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Population and Progress in a Yoruba Town (Paperback)
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Population and Progress in a Yoruba Town (Paperback)
Series: International African Library, v. 28
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This study of local perceptions of population and development in a
rural southwestern Nigerian town questions some of the underlying
assumptions of the demographic theory of fertility transition.
Fertility transition theory and modernisation theory from which it
derives have not explained why fertility remains high, particularly
in sub-Saharan Africa, despite the presence of some conditions
associated with its decline in Western societies, nor why
development, despite a plethora of projects, has failed to
'take-off'. As this study demonstrates, neither fertility change
nor development follows a universal trajectory. Whether lower
fertility or Western models of development are viewed as possible
or advantageous reflects cultural ideas about proper social
relations as well as political and economic conditions, which may
hinder or facilitate these changes. Key Features: Its example of
grass-roots development complements economic development texts
Provides an ethnographic study of fertility change Examines the
historical processes of social change in the context of Nigeria
under military rule
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