The Demographic Transition - Stages, Patterns, and Economic Implications (Hardcover)

Demographic transition constitutes one of the most fundamental modern historical changes; people live much longer, have fewer children, and experience higher mobility. This book examines the basic mechanisms behind the modernisation of demographic behaviour. The author has marshalled an impressive array of statistical material relating to sixty-seven countries, half of them less developed countries. Most of the tables are time-series, covering many decades and sometimes go back to the nineteenth, and even eighteenth centuries. The whole sweep of western experience is dealt with here impartially. Though technically sophisticated, the book also covers issues of interpretation and analysis. The author puts forward a number of challenging propositions: mortality decrease is shown to necessarily precede fertility and decline, so-called execptions being simply false exceptions. He shows how the decline of fertility is dependent on important and manifold social transformations. The strong connections between international migration and the course of demographic transition are demonstrated, as is the fact that less developed countries are following the same general patterns as MDCs. There is also discussion of why the theory of demographic transition must include the effect of population changes on the economic progress of society.

General

Imprint:	Clarendon Press
Country of origin:	United Kingdom
Release date:	May 2001
First published:	June 2001
Authors:	Jean-Claude Chesnais (Head, Social Economic Department)
Translators:	Elizabeth Kreager • Philip Kreager
Dimensions:	242 x 160 x 41mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Hardcover
Pages:	646
ISBN-13:	978-0-19-828659-2
Categories:	Books > Humanities > History > History of specific subjects > Social & cultural history Books > Social sciences > Sociology, social studies > Social research & statistics > General Books > Social sciences > Sociology, social studies > Population & demography > General Books > History > History of specific subjects > Social & cultural history
LSN:	0-19-828659-7
Barcode:	9780198286592

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