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Counting Populations, Understanding Societies - Towards a Interpretative Demography (Hardcover, 2013 ed.) Loot Price: R3,293
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Counting Populations, Understanding Societies - Towards a Interpretative Demography (Hardcover, 2013 ed.): Veronique Petit

Counting Populations, Understanding Societies - Towards a Interpretative Demography (Hardcover, 2013 ed.)

Veronique Petit

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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Imprint: Springer
Country of origin: Netherlands
Series: Demographic Transformation and Socio-Economic Development, 1
Release date: February 2013
First published: 2013
Authors: Veronique Petit
Dimensions: 235 x 155 x 14mm (L x W x T)
Format: Hardcover
Pages: 208
Edition: 2013 ed.
ISBN-13: 978-9400750456
Categories: Books > Social sciences > Sociology, social studies > Anthropology > General
Books > Social sciences > Sociology, social studies > Population & demography > General
LSN: 9400750455
Barcode: 9789400750456

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