon which affects European countries in particular, putting increased pressure on the financial sustainability of current European social systems. This is a prominent, high-profile aspect of European societies arising from structural changes in fertility and mortality.Faced with the shrinking working-age population, policy makers are, or soon will be, facing the need to review their policies towards older workers. Policies should be developed to improve the employment prospects of older workers and create a favourable environment and institutional framework for active ageing. Although increased attention is being given to these issues at the international and national levels, this change is less obvious at the individual and corporate levels. To be effective, the concept of active ageing should be accompanied by a set of comprehensive measures in the areas of education, social policy, pension reform, employment and the working environment. The debate during the conference showed that governments have an important part to play and can no longer be content with a laissez-faire approach.This volume reviews the major demographic challenges posed by population ageing and its impact on policies in areas including health, employment, public expenditure and social relationships. It contains two studies written by Ronald Schoenmaeckers and Irena Kotowska. The introduction is based on Ronald Schoenmaeckers' presentation at the conference as the keynote speaker for the session on population ageing. ... Read more

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"Scholars working in population studies, irrespective of their disciplinary affiliations, have to learn much from each other in order to sharpen their methodological tools and enrich their conceptual frameworks.This, undoubtedly has become all the more important in view of the interdisciplinary nature of various dimensions of population.The credit for making the present edited volume available for reference, and thus fulfilling a major requirement, goes to Mahadevan and Krishnan.The two scholars are eminently know and recognised within India and outside because of their seminal contribution to sociology in general and demography in particular."--Indian Journal of Public Administration"A welcome addition to the fast growing literature on demographic and developmental methodology.... Prof. K. Mahadevan and P. Krishnan have demonstrated their great skill in being pointed, succinct, clear and selective.... Social scientists will learn a lot about demographic and developmental methodologies discussed in this book.It will be a boon for evaluators and researchers.The book deserves a place in every library as an important reference compendium for demographers, planners and social scientists."--Social ActionThe proper study of population, with all of its social ramifications, is essential to the formulation of appropriate development programs in developing countries.In order to evaluate the outcomes and insure effectiveness of developmental activities, research designs and methods are particularly important.This volume studies the interaction between population and development from a holistic perspective, utilizing interdisciplinary methods and stressing both theory and method.In Part I, the contributors present various theoretical-analytical frameworks for the study of social demography and present a scheme of causal models.In Part II, various interdisciplinary methods for population research are discussed, including the mathematical, psychological, sociological, and the systems approach.Further chapters describe a comprehensive model of development and various data analysis techniques.Methodology for Population Studies and Development will interest students in quantitative research methods, demography, anthropology, and development studies, as well as researchers, and policy makers."Provides a critical interdisciplinary framework highlighting interlinkages and interactions between population and development parameters....Mahadevan's conceptual framework for studying status of women is quite comprehensive and provides insights into probable causal linkages between status and population parameters."--The Book Review"It is a book for specialists in the area."--Journal of Contemporary Asia"Covers a wide range of conceptual, theoretical, and methodological issues."--Health for the Millions ... Read more

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This book describes how archival data inform anthropological questions about human biology and health. The authors present a diverse array of human biological evidence from a variety of sources including the archaeological record, medical collections, church records, contemporary health and growth data, and genetic information from the descendants of historical populations. The contributions demonstrate how the analysis of historical documents expands the horizons of research in human biology, extends the longitudinal analysis of microevolutionary and social processes into the present, and enhances the understanding of the human condition. ... Read more

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This volume tackles a number of popular misconceptions about the social and economic impact of an aging population. It emphasizes the specific demographic and policy changes taking place in Canada and focuses on trends in social policy that affect pensions, healthcare, and retirement. It provides a critical look at how an apocalyptic approach to the aging population is being used by the conservative parties to dismantle the Canadian welfare state. It also examines the many ways in which intergenerational relationships are changing and challenges the popular image of the elderly population as a burden on the younger generations. ... Read more

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This book describes how archival data inform anthropological questions about human biology and health. The authors present a diverse array of human biological evidence from a variety of sources including the archaeological record, medical collections, church records, contemporary health and growth data, and genetic information from the descendants of historical populations. The contributions demonstrate how the analysis of historical documents expands the horizons of research in human biology, extends the longitudinal analysis of microevolutionary and social processes into the present, and enhances the understanding of the human condition. ... Read more

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"Peter Gossage uses family-reconstitution analysis, drawing on local parish registers and manuscript-census schedules, to focus on marriage, household organization, and family size in the context of social and economic change in Saint-Hyacinthe, Quebec. His interpretation of the data is that family formation in Saint-Hyacinthe was profoundly affected as couples adjusted to the new urban, industrial setting. Gossage demonstrates that demographic behaviour was increasingly differentiated by social class, with distinct marriage and fertility patterns emerging among bourgeois and proletarian families."--BOOK JACKET. ... Read more

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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. ... Read more

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The Human Biology of Pastoral Populations draws together the current knowledge of the biology, population structure, and ecology of herding populations. It investigates how pastoral populations adapt to limited and variable food availability, the implications of the herding way of life for reproductive patterns, population structure and genetic diversity, and the impacts of ongoing social and ecological changes on the health and well-being of these populations. This volume will be of broad interest to scholars in anthropology, human biology, genetics, and demography. ... Read more

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What is the influence of family and kinship networks on fertility, marriage, migration and mortality? Population scientists have studied the relationship between families, both immediate and extended, and demographic behavior for many years. This volume highlights the convergence of research by a group of demographers, economic historians, historians, anthropologists, sociologists and geneticists. The contributors use longitudinal databases from different cultures to study families that existed in the past and focus on the role that families and kin groups played in both early and later life events.

This book examines the role of kinship and the family’s influence on the health outcomes of their children, their children’s selection of marriage partners, couples having higher order births or reduced fertility, individual migration and origins of populations. Mortality patterns are examined to determine the influence of fertility patterns on parents’ mortality, the contribution of parents’ longevity to their children’s lifespan, and whether a family history of disease affects the risk of dying from that same disease.

This volume emphasizes the importance of studies that include and compare other factors related to social organization with information on multi-generational families. The authors elucidate previous explanations and provide provocative new results. Such intergenerational research is crucial in understanding long term demographic trends and processes.