Demography
A Very Short Introduction
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ISBN:
9780198725732
Publication date:
21/05/2018
Paperback
168 pages
174x111mm
Price: 350.00 INR
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ISBN:
9780198725732
Publication date:
21/05/2018
Paperback
168 pages
Sarah Harper
Introduces the study of demography, and considers how it analyses and addresses size, composition, and density of populations,Highlights the way in which the global population has evolved over time and space,Considers some of the major demographic theories, and the role of different demographic drivers in impacting populations and individuals,Looks at the emergence of new demographic sub-disciplines and addresses some of the future population challenges of the 21st century,Part of the Very Short Introductions series - over nine million copies sold worldwide
Rights: OUP UK (INDIAN TERRITORY)
Sarah Harper
Description
The generation into which each person is born, the demographic composition of that cohort, and its relation to those born at the same time in other places influences not only a person's life chances, but also the economic and political structures within which that life is lived; the person's access to social and natural resources (food, water, education, jobs, sexual partners); and even the length of that person's life. Demography, literally the study of people, addresses the size, distribution, composition, and density of populations, and considers the impact the drivers which mediate these will have on both individual lives and the changing structure of
human populations.
This Very Short Introduction considers the way in which the global population has evolved over time and space. Sarah Harper discusses the theorists, theories, and methods involved in studying population trends and movements, before looking at the emergence of new demographic sub-disciplines and addressing some of the future population challenges of the 21st century.
ABOUT THE SERIES: The Very Short Introductions series from Oxford University Press contains hundreds of titles in almost every subject area. These pocket-sized books are the perfect way to get ahead in a new subject quickly. Our expert
authors combine facts, analysis, perspective, new ideas, and enthusiasm to make interesting and challenging topics highly readable.
About the author
Sarah Harper, Professor of Gerontology, Oxford University, Director, Oxford Institute of Ageing, and Director of the Royal Institution, LondonSarah Harper is Professor of Gerontology at Oxford University, Director of the Oxford Institute of Ageing, and Director of the Clore Programme on Population-Environment Change. She is a Governor of the Pensions Policy Institute and author of Migration, Ageing and the Environment for the UK government Foresight Programme on Global Migration. She is also the Director of the Royal Institute, London. Sarah is the author and editor of several books including Ageing Societies: Myths, Challenges and Opportunities (Hodder Arnold, 2006); the International Handbook of Ageing and Public Policy (Edward Elgar, 2014); and How Population Change will Transform our World (OUP, 2016). She is the founding co-editor of the Journal of Population Ageing (Springer).
Sarah Harper
Table of contents
Preface
1:Demography is destiny...or not
2:From 55,000 to 7 billion
3:The founding fathers
4:A statistical science
5:Demographic drivers
6:The demographic transition
7:Demographer's tool box
8:Population pyramids and projections
9:Sub-disciplines arise
10:Population policies and future challenges
Glossary
References
Further Reading
Index
Sarah Harper
Description
The generation into which each person is born, the demographic composition of that cohort, and its relation to those born at the same time in other places influences not only a person's life chances, but also the economic and political structures within which that life is lived; the person's access to social and natural resources (food, water, education, jobs, sexual partners); and even the length of that person's life. Demography, literally the study of people, addresses the size, distribution, composition, and density of populations, and considers the impact the drivers which mediate these will have on both individual lives and the changing structure of
human populations.
This Very Short Introduction considers the way in which the global population has evolved over time and space. Sarah Harper discusses the theorists, theories, and methods involved in studying population trends and movements, before looking at the emergence of new demographic sub-disciplines and addressing some of the future population challenges of the 21st century.
ABOUT THE SERIES: The Very Short Introductions series from Oxford University Press contains hundreds of titles in almost every subject area. These pocket-sized books are the perfect way to get ahead in a new subject quickly. Our expert
authors combine facts, analysis, perspective, new ideas, and enthusiasm to make interesting and challenging topics highly readable.
About the author
Sarah Harper, Professor of Gerontology, Oxford University, Director, Oxford Institute of Ageing, and Director of the Royal Institution, LondonSarah Harper is Professor of Gerontology at Oxford University, Director of the Oxford Institute of Ageing, and Director of the Clore Programme on Population-Environment Change. She is a Governor of the Pensions Policy Institute and author of Migration, Ageing and the Environment for the UK government Foresight Programme on Global Migration. She is also the Director of the Royal Institute, London. Sarah is the author and editor of several books including Ageing Societies: Myths, Challenges and Opportunities (Hodder Arnold, 2006); the International Handbook of Ageing and Public Policy (Edward Elgar, 2014); and How Population Change will Transform our World (OUP, 2016). She is the founding co-editor of the Journal of Population Ageing (Springer).
Table of contents
Preface
1:Demography is destiny...or not
2:From 55,000 to 7 billion
3:The founding fathers
4:A statistical science
5:Demographic drivers
6:The demographic transition
7:Demographer's tool box
8:Population pyramids and projections
9:Sub-disciplines arise
10:Population policies and future challenges
Glossary
References
Further Reading
Index
Raka Ray
Georgios A Antonopoulos, Georgios Papanicolaou
Clémence Jullien, Roger Jeffery
Khalid Koser
Peter K Smith
Chris Shilling
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Jonathan Law
Tim Newburn
Jennifer M. Gidley
