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Counting Populations, Understanding Societies - Towards a Interpretative Demography (Paperback, 2013 ed.)
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Counting Populations, Understanding Societies - Towards a Interpretative Demography (Paperback, 2013 ed.)
Series: Demographic Transformation and Socio-Economic Development, 1
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The core aim of this book is to determine how anthropology and
demography can be used in conjunction in the field of population
and development. The boundaries of demography are not as clearly
defined or as stable as one might think, especially in view of the
tension between a formal demography centered on the 'core of
procedures and references' and a more open form of demography,
generally referred to as Population Studies. Many rapprochements,
missed opportunities and isolated attempts marked the disciplinary
history of anthropology and demography, both disciplines being
founded on distinct and highly differentiated traditions and
practices. Moreover, the role and the place assigned to
epistemology differ significantly in ethnology and demography. Yet,
anthropology and demography provide complementary models and
research instruments and this book shows that neither discipline
can afford to overlook their respective contributions. Based on
research conducted in West Africa over more than twenty years, it
is a defense of field demography that makes case for a continuum
ranging from the initial conception of fieldwork and research to
its effective implementation and to data analysis. Changes in
behaviors relating to fertility, poverty or migration cannot be
interpreted without invoking the cultural factor at some stage.
Representations in their collective and individual dimensions also
fit into the extended explanatory space of demography.
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