Population and demography Books
University of Calgary Press The Prairie West as Promised Land
Book SynopsisIn 1906, the Sugar Maple Tree Song was just one example of the rhapsodic pieces that touted the Prairie West as the ""promised land"". In the formative years of agricultural settlement from the late nineteenth century to the First World War, the Canadian government, along with the railways and other Prairie boosters, further developed and propagated this image within the widely distributed promotional literature that was used to attract millions of immigrants to the Canadian West from all corners of the world.Some saw the Prairies as an ideal place to create a Utopian society; others seized the chance to take control of their own destinies in a new and exciting place. The image of the West as a place of unbridled prosperity and opportunity became the dominant perception of the region at that time. During the interwar and post-World War II eras, this image was questioned and challenged, although not entirely replaced, thus showing its pervasive influence.The Prairie West as Promised Land is group of essays, which includes contributions from some of the best-known Prairie historians as well as some of the most promising new scholars in the field, explores this persistent theme in Prairie history and makes an important contribution to the historiography of the Canadian West.Table of ContentsThe Promise of the West as Settlement Frontier. Adventurers in the Promised Land: British Writers in the Canadian North West, 1841-1913. Canada's Rocky Mountain Parks: Rationality, Romanticism, & a Modern Canada. Clifford Sifton's Vision of the Prairie. "We Must Farm to Enable Us to Live": The Plains Cree & Agriculture to 1900. Utopian Ideals & Community Settlements in Western Canada, 1880-1914. "Land I Can Own": Settling in the Promised Land. The City Yes, The City No: Perfection by Design in the Western City. Land of the Second Chance: Nellie McClung's Vision of the Prairie West as Promised Land. The Kingdom of God on the Prairies: J.S. Woodsworth's Vision of the Prairie West as Promised Land. "A Far Green Country Unto a Swift Sunrise": The Utopianism of the Alberta Farm Movement, 1909-1923. "No Place for a Woman": Engendering Western Canadian Settlement. Preaching Purity in the Promised Land: Bishop Lloyd & the Immigration Debate. Policing the Promised Land: The RCMP & Negative Nation-Building in Alberta & Saskatchewan in the Interwar Period. Uncertain Promise: The Prairie Farmer & the Post-War Era. The Artist's Eye: Modernist & Postmodern Visualizations of the Prairie West. The Dream Still Lives: Promised Land Narratives during the Saskatchewan Golden Jubilee. From Farm to Community: Co-operatives in Alberta & Saskatchewan, 1905-2005.
£44.06
Purdue University Press Jews and Urban Life
Book SynopsisJews and Urban Life recognizes that throughout their long history, Jews have often inhabited cities. The reality of this urban experience ranged from ghetto restrictions to robust participation in a range of civic and social activities. Essays in this collection present relevant examples from within the Jewish community itself, moving historically from the biblical period to the modern-day State of Israel. Taking a comparative approach while recognizing the particulars of individual instances, authors examine these phenomena from a wide variety of approaches, genres, and media. Interdisciplinary and accessibly written, the articles display a multitude of instances throughout history showing the range of Jewish life in urban settings.
£77.40
Purdue University Press Jews and Urban Life
Book SynopsisJews and Urban Life recognizes that throughout their long history, Jews have often inhabited cities. The reality of this urban experience ranged from ghetto restrictions to robust participation in a range of civic and social activities. Essays in this collection present relevant examples from within the Jewish community itself, moving historically from the biblical period to the modern-day State of Israel. Taking a comparative approach while recognizing the particulars of individual instances, authors examine these phenomena from a wide variety of approaches, genres, and media. Interdisciplinary and accessibly written, the articles display a multitude of instances throughout history showing the range of Jewish life in urban settings.
£999.99
University Press of Mississippi Aerosol Kingdom: Subway Painters of New York City
Book SynopsisHailed as the seminal study of spray can art of the 1970s and 1980s, Aerosol Kingdom explores the origins and aesthetics of graffiti writings. From a vast array of inherited traditions and gritty urban lifestyles talented and renegade young New Yorkers spawned a culture of their own, a balloon-lettered shout heralding the coming of hip-hop. Though helpless in checking its spreading appeal, city fathers immediately went on the attack and denounced it as vandalism. Many aficionados, however, recognized its trendy aesthetic immediately. By the 1980s spray-paint art hit the mainstream, and subway painters, mostly from marginal barrios of the city, became art world darlings. Their proliferating, ephemeral art was spotlighted in downtown galleries, in the media, and thereafter throughout the land. Not only did the practice of ""public signaturing"" take over New York City, but also, as the images moved through the neighborhoods on the subway cars, it also grabbed hold in the suburbs. Soon it stirred worldwide imitation and helped spark the hip-hop revolution. As the artists wielded their spray cans, they expressed their acute social consciousness. Aerosol Kingdom documents their careers and records the reflections of key figures in the movement. It examines converging forces that made aerosol art possible--the immigration of Caribbean peoples, the reinforcing presence of black American working-class styles and fashions, the effects of advertising on children, the mass marketing of spray cans, and the popular protests of the 1960s and 1970s against racism, sexism, classism, and war. The creative period of the movement lasted for over twenty years, but most of the original works have vanished. Official cleanup of public sites erased great pieces of the heyday. They exist now only in photographs, in the artists' sketchbooks, and now in Aerosol Kingdom.
£33.71
Texas A & M University Press The Cedar Choppers: Life on the Edge of Nothing
Book SynopsisTrade ReviewMeticulously researched and engagingly written, Ken Roberts' The Cedar Choppers leads us on a fascinating journey to the heart of this legendary Texas subculture." - Steven L. Davis, PEN USA-winning author and past president, Texas Institute of Letters "Meant first for general audiences but badly needed by scholars, the work brings a neglected group into the southwestern history canon . . . a readable, conversational narrative." - Southwestern Historical Quarterly "The best Texas book I've read of late was The Cedar Choppers: Life on the Edge of Nothing by Ken Roberts. It doubles as one of the most instructive books about Austin's history and culture." - Austin American Statesman
£16.96
Information Age Publishing Knowing What’s Local: Ethnographic Inquiry,
Book SynopsisEthnographic inquiry serves as a unique educational resource that is accessible to students and teachers of all economic and social classes and therefore well suited to building democratic communities in the 21st Century. This book is about teachers, students and parents in the Republic of Kazakhstan who opened new educational directions and democratic possibilities for themselves through a series of ethnographic studies about their local communities.By unfolding practical experiences of teachers and students with ethnographic study, this book builds and expands understanding about education and democracy across five points of view: Renewing professional development and building academic knowledge through ethnographic inquiry Acquiring democratic living through ethnographic study of participatory, caring citizenship Connecting democratic ways of life with ethnographic study of identity formation in diverse communities Building knowledge about democratic perspectives through reflexive reading and writing about ethnographic inquiry Building meaningful education at the intersections of ethnographic inquiry, literacy practices and theorizing about local communities The authors propose that teacher and student-led ethnographic inquiries develop educational experiences that enrich educators’ professional growth and provide innovative research opportunities for them and their students that generate up-to-date academicknowledge, which can be used to inform course offerings, design lessons and address state policy mandates.
£44.96
Information Age Publishing Knowing What’s Local: Ethnographic Inquiry,
Book SynopsisEthnographic inquiry serves as a unique educational resource that is accessible to students and teachers of all economic and social classes and therefore well suited to building democratic communities in the 21st Century. This book is about teachers, students and parents in the Republic of Kazakhstan who opened new educational directions and democratic possibilities for themselves through a series of ethnographic studies about their local communities.By unfolding practical experiences of teachers and students with ethnographic study, this book builds and expands understanding about education and democracy across five points of view: Renewing professional development and building academic knowledge through ethnographic inquiry Acquiring democratic living through ethnographic study of participatory, caring citizenship Connecting democratic ways of life with ethnographic study of identity formation in diverse communities Building knowledge about democratic perspectives through reflexive reading and writing about ethnographic inquiry Building meaningful education at the intersections of ethnographic inquiry, literacy practices and theorizing about local communities The authors propose that teacher and student-led ethnographic inquiries develop educational experiences that enrich educators’ professional growth and provide innovative research opportunities for them and their students that generate up-to-date academicknowledge, which can be used to inform course offerings, design lessons and address state policy mandates.
£82.80
University of Massachusetts Press Here and Everywhere Else: Small-Town Maine and
Book SynopsisIn 1822, settlers pushed north from Massachusetts and other parts of New England into Monson, Maine. On land taken from the Penobscot people, they established prosperous farms and businesses. Focusing on the microhistory of this village, Andrew Witmer reveals the sometimes surprising ways that this small New England town engaged with the wider world across the nineteenth and twentieth centuries. Townspeople fought and died in distant wars, transformed the economy and landscape with quarries and mills, and used railroads, highways, print, and new technologies to forge connections with the rest of the nation.Here and Everywhere Else starts with Monson's incorporation in the early nineteenth century, when central Maine was considered the northern frontier and over 90 percent of Americans still lived in rural areas; it ends with present-day attempts to revive this declining Maine town into an artists' colony. Engagingly written, with colorful portraits of local characters and landmarks, this study illustrates how the residents of this remote place have remade their town by integrating (and resisting) external influences.
£19.76
University of Massachusetts Press Idea City: How to Make Boston More Livable,
Book SynopsisRacial strife, increased social and economic discrimination, amplified political friction, and growing uncertainty around the impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic and climate change have laid bare many inequalities within the city of Boston. How will these disruptions and inequities influence the city’s future, especially as Boston celebrates its quadricentennial in 2030? This collection of original essays addresses the many challenges Boston contends with in the twenty-first century and considers ways to improve the city for everyone. Presenting a range of perspectives written by area experts—academics, reflective practitioners, and policymakers—these essays tackle issues of resiliency, mobility, affordable housing, health outcomes, social equity, economic equality, zoning, regionalism, and more. Reflecting the diversity of the city and the challenges and opportunities Boston currently faces, Idea City will help readers think differently about their own areas of expertise and draw conclusions from urban regeneration work in other fields.
£24.61
University of Massachusetts Press Idea City: How to Make Boston More Livable,
Book SynopsisRacial strife, increased social and economic discrimination, amplified political friction, and growing uncertainty around the impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic and climate change have laid bare many inequalities within the city of Boston. How will these disruptions and inequities influence the city’s future, especially as Boston celebrates its quadricentennial in 2030? This collection of original essays addresses the many challenges Boston contends with in the twenty-first century and considers ways to improve the city for everyone. Presenting a range of perspectives written by area experts—academics, reflective practitioners, and policymakers—these essays tackle issues of resiliency, mobility, affordable housing, health outcomes, social equity, economic equality, zoning, regionalism, and more. Reflecting the diversity of the city and the challenges and opportunities Boston currently faces, Idea City will help readers think differently about their own areas of expertise and draw conclusions from urban regeneration work in other fields.Trade Review “Gamble’s collection assembles diverse perspectives from well-known local changemakers representing various backgrounds and disciplines, with varying lengths of ‘tenure’ in Boston. These essays work together to succinctly summarize the failures of the past and present an alternate future. As a long-time student of Boston, and cities in general, I felt this book offered fresh insight.”—Katharine Lusk, executive director of the Boston University Initiative on Cities
£72.25
Boydell & Brewer Ltd Feminist Anger in GermanLanguage Cultural Production
Book SynopsisEssays by feminist scholars of German Studies looking at how women-particularly women of color-have put their anger to use in German-language cultural production and how they themselves might do so in their scholarship.In Germany and in Western culture more broadly, women experience anger in response to misogyny, racism, and other injustice, but open expression of that anger is often considered unwomanly. Yet a rich tradition of feminist thinkers of color-including Audre Lorde, Brittney Cooper, Amia Srinivasan, and Sara Ahmed-understands anger as energizing and imperative for structural change. How might we cultivate an anger that is affirming, inclusive, legitimate, creative, animating, and most of all, feminist?This volume of essays by feminist scholars of German Studies-writing in dialogue with such thinkers while acknowledging their own largely white, privileged positionalities-looks at how women have put their anger to use in German-language cultural production and how they themselves might do so in their scholarship. The eleven contributions approach the topic of female anger intersectionally and transnationally. They examine angry women in the contexts of politics, activism, philosophy, economics, race, nationality, sexuality, illness, and humour. Covering a wide array of genres and discussing works from the eighteenth to the twenty-first centuries, they explore creators including writers, filmmakers, comedian/activists, musicians, and journalists. They investigate the tensions between the emotion of anger and the practice of being an angry woman, global responses to anger, and artistic representations of angry women in Germany, Austria, and Switzerland.
£76.50
H.W. Wilson Publishing Co. Profiles of Ohio
Book SynopsisEach state-by-state volume in this series provides at-a-glance detailed demographic and statistical data on every populated place in the state, along with easy-to-use comparative rankings. Each Demographic Profile gives the user an easy-to-read snapshot of every single place and county in the state, from the biggest metropolis to the smallest unincorporated hamlet. Each profile offers data on History, Geography, Climate, Population, Vital Statistics, Economy, Income, Taxes, Education, Housing, Health & Environment, Public Safety and more. The richness of each profile is astounding in its depth, from history to weather, all packed in an easy-to-navigate, compact format. Next, each volume provides School District Data with a snapshot profile of each district serving 1,500 or more students. Each district profile includes contact information along with grades served, the numbers of students, teachers and schools, student/teacher ratios, drop out rates, ethnicity, gender and diploma recipients by race and district
£118.40
Information Age Publishing The Demographic Crisis in Europe: Selected Essays
Book SynopsisBy most accounts, Europe has been mired in a "demographic crisis" since about 1970. By a demographic crisis is meant that Europe's dependency ratio is increasing, and the net result has been declining populations and fewer workers to sustain society. However, there are certain issues that need attention. Two topics seem to capture some of these issues: The implications of the possible crisis, and the crisis' assessment. The present volume is organized around both topics (implications and assessment). There are at least three contributions being made by the proposed volume. To begin with, while there are other issues related to the demographic crisis in Europe the present volume should motivate additional research. Secondly, the research in the proposed volume does not necessarily assume that there is a demographic crisis in Europe nor that it is consistent across national lines. Thus, each chapter, in essence, examines a different issue associated with the proposal that there is a crisis. Finally, the present volume makes several methodological contributions. For example, the chapter by David Swanson uses non-Bayesian modeling in studying infant mortality. Richard Verdugo examines the dependency ratio and selected factors on economic growth in selected European nations, Kposowa and Ezzat conduct an assessment, Martins examines variation in the path toward a crisis, Johnson examines humanitarian migration and the crisis, Edmonston examines the association between geopolitics and the crisis.Table of Contents Preface - David A. Swanson Introduction Part I: Evaluating The Demographic Crisis Estimating the Underlying Infant Mortality Rates for Small Populations: A Case Study of Counties in Estonia - David A. Swanson Population Aging in Europe: Demographic Lessons - Barry Edmonston European Demographic Risks, Immigration, Aging, and Social Recession - Augustine J. Kposowa and Kevin D. Breault Demographic Crisis or Demographic Adaptation? An Examination of Two Competing Paradigms - Richard R. Verdugo Part II: The Demographic Crisis, Its Consequences, And Possible Solutions Socioeconomic Pathways of Shrinking Societies: Italy and Japan - Jo. M. Martins Multiple Expulsions: A Case Study of the Precipitation of an International Humanitarian Migration Crisis in Europe - Karin A. C. Johnson Family Policies and Fertility in Europe: Research Elements - Gérard-François Dumont and Richard R. Verdugo About the Editor
£44.96
Information Age Publishing The Demographic Crisis in Europe: Selected Essays
Book SynopsisBy most accounts, Europe has been mired in a "demographic crisis" since about 1970. By a demographic crisis is meant that Europe's dependency ratio is increasing, and the net result has been declining populations and fewer workers to sustain society. However, there are certain issues that need attention. Two topics seem to capture some of these issues: The implications of the possible crisis, and the crisis' assessment. The present volume is organized around both topics (implications and assessment). There are at least three contributions being made by the proposed volume. To begin with, while there are other issues related to the demographic crisis in Europe the present volume should motivate additional research. Secondly, the research in the proposed volume does not necessarily assume that there is a demographic crisis in Europe nor that it is consistent across national lines. Thus, each chapter, in essence, examines a different issue associated with the proposal that there is a crisis. Finally, the present volume makes several methodological contributions. For example, the chapter by David Swanson uses non-Bayesian modeling in studying infant mortality. Richard Verdugo examines the dependency ratio and selected factors on economic growth in selected European nations, Kposowa and Ezzat conduct an assessment, Martins examines variation in the path toward a crisis, Johnson examines humanitarian migration and the crisis, Edmonston examines the association between geopolitics and the crisis.Table of Contents Preface - David A. Swanson Introduction Part I: Evaluating The Demographic Crisis Estimating the Underlying Infant Mortality Rates for Small Populations: A Case Study of Counties in Estonia - David A. Swanson Population Aging in Europe: Demographic Lessons - Barry Edmonston European Demographic Risks, Immigration, Aging, and Social Recession - Augustine J. Kposowa and Kevin D. Breault Demographic Crisis or Demographic Adaptation? An Examination of Two Competing Paradigms - Richard R. Verdugo Part II: The Demographic Crisis, Its Consequences, And Possible Solutions Socioeconomic Pathways of Shrinking Societies: Italy and Japan - Jo. M. Martins Multiple Expulsions: A Case Study of the Precipitation of an International Humanitarian Migration Crisis in Europe - Karin A. C. Johnson Family Policies and Fertility in Europe: Research Elements - Gérard-François Dumont and Richard R. Verdugo About the Editor
£82.80
Boydell and Brewer Transactional Culture in Colonial Dakar 190244
Book SynopsisExamines Dakar's transformation from a small colonial capital to a dynamic city, highlighting how its resourceful residents challenged French control by forging adaptive economic relationships.
£76.00
Boydell and Brewer Migration and Return in Modern African Literature
Book SynopsisUsing close readings of nine novels by African or African-descended novelists, this book examines three phases of African migration: departure, disillusionment and the impulse to return.
£72.00
Boydell & Brewer Ltd Yoruba Pentecostalism and Child Witchcraft
Book SynopsisAn exploration of Yoruba Pentecostalism's role in child witchcraft accusations, examining migration, leadership, and collective responsibility to address faith-based child abuse globally.What drives communities to accuse children of witchcraft, and how do religious beliefs and leadership dynamics perpetuate this phenomenon across borders? Claire Ayelotan delves into the involvement of Yoruba (Nigerian) Pentecostal leaders in accusations of child witchcraft in Nigeria and the UK. Using a multidisciplinary approach, her research examines the theological, cultural, socioeconomic, and legal influences that drive such behaviours. Ethnographic studies and interviews with pastors and practitioners reveal how power dynamics, gender roles, and international migration intersect to perpetuate these harmful beliefs. The book uncovers gaps in current literature and presents original insights on the collective responsibility, shared beliefs, and complexities of Pentecostal leadership in this context. By focusing on the global aspects of child witchcraft accusations, it sheds new light on how migration impacts these practices and the negative consequences they have on vulnerable children. An important read for academics, policymakers, and child welfare professionals, this book challenges assumptions and urges immediate action to combat faith-based child abuse in all its manifestations.
£85.50
NewSouth Publishing The Future of Us: Demography gets a makeover
Book SynopsisKnowing who, where, and how many of us there are is a powerful force that helps us understand the way we live now and, as Liz Allen powerfully shows, allows us to create a better future.We know what the population of Australia is. We know where these people live and where they were born. We know how many babies they are likely to have. We know what their life expectancy is. We know how educated they are and whether they’re working. With energy and passion, demographer Liz Allen explains what this all means and how we can use this information to make Australia better.Bold and fearless, this book does more than help you find your inner statistician. It helps us to understand the way we live now and how we might shape our future. Looking beyond births, deaths and marriages, Liz Allen takes apart inequality, migration, tax, home ownership. She shares her own ‘life course’. And fearlessly, she dissects how the word ‘population’ became so charged, daring to ask what Australia might look like in 20 years if we had zero migration.We know that demography shapes future possibilities. This book gives demography a makeover to create a better future for us.
£17.06
Edward Elgar Publishing Ltd Older Workers in an Ageing Society: Critical
Book SynopsisThis insightful study provides an overview of the changing employment context in industrialized nations, the risks associated with population ageing and how these are being tackled.Prolonging working lives is high on the agenda of policy makers in most of the world's major industrialized nations. This book explains how they are keen to tackle issues associated with the ageing of populations, namely the funding of pension systems and predictions concerning a dwindling labour supply. Yet the recent history of older workers has primarily been one of premature exit from the labour force in the form of redundancy or early retirement. Add to this a previously plentiful supply of younger labor and it is clear that much of industry will be unprepared for the challenges of ageing workforces.Older Workers in an Ageing Society includes up-to-date knowledge on issues of workforce ageing and provides useful commentary on policy responses and will appeal to scholars and public policy-makers.Contributors: D.M. Atwater, E. Besen, E. Brooke, V. Büsch, N. Charness, A. Chiva, J. Edlund, P. Ester, G. Evers, F. Go, J. Ilmarinen, S. Little, V.W. Marshall, C. Matz-Costa, C. McLoughlin, G. Naegele, M. Oka, M. Pitt-Catsouphes, S.E. Rix, D.M. Spokus, M. Stattin, H.L. Sterns, P. Taylor, A.L. WellsTrade Review'This book provides a valuable insight into the many facets of issues facing older workers, managers and governments in the context of an ageing society. The many challenges for these three key stakeholders are clearly established within the 18 chapters.'--Work, Employment and SocietyTable of ContentsContents: 1. Introduction: Older Workers in an Ageing Society Philip Taylor PART I: PUBLIC POLICY FOR AN AGEING WORKFORCE 2. Public Policy for an Ageing Workforce: How Does the US Compare? Sara E. Rix 3. Older Workers and Older Worker Policies in Germany Gerd Naegele 4. Older Workers in Japan: The Present Situation and the Future Challenges Masato Oka 5. Age and Work in Different Labour Market Contexts Jonas Edlund and Mikael Stattin PART II: INVESTING IN AGEING HUMAN CAPITAL 6. Lifelong Learning and the World of Work Harvey L. Sterns and Diane M. Spokus 7. Job Security in an Insecure World: Adaptations of Older Workers in the IT Industry Neil Charness 8. The Ageing Workforce, Human Capital and the Bermuda Triangle: An Interdependent Analysis Gerard Evers and Peter Ester PART III: REDESIGNING WORKPLACES FOR AN AGEING SOCIETY 9. Redesign of Workplaces for an Ageing Society Juhani Ilmarinen 10. Restyling Human Resources Management of Older Information Technology Workers in an Environment of Daunting Risk Elizabeth Brooke 11. Managing to Work Longer Anthony Chiva 12. Rethinking Recruitment Processes in an Ageing Society Victoria Büsch PART IV: GENERATIONS AT THE WORKPLACE 13. Generational Relations and the Workplace: A Critique of the Concept Victor W. Marshall and Amber L. Wells 14. Linking Age to the Quality of Employees’ Work Experiences Marcie Pitt-Catsouphes, Christina Matz-Costa and Elyssa Besen PART V: MANAGING LABOUR SUPPLY IN AN AGEING SOCIETY 15. Working Longer in a Changing Economy: Will Ageing Populations Mean Ageing Workforces? Philip Taylor and Christopher McLoughlin 16. Managing Older Workers in an Ageing Society Donald M. Atwater 17. Older Workers in a Global Economy: Life Cycle Migration and Knowledge Transfer Stephen Little and Frank Go 18. Review: Agendas in Researching Ageing and Work Philip Taylor Index
£109.00
Edward Elgar Publishing Ltd Migration and Social Policy
Book SynopsisThis research review comprehensively explores a collection of papers that examine the connection between social policy and migration. The papers selected focus on the critical points of this subject: the emergence of interest in migration and diversity, the politicisation of migration, deservingness and restrictionism, migrant integration and dilemmas associated with welfare provision in diverse states among more.Professor Phillimore approaches this important subject from a brand new perspective, drawing upon previously disparate fields to create a comprehensive overview. Migration and Social Policy will be of great interest to scholars of migration, diversity and social policy, social policy practitioners and to policymakers with responsibility in this area.Table of ContentsContents: Acknowledgements Introduction Jenny Phillimore PART I INTRODUCTION 1. Gail Lewis (2003), ‘Migrants’, in Pete Alcock, Angus Erskine and Margaret May (eds), The Student’s Companion to Social Policy, 2nd Edition, Part IV.6, Oxford, UK: Blackwell Publishing, 325–31 A . Emergent Interest in Social Policy 2. John Myles and Sébastien St-Arnaud (2006), ‘Population Diversity, Multiculturalism, and the Welfare State: Should Welfare State Theory Be Revised?’, in Keith Banting and Will Kymlicka (eds), Multiculturalism and the Welfare State: Recognition and Redistribution in Contemporary Democracies, Chapter 13, Oxford, UK: Oxford University Press, 339–54 3. Tom Vickers, Gary Craig and Karl Atkin (2013), ‘Addressing Ethnicity in Social Care Research’, Social Policy and Administration, 47 (3), June, 310–26 4. Diane Sainsbury (2006), ‘Immigrants’ Social Rights in Comparative Perspective: Welfare Regimes, Forms of Immigration and Immigration Policy Regimes’, Journal of European Social Policy, 16 (3), August, 229–44 5. Raj S. Bhopal (2012), ‘Research Agenda for Tackling Inequalities Related to Migration and Ethnicity in Europe’, Journal of Public Health, 34 (2), June, 167–73 6. Edna A. Viruell-Fuentes, Patricia Y. Miranda and Sawsan Abdulrahim (2012), ‘More than Culture: Structural Racism, Intersectionality Theory, and Immigrant Health’, Social Science and Medicine, 75 (12), Special Issue, December, 2099–106 B. The Dawning of the Age of Migration 7. Steven Vertovec (2007), ‘Super-Diversity and Its Implications’, Ethnic and Racial Studies, 30 (6), November, 1024–54 8. Magnus Ryner (2000), ‘European Welfare State Transformation and Migration’, in Michael Bommes and Andrew Geddes (eds), Immigration and Welfare: Challenging the Borders of the Welfare State, Chapter 4, London, UK: Routledge, 51–71 9. Fiona Williams (1989), ‘The Basis for an Anti-Racist Critique of the Welfare State’, in Social Policy: A Critical Introduction, Chapter 4, Cambridge, UK: Polity Press, 87–116 10. Ruud Koopmans (2010), ‘Trade-Offs between Equality and Difference: Immigrant Integration, Multiculturalism and the Welfare State in Cross-National Perspective’, Journal of Ethnic and Migration Studies, 36 (1), January, 1–26 A. Politicisation of Migration and the Welfare State 11. Carl-Ulrik Schierup, Peo Hansen and Stephen Castles (2006), ‘Understanding the Dual Crisis’, in Migration, Citizenship, and the European Welfare State, Oxford, UK: Oxford University Press, 3–20 12. Keith G. Banting (2000), ‘Looking in Three Directions: Migration and the European Welfare State in Comparative Perspective’, in Michael Bommes and Andrew Geddes (eds), Immigration and Welfare: Challenging the Borders of the Welfare State, Chapter 2, London, UK: Routledge, 13–33 13. Ian Law (2009), ‘Racism, Ethnicity, Migration and Social Security’, in Jane Millar (ed.), Understanding Social Security: Issues for Policy and Practice, 2nd Edition, Bristol, UK: Policy Press, 75–91 14. Beth Humphries (2004), ‘An Unacceptable Role for Social Work: Implementing Immigration Policy’, British Journal of Social Work, 34 (1), January, 93–107 15. Rosemary Sales (2002), ‘The Deserving and the Undeserving? Refugees, Asylum Seekers and Welfare in Britain’, Critical Social Policy, 22 (3), August, 456–78 16. Hartley Dean (2011), ‘The Ethics of Migrant Welfare’, Ethics and Social Welfare, 5 (1), March, 18–35 B. Deservingness 17. Wim van Oorschot (2006), ‘Making the Difference in Social Europe: Deservingness Perceptions Among Citizens of European Welfare States’, Journal of European Social Policy, 16 (1), February, 23–42 18. Brian Burgoon, Ferry Koster and Marcel van Egmond (2012), ‘Support for Redistribution and the Paradox of Immigration’, Journal of European Social Policy, 22 (3), July, 288–304 19. Tim Reeskens and Wim van Oorschot (2012), ‘Disentangling the “New Liberal Dilemma”: On the Relation Between General Welfare Redistribution Preferences and Welfare Chauvinism’, International Journal of Comparative Sociology, 53 (2), April, 120–39 20. Stuart Soroka, Richard Johnston and Keith Banting (2007), ‘Ethnicity, Trust, and the Welfare State’, in Fiona M. Kay and Richard Johnston (eds), Social Capital, Diversity, and the Welfare State, Chapter 11, Vancouver, Canada: University of British Columbia Press, 279–303 C. Restrictionalism 21. Johanna Avato, Johannes Koettl and Rachel Sabates-Wheeler (2010), ‘Social Security Regimes, Global Estimates, and Good Practices: The Status of Social Protection for International Migrants’, World Development, 38 (4), April, 455–66 22. Susanne Wessendorf (2013), ‘Commonplace Diversity and the “Ethos of Mixing”: Perceptions of Difference in a London Neighbourhood’, Identities: Global Studies in Culture and Power, 20 (4), 407–22 23. Franck Düvell and Bill Jordan (2002), ‘Immigration, Asylum and Welfare: The European Context’, Critical Social Policy, 22 (3), August, 498–517 PART III MIGRATION AND THE WELFARE STATE: IMPACTS AND OUTCOMES 24. David Robinson (2007), ‘European Union Accession State Migrants in Social Housing in England’, People, Place and Policy Online, 1 (3), 98–111 25. Sarah Spencer, Martin Ruhs, Bridget Anderson and Ben Rogaly (2007), ‘Information on Advice and Arrival’, and ‘Accommodation’, in Migrants’ Lives Beyond the Workplace: The Experiences of Central and East Europeans in the UK, Chapters 2 and 3, York, UK: Joseph Rowntree Foundation, 27–49 26. David Robinson, Kesia Reeve and Rionach Casey (2007), ‘Engaging with the Housing System’, in The Housing Pathways of New Immigrants, Chapter 5, York, UK: Joseph Rowntree Foundation, 65–79 [15] A. Integration, Assimilation and Incorporation 27. Alastair Ager and Alison Strang (2008), ‘Understanding Integration: A Conceptual Framework’, Journal of Refugee Studies, 21 (2), June, 166–91 28. Jenny Phillimore and Lisa Goodson (2008), ‘Making a Place in the Global City: The Relevance of Indicators of Integration’, Journal of Refugee Studies, 21 (3), September, 305–25 29. Sunil Bhatia and Anjali Ram (2009), ‘Theorizing Identity in Transnational and Diaspora Cultures: A Critical Approach to Acculturation’, International Journal of Intercultural Relations, 33 (2), March, 140–9 30. Gary Craig (2007), ‘Cunning, Unprincipled, Loathsome: The Racist Tail Wags the Welfare Dog’, Journal of Social Policy, 36 (4), October, 605–23 31. Deborah Phillips (2006), ‘Moving Towards Integration: The Housing of Asylum Seekers and Refugees in Britain’, Housing Studies, 21 (4), Special Issue, July, 539–53 32. Carolyn Sargent (2012), ‘Special Issue Part I: “Deservingness and the Politics of Health Care”’, Social Science and Medicine, 74 (6), March, 855–7 33. Jenny Phillimore (2011), ‘Approaches to Health Provision in the Age of Super-Diversity: Accessing the NHS in Britain’s Most Diverse City’, Critical Social Policy, 31 (1), February, 5–29 34. Sin Yi Cheung and Jenny Phillimore (2014), ‘Refugees, Social Capital, and Labour Market Integration in the UK’, Sociology, 48 (3), 518–36 PART IV APPROACHES TO SERVICE DELIVERY AND COMMUNITY INVOLVEMENT 35. Jenny Phillimore (2012), ‘Implementing Integration in the UK: Lessons for Integration Theory, Policy and Practice’, Policy and Politics, 40 (4), October, 525–45 36. Leonie Sandercock (2003), ‘There is No Hiding Place: Integrating Immigrants’, in Cosmopolis II: Mongrel Cities of the 21st Century, Chapter 6, London, UK: Continuum, 127–53 A. Migrants and Social Welfare Provision 37. Gamal I. Serour (2009), ‘Healthcare Workers and the Brain Drain’, International Journal of Gynecology and Obstetrics, 106 (2), August, 175–8 PART V CONCLUSIONS 38. Karl Atkin and Sangeeta Chattoo (2007), ‘The Dilemmas of Providing Welfare in an Ethnically Diverse State: Seeking Reconciliation in the Role of a “Reflexive Practitioner”’, Policy and Politics, 35 (3), July, 377–93 Index
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Edward Elgar Publishing Ltd Handbook of Chinese Migration: Identity and
Book SynopsisThe recent unprecedented scale of Chinese migration has had far-reaching consequences. Within China, many villages have been drained of their young and most able workers, cities have been swamped by the floating population , and many rural migrants have been unable to integrate into urban society. Internationally, the Chinese have become increasingly more mobile. This Handbook provides a unique collection of new and original research on internal and international Chinese migration and its effects on the sense of belonging of migrants.The expert contributors discuss topics including discriminatory wage penalties in China's migrant labour markets, the socio-economic wellbeing of China's migrant workers, the effect of migration on rural communities in China, and identities of overseas Chinese and their links with China. They offer a new perspective on the identity formation of Chinese migrants whilst focusing on their wellbeing and communities.Students and researchers of contemporary Chinese demography, internal migration and international affairs will find this Handbook to be essential reading. It will also be of interest to social and political scientists and migration practitioners in the field.Contributors: K.W. Chan, Z. Cheng, R. Connelly, F. Guo, E.L.-E. Ho, Y. Huang, R.R. Iredale, Z. Liang, L. Lin, J.R. Logan M. Maurer-Fazio, R. Morén-Alegret, I. Nielsen, X. Niu, R. Smyth, N.-H. Thi Tran, T. Turpin, D. Wladyka, J. Wu, B. Xiang, B. Xiao, W. Zhang, Y. Zhu, Y. ZhuoTrade Review'This book is a wonderful example of cross-disciplinary and transnational collaboration. Contributors are leading scholars from Australia, China, US, Singapore, the UK, and other countries; and they are drawn from Economics, Sociology, Geography, Anthropology, Business, and allied fields. Iredale and Guo have assembled researchers whose work complement each other s and provides a comprehensive picture of Chinese migration. In short, this book is a must-read for social scientists who study contemporary Chinese society and China in the world, and it will have a long shelf life.' --C. Cindy Fan, China Review International'Iredale and Guo have produced a twenty-first century handbook by placing Chinese migration in a world context. A one-stop shop for up-to-date information about Chinese internal and international migration, the book articulates an intellectually expansive agenda that highlights identity, wellbeing, inequality, and global networks. Contributions by leading social scientists from several continents are richly illustrated with data, maps, and qualitative materials. A good mix of broad trends and detailed case studies further positions the book to appeal to researchers, students, practitioners and beyond.' --C. Cindy Fan, University of California, Los Angeles, US'The range of topics covered in the chapters is impressive. Written by both established and younger scholars, all of whom are actively researching migration in and from China, this Handbook will become an authoritative guide to the variety of themes around internal and international population movements and China.' --Ronald Skeldon, University of Sussex, UK and Maastricht University, the NetherlandsTable of ContentsContents: 1. Migration, Identity and Wellbeing in China: Recent Developments and New Research Fei Guo and Robyn R. Iredale PART I TRENDS IN INTERNAL MIGRATION 2. Five Decades of the Chinese Hukou System Kam Wing Chan 3. Changing Spatial and Temporal Patterns of China’s Floating Population: Findings from the 2010 and 2000 Censuses Yu Zhu, Baoyu Xiao and Liyue Lin 4. Negative Native-place Stereotypes and Discriminatory Wage Penalties in China's Migrant Labour Markets Margaret Maurer-Fazio, Rachel Connelly and Ngoc-Han Thi Tran 5. Determinants of Wage Arrears and their Implications for the Socioeconomic Wellbeing of China's Migrant Workers: Evidence from Guangdong Province Zhiming Cheng, Ingrid Nielsen and Russell Smyth 6. Migration and Wellbeing of the Elderly in Rural China Yue Zhuo and Zai Liang 7. Minority Mobility in Guizhou Province, With a Focus on Planned Resettlement and its Implications for Ethnicity and Identity Jiaping Wu and Robyn R. Iredale 8. Boundaries, Exclusion and Identity Construction: Experiences of Rural-urban Migrants in China Yeqing Huang and Fei Guo Part II INTERNATIONAL MIGRANTS’ IDENTITY AND THEIR RELATIONSHIP WITH THE PEOPLE’S REPUBLIC OF CHINA 9. From Guiqiao to Haidai Diaspora Engagement and the Evolving Politics of Return Migration in China Elaine Lynn-Ee Ho 10. Chinese in the United States: Growth, Dispersal and Integration Weiwei Zhang and John R. Logan 11. Chinese Immigrants in the Sagrada Familia Neighbourhood of Barcelona, Spain: Their Socio-economic Viability and Identity Dawid Wladyka and Ricard Morén-Alegret 12. Negotiating Scientific Identities: Chinese Scientists in Australia and their Networks Xiao Niu and Tim Turpin 13. The Rrise of China, Changing Patterns of Out-migration and Identity Implications Biao Xiang Part III CONCLUSION 14. Current Trends, Emerging Issues and Future Perspectives Fei Guo and Robyn R. Iredale Index
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Edward Elgar Publishing Ltd The Economics of Cultural Diversity
Book SynopsisThe populations of many countries in the world are becoming more culturally diverse. This spurs a growing need for an informed debate on the socio-economic implications of cultural diversity. This book offers a solid statistical and econometric perspective on this topical subject by bringing together studies from different countries in Europe and North America.The research in this volume sheds light on several consequences of cultural diversity, including positive impacts on innovation, growth and entrepreneurship. The original and quantitative contributions also highlight the negative social effects on communities. Throughout the volume, it is evident that the effects of cultural diversity on socio-economic outcomes depend largely on the characteristics of local economies, populations and communities.Utilising a broad spectrum of research methods over a multitude of research areas, this comprehensive overview of the socio-economic impacts of cultural diversity is a valuable resource for students and academics.Contributors: I. Abdulloev, M. Aleksynska, J. Bakens, W. Bernasco, M.R. Betz, S. Brunow, B.R. Chiswick, G.S. Epstein, I.N. Gang, M. Gheasi, J. Hartog, I. Lobach, J. Möhlmann, M. Nathan, P. Nijkamp, M.R. Olfert, B.J. Osoba, M.D. Partridge, G. Peri, J. Poot, E. Pungas, P. Rietveld, K. Shih, B. Stockinger, T.Tammaru, O. Toomet, A. Tubadji, A. ZorluTable of ContentsContents: Preface 1. E Pluribus Prosperitas: On Cultural Diversity and Economic Development Jessie Bakens, Peter Nijkamp and Jacques Poot PART I: SOCIO-ECONOMIC DETERMINANTS OF CULTURAL DIVERSITY 2. Cultural Diversity – A Matter of Measurement Peter Nijkamp and Jacques Poot 3. Ethnic Goods and Immigrant Assimilation Ilhom Abdulloev, Gil S. Epstein and Ira N. Gang 4. The Determinants of Religiosity among Immigrants and the Native Born in Europe Mariya Aleksynska and Barry R. Chiswick 5. Economic Integration Challenges: Aboriginal Population in Saskatchewan, Canada M. Rose Olfert and Iryna Lobach PART II: CULTURAL SEGREGATION AND SORTING 6. Canada’s Multiculturalism and Domestic Migration Michael R. Betz, M. Rose Olfert and Mark D. Partridge 7. Do Better Educated Emigrants Intend to Return? Evidence from Estonian Return Migration from Finland Enel Pungas, Ott Toomet and Tiit Tammaru 8. Ethnic Segregation and Crime: Are Offenders Ethnically Biased When Choosing Target Areas? Wim Bernasco 9. Ethnic Heterogeneity at Neighbourhood Level in the Netherlands Aslan Zorlu and Joop Hartog PART III: SOCIOECONOMIC IMPACTS OF CULTURAL DIVERSITY 10. Establishments’ Cultural Diversity and Innovation: Evidence from Germany Stephan Brunow and Bastian Stockinger 11. All in the Mix? Top Team Demographics and Business Performance in English Firms, 2008-9 Max Nathan 12. The Cultural Percolation of New Knowledge: A Regional Analysis of the Cultural Impact on Knowledge Creation in EU27 Annie Tubadji and Peter Nijkamp 13. A US State-Level Analysis of Self-Employment, Cultural Diversity, and Risk Tolerance Brian J. Osoba 14. Foreign Scientists and Engineers and Economic Growth in Canadian Labor Markets Giovanni Peri and Kevin Shih 15. International Financial Transfers by Foreign Labour: Remittances from Informal Migrants Masood Gheasi, Peter Nijkamp and Piet Rietveld 16. Ethnic Diversity and Firm Productivity in the Netherlands Jan Möhlmann and Jessie Bakens Index
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Edward Elgar Publishing Ltd Family Demography in Asia: A Comparative Analysis
Book SynopsisThe demographic future of Asia is a global issue. As the biggest driver of population growth, an understanding of patterns and trends in fertility throughout Asia is critical to understand our shared demographic future. This is the first book to comprehensively and systematically analyse fertility across the continent through the perspective of individuals themselves rather than as a consequence of top-down government policies. Special introductory chapters provide context to the key themes of 'son preference' and the relationship between fertility preferences and broader theories of fertility transition. Exploring fertility through the lens of preferences, international researchers and leading academics discuss themes relating to family size, contraception use, and the roles of indicators such as education and income, as well as sub-national variation. Covering the experiences of more than one-third of the global population over 22 territories, this book explores the heterogeneous experience of Asia, home to some of the highest and lowest fertility rates in the world. Understudied countries such as Brunei, Papua New Guinea and Timor-Leste have new and revealing fertility data examined. This is the go-to reference guide for scholars, students and policymakers who are concerned with Asia's demographic future. Scholars of demography, reproductive health and family planning will find this a comprehensive insight into the future demography of Asia.Contributors include: N. Ahmad, A.A. Ajayi, N. Alam, J. Anson, A.A. Aziz, S. Barkat, Barkat-e-Khuda, E. Byambaa, J. Casterline, M. Channon, M.K. Choe, C.J.P. Cruz, G.T. Cruz, G.L. Dasvarma, S. Devarapalli, S. Dubuc, M.A. Eryurt, W. Fadila, N. Fukuda, C. Gee, P.A. Ghani, S. Gietel-Basten, J. Gouda, B. Gu, M.R. Haque, M.S. Hasan, R. Herartri, T. Hull, N. Ismail, Y. Karki, S. Kosal, E. Lavu, H. Lina, A. Mahmud, S. Masdar, P. McDonald, S. Naresh, N. Nyi, S. Parera, K.T. Park, S.H. Rachmad, N.R. Rao, S.A. Rashid, U. Saikia, J.M.I. Salas, O.B. Samosir, T.T. Saotome, C. Shekhar, M. Singh, K.K. Soe, T. Spoorenberg, A. Utomo, M.A. Wazir, M.T. Yap, Z. ZhengTrade Review‘The publication is a very interesting tool for demographers interested in the situation in Asia. It really offers a comprehensive view of fertility on this continent. Reading this book is very useful for getting to know this issue.’ -- Filip Hon, Review for Population Research‘The collection of such a broad variety of evidence on national fertility preferences is unique, making the book a work of reference for future regional studies on fertility behavior in Asia.’ -- Barbara E. Fulda, European Journal of PopulationTable of ContentsContents: 1. Introduction John Casterline 2. Son Preference Sylvie Dubuc 3. Fertility Preferences in Bangladesh Barkat-e-Khuda, Md. Rabiul Haque, Mohammad Sazzad Hasan, Nurul Alam and Samiha Barkat 4. The Socioeconomic Context of Fertility Decline and Preferences in Brunei Norainie Ahmad, Universiti Brunei Darussalam and Brunei Darussalam 5. Fertility Preferences in Cambodia 2000-2014 Gouranga Lal Dasvarma, Hang Lina, Sok Kosal and Nott Rama Rao 6. Fertility Preferences in Central Asia Thomas Spoorenberg 7. Fertility Preferences in China Zhenzhen Zheng, Baochang Gu and Stuart Gietel-Basten 8. Fertility Preferences in India Chander Shekhar, Siddhardha Devarapalli, Mohan Singh, Sudhaveni Narsh and Jitendra Gouda 9. Fertility Preferences in Indonesia Omas Bulan Samosir, Peter McDonald, Ariane Utomo, Terry Hull, Runa Herartri, Wisnu Fadila, Sopyan Masdar and Sri Hartini Rachmad 10. Israel’s Fertility: A continuing enigma Jon Anson and Alex Akinade Ajayi 11. Fertility Preferences in Japan Nobutaka Fukuda and Tomoko T. Saotome 12. Fertility Preferences in Malaysia Saharani Abdul Rashid, Puzziawati Ab Ghani, Adzmel Mahmud, Najihah Ismail and Azlan Abd. Aziz 13. Fertility Preferences in Mongolia Enkhetsetseg Byambaa 14. Fertility Preferences in Myanmar Khaing Khaing Soe, Nyi Nyi and Thomas Spoorenberg 15. Fertility Preferences in Nepal Melanie Channon and Yagya Karki 16. Fertility Preferences in Pakistan Muhammad Asif Wazir 17. Fertility Preferences in Papua New Guinea 1996-2006 Esther Lavu and Gouranga Lal Dasvarma 18. Fertility Preferences in The Philippines Christian Joy P. Cruz, J.M. Ian Salas and Grace T. Cruz 19. Fertility Preferences in Singapore Christopher Gee and Mui Teng Yap 20. How is the Decline of Fertility Related to Fertility Preference in South Korea? Minja Kim Choe and Ki Tae Park 21. Fertility trends, patterns and preferences in Sri Lanka E. L. Sunethra J. Perera 22. Fertility Preferences in Taiwan Stuart Gietel-Basten 23. The cultural and historical context of fertility preference in Timor-Leste Udoy Saikia 24. Fertility Transition and Fertility Preferences in Turkey Mehmet Ali Eryurt Index
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Edward Elgar Publishing Ltd Changing Family Dynamics and Demographic
Book SynopsisWhether considered from an American or a European perspective, the past four decades have seen family life become increasingly complex. Changing Family Dynamics and Demographic Evolution examines the various stages of change through the image of a kaleidoscope, providing new insights into the field of family dynamics and diversity.Contributions from both eminent and contemporary scholars provide a comprehensive and multidisciplinary perspective encompassing over five decades and two continents. This is the kaleidoscope, showing the diversity and complexity of contemporary families. Each chapter is a new turn with the built in mirrors reflecting new insights into the colored glass and beads. Through this analogy, this book explores family transitions in the US and Europe, gender dimensions of family transitions, children in new families, intersectional approaches of demographic processes and policy perspectives as well as offering thoughts on a future outlook.Unique and accessible, this book will appeal to students and researchers in a variety of fields including demography, the sociology of the family, gender studies and family law. It will also be of value to policy makers for children and families as well as those involved in family social care.Contributors include: E. Alofs, T. Brouckaert, C. Defever, D. De Wachter, K. Featherstone, F.F. Furstenberg Jr., T. Kil, K. Matthijs, P. Meier, D. Mortelmans, L. Murinkó, K. Neels, J. Scott, B. Segaert, W. Sigle, I. Szalma, L. Toulemon, J. Vergauwen, J. WoodTrade Review'Very elegantly, the editors use the image of a kaleidoscope to portray the necessity for new research perspectives to enhance understanding of the field of family dynamics in a time of change and increased family diversity - which is exactly what this book contributes. In bringing together a variety of interdisciplinary perspectives, quantitative and qualitative methods, international comparative studies as well as in-depth case studies, this book offers new and sobering insights to family studies.' --Trude Lappegard, Statistics Norway, Oslo, Norway'Gender issues and the position of the child in the family are conventional issues reflected through the prism of unconventionality: this is a strength of this book. Gender issues; genetic risk, motherhood and fatherhood are diversely explored through an international comparative analysis, intersectionality, and ethnography, utilising reviews of recent changes in American and European family dynamics. Challenges to theory and policies are the end points in the book but starting points for further multifaceted research.' --Dimiter Philipov, Vienna Institute of Demography, Austria'Overall, The Family Kaleidoscope is a very insightful and inspiring volume, which provides the reader with a well-balanced mix of new and needed evidence, innovative topics and approaches, and much stimulating discussion provoking a large array of thoughts for future research.' --European Journal of PopulationTable of ContentsContents: INTRODUCTION a view through the family kaleidoscope PART I. LOOKING BACK AT FAMILIES 1. The Changing American Family: An Overview From 1965 To 2015 Frank F. Furstenberg Jr. 2. Fifty Years of Family Change in Europe: Diversifying Partnerships Laurent Toulemon PART II. LOOKING AT GENDER 3. Gender Inequality in the Division of Housework Over the Life Course: A European Comparative Perspective Tine Kil, Karel Neels and Jorik Vergauwen 4. Intersectionality in Young Adults’ Households: A Quantitative Perspective Dimitri Mortelmans, Petra Meier and Christine Defever 5. From the Kitchen Table to the Other: Results of Ethnographic Research on Undocumented Mothers’ Parenting Practices Creating Feelings at Home Tine Brouckaert PART III. LOOKING AT CHILDREN 6. What is Family in the Context of Genetic Risk? Katie Featherstone 7. The Educational Gradient of Maternal Employment Patterns in 11 European Countries David De Wachter, Karel Neels, Jonas Wood and Jorik Vergauwen 8. Fatherhood and Men’s Second Union Formation: Norway, France and Hungary, 1980s-2000s Lívia Murinkó and Ivett Szalma PART IV. LOOKING FORWARD 9. Why Demography Needs (New) Theories Wendy Sigle 10. Conflicting Family Interests: A Challenge for Family Policy Jacqueline Scott Index
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Edward Elgar Publishing Ltd Europe’s Mediterranean Neighbourhood: An
Book SynopsisIllustrated with pioneering maps and country analyses by a network of researchers from across the Mediterranean, this book takes a territorial approach as a way toward a shared vision for a truly integrated Euro-Mediterranean region. At a time when the region is undergoing rapid change, the main goal of the book is to challenge misconceptions with common geographic data, on issues such as transport, energy, agriculture and water. The book suggests avenues for Europe to regain a part of the influence it has lost on its Mediterranean neighbourhood and policies common to Europe and its southern neighbours. The wide range of geographic country analyses, from Morocco to Turkey and including the occupied Palestinian territory and Jordan, are complemented with new maps at the scale of the wider Euro-Mediterranean region. The contributions contend that cross-border cooperation, common transport networks and shared environmental management can foster partnership when diplomatic relations are stalling. The Gibraltar case study shows that while competition is rising between the two sides of the strait their potential complementarity is also very high. The book calls for a Euro-Mediterranean local data collaborative platform to drive a common 'Neighbourhoods Territorial Agenda' for North-South shared vision and action. This timely and enlightening book is essential reading for those studying regional, European, Mediterranean and Arab world issues. It will appeal to policymakers and actors involved in cross-border cooperation, territorial development, environment, cultural knowledge and networking.Contributors include: M. Ababsa, P. Beckouche, N. Ben Cheikh, P. Besnard, Y. Cohen, G. Faour, J. Hilal, O. Isik, E. Larrea, J.-Y. Moisseron, Z. Ouadah-Bedidi, D. Pages El Karoui, H. Pecout, R. Tabib, A. Ulied, G. Van Hamme, I. ZbounTrade Review'This book is an authoritative and engaging account of contemporary Europe-Mediterranean relationships and prospects. Based on in-depth multinational knowledge by a key group of scholars and practitioners, its extraordinary framework of processed data in a comparative perspective and the accompanying maps provides a timely lucid, theoretically and empirically well-informed argument that the Mediterranean area is a central place and not a periphery for Europe, and that its significance should be reformulated to enhance integration and prosperous stability. It demonstrates the extraordinary importance of spatial data achieved in a shared perspective and methodology - a pillar for all those concerned about policy making. The book can serve learning purposes in both upper university programs and specialistic training. Europe's Mediterranean Neighbourhood: An Integrated Geography definitely deserves a top place on the reading lists of anyone serious about understanding the future of Europe and the contemporary Mediterranean.' --(Maria Paradiso, University of Sannio, Italy and Chair of the International Geographical Union Commission 'Mediterranean Basin')Table of ContentsContents: Acknowledgements Introduction. The neighbourhoods issue is the regionalisation issue 1. the Mediterranean in the European neighbourhoods 2. Barriers for an integrated geography: the local data issue 3. The country reports 4. The Gibraltar case study Conclusion. The need for a Euro-Mediterranean cooperation in local databases Index
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Edward Elgar Publishing Ltd Meeting the Challenge of Cultural Diversity in
Book SynopsisEurope has talked itself into a refugee and security crisis. There is, however, a misrecognition of the real challenge facing Europe: the challenge of managing the relationship between Europeans and the currently stigmatized 'others' which it has attracted. Making the case against a 'Europe of walls', Robin Wilson instead proposes a refounding of Europe built on the power of diversity and an ethos of hospitality rather than an institutional thicket serving the market. Providing a robust critique of the moral panic surrounding migrants and security dominating the European public sphere, this book explains why old models for managing cultural diversity in Europe no longer work, and why their obsolescence has led to morbid symptoms. Incorporating discussion of the eurozone crisis and the associated insecurity and the rise of xenophobic populists, Wilson provides an insider account of how the Council of Europe has, over a decade and a half, developed a new paradigm of intercultural integration. He builds theory into this model, drawing on work on cosmopolitanism in the social sciences, also emphasizing the empirical validity of the approach. With its handling of critical issues currently facing Europe, this book is of interest not only to academics across the social sciences, undergraduate students of politics and sociology and postgraduate students of cultural and European studies, but also to policy-makers and NGO practitioners.Trade Review'In an extremely well-documented and surgically analytical volume, Robin Wilson charts the fall of Europe as a moral beacon of the free world during the 2015 ''refugee crisis'' and its aftermath. But he also raises hope amidst the gloom. A new paradigm of integration conjoining equality, diversity and inclusion is being embraced by a growing coalition of (mostly local) leaders. Wilson convincingly shows that intercultural integration is a win for both solidarity and prosperity. Is it also the early sign of a new liberal consensus to the assorted economic, environmental and geopolitical crises in the age of human mobility?' --Irena Guidikova, Head of Inclusion and Anti-discrimination Programmes, Council of EuropeTable of ContentsContents: Preface 1. Introduction: the Barbarian at the gate 2. The old order: how Europe used to manage cultural diversity 3. ‘Morbid symptoms’: the failure of prior social models 4. What went wrong? 5. In search of scapegoats: the crisis of European capitalism and its misrecognition 6. Europe’s moral conscience: the Council of Europe takes the stage 7. The new paradigm: intercultural integration 8. Cosmopolitanism: the class consciousness of frequent flyers? 9. Trying it out: the Intercultural Cities programme 10. Europe facing the world: an ethos of hospitality 11. Conclusions: beyond an unending ‘crisis’ Index
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Edward Elgar Publishing Ltd Demography and the Global Business Environment
Book SynopsisAlfred A. Marcus and Mazhar Islam examine how demographic changes introduce new challenges for businesses, with a focus on how the world today is divided between disproportionately old and young nations. Taking a broad international perspective, the book illustrates how demography affects underlying conditions in nations, presenting the risks and opportunities for businesses as well as a set of concrete obligations they owe to the nations in which they operate.The book analyzes the key challenges that nations face based on whether they have principally old, young, or middle-aged populations, and how businesses can best respond to these challenges. Chapters particularly emphasize the impacts of immigration and technology, democratic governance, crime, corruption, and stability. Providing an in-depth examination of the relationships between youth bulges, youth busts and violence, the book grapples with the question of whether the world is likely to be a more peaceful place in the future, and the implications this could have for the global business environment.Demography and the Global Business Environment will be a valuable resource for scholars and students of international business and strategic management. It will also be highly beneficial for business leaders looking for guidance about how to evaluate the opportunities and risks of investing in various countries.Trade Review‘Marcus and Islam provide business leaders with some of the most important forecasts and market analysis one can find. Few tools are more important in analyzing the future of global markets than mapping demographic changes and their consequences. By showing how the world is divided into demographic “zones” – aging countries, middle countries, and very young countries – and laying out the political and economic dynamics for each type, they provide essential guidance into the future behavior of nations around the world.’ -- Jack A. Goldstone, George Mason University, USTable of ContentsContents: Preface 1. Introduction: the signals global demography sends 2. Addressing Malthus’ challenge: Bayer’s acquisition of Monsanto 3. Demography and management 4. The challenge of productivity in aging countries 5. Belligerence and corruption in middle-age countries 6. The struggle for stability in youthful nations 7. Doing business in violence-prone nations: youth bulges and busts 8. Conclusion: opportunity and fear of failure Index
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Edward Elgar Publishing Ltd Handbook of Research on Entrepreneurship and
Book SynopsisMany developed countries are facing a demographic change with an increasing share of older individuals, yet little is known about how older workers will impact regional and national economies in terms of labor market dynamics. One possible outcome of this new demographic structure is that more individuals will become entrepreneurs at an older age. This Handbook contributes to the important and emerging field of entrepreneurship among this group and focuses on the behavioral perspectives of this phenomenon; on innovation, dynamics and performance; and the ways entrepreneurship among the elderly looks within different countries. Researchers interested in the field of entrepreneurship among older workers and policy makers dealing with the effects of changing demographic settings within countries or regions will turn to this work to gain a better understanding of entrepreneurship and aging. Contributors include: Z. Acs, M. Amaral, A.E. Brouwer, M. Cucculelli, M. Damman, H. Delfmann, M. Dragusin, R. Fonseca, M. Fritsch, M.M. Gielnik, J. Hessels, C. Holmquist, M. Klinthäll, B. Leick, R. Mariana, A. Maritz, C. Matos, H. Mayer, M. Mensmann, G. Micucci, S.C. Parker, A. Sorgner, R. Sternberg, E. Sundin, P. van der Zwan, H. Van Solinge, D. Welsh, M. Wyrwich, H. Zacher, T. ZhangTrade Review'Not only have most researchers not given special attention to older entrepreneurs, they have often intentionally excluded them from their theoretical and empirical analyses. But as the globe grays, understanding how the promises and perils of entrepreneurship change with age becomes ever more important. Backman, Karlsen and Kekezi have assembled a prominent cast of entrepreneurship researchers to set the research agenda and to begin to answer many of the open questions.' --Olav Sorenson, Yale School of Management, USTable of ContentsContents: Introduction to the Handbook of Research on Entrepreneurship and Aging 1 Mikaela Backman, Charlie Karlsson and Orsa Kekezi PART I THE INTERNATIONAL PERSPECTIVE 1 Entrepreneurship among older workers: international evidence 23 Raquel Fonseca and Simon C. Parker 2 Senior entrepreneurship: global mapping of supporting initiatives and programmes 52 Catarina Seco Matos and Miguel Amaral 3 Entrepreneurship and ageing: exploring an economic geography perspective 88 Heike Mayer and Birgit Leick PART II INNOVATION, DYNAMICS AND PERFORMANCE 4 Are senior entrepreneurs less innovative than younger ones? 110 Rolf Sternberg 5 Entrepreneurial dynamics in the third age – a study of trajectories for start-ups by two cohorts of entrepreneurs/self-employed aged 55 and 60 143 Carin Holmquist, Elisabeth Sundin and Martin Klinthäll 6 The age effect in entrepreneurship: founder tenure, firm performance, and the economic environment 169 Marco Cucculelli and Giacinto Micucci 7 Different age effects by entrepreneur types: an investigation on US boomer entrepreneurs 192 Ting Zhang and Zoltan Acs PART III THE BEHAVIOURAL PERSPECTIVE 8 Ageing and entrepreneurship: a psychological perspective 228 Hannes Zacher, Mona Mensmann and Michael M. Gielnik 9 Grey entrepreneurship: entrepreneurship later in life and the pursuit of well-being 246 Aleid E. Brouwer and Heike Delfmann 10 Entrepreneurship and job satisfaction: the role of age 269 Michael Fritsch, Alina Sorgner and Michael Wyrwich 11 Old age self-employment and work-related stress 283 Jolanda Hessels and Peter van der Zwan PART IV CASE STUDIES 12 Senior self-employment – the case of the Netherlands 300 Marleen Damman and Hanna van Solinge 13 Romania’s ageing population: entrepreneurship opportunities and challenges 327 Dianne H.B. Welsh, Mariana Dragusin and Raluca Mariana Grosu 14 Senior entrepreneurship perspectives in Australia 352 Alex Maritz 15 Senior entrepreneurship: a case study for Portugal 370 Miguel Amaral and Catarina Seco Matos Index 411
£177.00
Edward Elgar Publishing Ltd Handbook on Demographic Change and the Lifecourse
Book SynopsisShowcasing ways in which the theory of the lifecourse has been applied in demographic research, this innovative Handbook uses key datasets to offer a deeper understanding of the causes and consequences of demographic change across the lifecourse. This Handbook features contributions from leading international demographers and social scientists, covering a range of substantive areas such as employment, health, migration, social security, family formation, housing and inequality to give substance to investigations into the individual's lifecourse. Chapters highlight major theoretical and methodological advances in lifecourse research and present research that sheds light on family dynamics, health and mobility over the lifecourse, illustrating the implications of lifecourse research for policy and reform. Comprehensive and cutting-edge, this Handbook will be crucial reading for students and researchers of demography, social policy, sociology and gerontology at all levels looking to enhance their own research agendas. Policy makers and practitioners of demographic research will also benefit from its insights into the key methodological avenues for advanced investigations. Contributors include: K. Barclay, M. Benzeval, L. Bernardi, A. Berrington, A. Börsch-Supan, P. Bridgen, P. De Jong, H. De Valk, T. Emery, M. Evandrou, A. Evans, L. Fadel, J. Falkingham, A.E. Fasang, A. Findlay, I. Garfinkel, A.H. Gauthier, A. Goodman, E. Graham, J. Holmes, J. Huinink, K. Keenan, K. Kiernan, S. Kim, D. Kneale, M. Kolk, H. Kulu, M. Lyons-Amos, K.U. Mayer, D. McCollum, S. McLanahan, A. McMunn, T. Meyer, J. Mikolai, M. Qin, A. Sabater, L. Sariscsany, R.A. Settersten, C. Van Mol, L. Vargas, A. Villadsen, A. Vlachantoni, J. Waldfogel, M. WrightTable of ContentsContents: 1. Introduction to the Handbook on Demographic change and the Lifecourse Maria Evandrou, Jane Falkingham and Athina Vlachantoni PART I: THEORETICAL & METHODOLOGICAL ADVANCES IN LIFECOURSE RESEARCH 2. Linking Demographic Change and the Life Course: Insights from the “Life Course Cube” Laura Bernardi, Johannes Huinink and Richard A. Settersten, Jr. 3. Life Course and Social Inequality Anette Eva Fasang and Karl Ulrich Mayer 4. Studying individuals across the life course: A review of longitudinal methods Júlia Mikolai and Mark Lyons-Amos PART II: DATA & INNOVATION IN LIFECOURSE RESEARCH 5. Current and future contributions of the Generations and Gender Programme to life course research Luisa Fadel, Tom Emery and Anne H. Gauthier 6. Life history analyses with SHARE Axel Börsch-Supan 7. The contribution of the 1958 and 1970 British Cohort Studies to lifecourse research on family transitions Aase Villadsen, Ann Berrington, Alissa Goodman and Dylan Kneale 8. Understanding families’ lives across the life course: the value of panel studies. Understanding Society: the UK Household Longitudinal Survey Michaela Benzeval PART III: FAMILY DYNAMICS AND LIVING ARRANGEMENTS OVER THE LIFECOURSE 9. Unmarried families in the UK and the US Kathleen Kiernan, Sara McLanahan, John Holmes and Melanie Wright 10. Ethnic fertility and ethnic intermarriage in Australia Ann Evans 11. Demographic Perspectives on Population Change and Housing across the Life Course Elspeth Graham and Albert Sabater PART IV: HEALTH OVER THE LIFECOURSE 12. Birth spacing and health outcomes: differences across the lifecourse and developmental contexts Kieron Barclay and Martin Kolk 13. Work, family and health over the life course: Evidence from the British birth cohort studies Anne McMunn PART V: MIGRATION & MOBILITY OVER THE LIFECOURSE 14. The case for a life course perspective on mobility and migration research David McCollum, Katy Keenan and Allan Findlay 15. Family Changes, Housing Transitions, and Residential Mobility Júlia Mikolai and Hill Kulu 16. Migration, welfare and the lifecourse in the context of the European Union: A case study of the Netherlands Petra de Jong, Christof Van Mol, Helga De Valk PART VI: POLICY 17. The American Welfare State in the Economic Lives of Children Irv Garfinkel, Laurel Sariscsany and Laura Vargas 18. Elder Care and the Role of Paid Leave Policy Soohyun Kim and Jane Waldfogel 19. The poverty risks of migrants who retire in their host country. Evidence from the first post-war wave of migration into Europe. Paul Bridgen and Traute Meyer 20. Employment history and later life satisfaction among three cohorts in the UK: Unravelling the mediating pathways of pension security, housing tenure and health Jane Falkingham, Maria Evandrou, Min Qin and Athina Vlachantoni Index
£179.00
Edward Elgar Publishing Ltd A Research Agenda for Political Demography
Book SynopsisElgar Research Agendas outline the future of research in a given area. Leading scholars are given the space to explore their subject in provocative ways, and map out the potential directions of travel. They are relevant but also visionary.Exploring how demographic dynamism continues to shape the character of societies, this forward-looking Research Agenda offers insights into how the human population has undergone fundamental demographic shifts, and the impact these have had on how we organize ourselves politically, the design of our economic systems, and even our societal relationships.The Research Agenda first introduces readers to the foundations of demographic change: fertility, mortality and migration. Chapters examine the political impact of forced migration, urbanization, gender dynamics, the intersection of race, identity and electoral politics, religious and ethnic groups, and health. The implications of the geographic shift in population centres from the Global North to the Global South are also highlighted, as well as the relationship between demography on the one hand and political and economic power on the other.This will be an invigorating read for social science scholars looking to develop their research or interact with current research trends, particularly scholars of human geography, development studies and geopolitics.Trade Review‘Jennifer Sciubba’s collection highlights crucial research questions on political demography. Must an older world be a more peaceful world, a young population more rebellious? How to highlight the neglected internally-displaced? Is universal urbanisation a threat? How destabilising are biased sex ratios? How will whites manage minority status? How does the weaponisation of fertility and population provoke conflict? Can the challenges of demographic dividend and youth bulge be met? A thought-provoking vista of a turbulent future.’ -- David Coleman, University of Oxford, UK'A Research Agenda for Political Demography has raised the bar by pulling together scholarly work on the critical impact of demographic change—both incremental and seismic—on issues of economic development and migration, gender and race, climate change and conflict. Policy-makers and researchers in health, economics, national security and urban planning will gain new insights on the state of current research, critical questions which can be addressed as well as recommendations on gaps and further areas for inquiry. A stimulating and insightful read.' -- Jeffrey Jordan, President and CEO, PRB, US'Not using demography to anticipate the all-too-predictable economic slowdowns, growing populism, and conflict is a major analytic crime and government failing. If you want to know what is coming over the horizon and reshape the future to your advantage, read this book by world-class political scientists and demographers.' -- Mathew Burrows, Director of the Atlantic Council's Foresight, Strategy and Risks Initiative, USTable of ContentsContents: 1 Introduction to A Research Agenda for Political Demography 1 Jennifer D. Sciubba PART I FOUNDATIONS OF DEMOGRAPHIC CHANGE 2 Research in population aging: uncharted territory 17 Jennifer D. Sciubba 3 Progressing research on forced migration 29 Tiffany S. Chu 4 Urbanization: poverty, conflict, and climate change as causes and consequences 45 Matthew Cobb and Alex Braithwaite 5 Sex, demographics and national security 61 Valerie M. Hudson PART II IMPLICATIONS OF DEMOGRAPHIC CHANGE: CONTEXT AND CONNECTIONS 6 Whiteshift: demographic change, populism and polarization in the West 81 Eric Kaufmann 7 Wombfare: the weaponization of fertility 101 Monica Duffy Toft 8 Health and demography 115 Jeremy Youde 9 Population, rebellion and revolution 131 Jack A. Goldstone 10 A research agenda for youth policies and investments 147 John F. May 11 Demography and democracy 161 Hannes Weber 12 Demographic engineering and strategic demography 179 Michael S. Teitelbaum 13 The demographic dividend: positive prospects, unclear path 199 Kaitlyn Patierno, Elizabeth Leahy Madsen and Smita Gaith 14 Forecasting in age-structural time 215 Richard Cincotta 15 A twenty-first century agenda for policy-relevant demographic research 235 Suzanne E. Fry Index
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Edward Elgar Publishing Ltd Malthus Across Nations: The Reception of Thomas
Book SynopsisThe writings of Thomas Robert Malthus continue to resonate today, particularly An Essay on the Principle of Population which was published more than two centuries ago. Malthus Across Nations creates a fascinating picture of the circulation of his economic and demographic ideas across different countries, highlighting the reception of his works in a variety of nations and cultures. This unique book offers not only a fascinating piece of comparative analysis in the history of economic thought, but also places some of today's most pressing debates into an accurate historical perspective, thereby improving our understanding of them. Providing a complex and multi-faceted analysis of the reception and dissemination of the works of Malthus, this book examines how his approach was misunderstood and distorted throughout his lifetime and beyond. It illuminates the different ways in which groups of actors, including laymen, politicians and experts, have reacted to his work in specific historical and intellectual contexts, and with particular theoretical, political and moral concerns. Detailed breakdowns of the main controversies over his work are also explored. An insightful read for scholars studying economics and history of economic thought, this book guides readers from Malthus's original publications to their continuing impact today. This will also be a useful volume for ethics, political thought and intellectual history students. Contributors include: D. Andrews, J.L. Cardoso, D. Donnini Macciò, G. Faccarello, C. Gehrke, M. Izumo, M. Markov, D. Melnik, A. Mendes Cunha, H. Morishita, R. Romani, J. San Julián Arrupe, R. WalterTable of ContentsContents: Introduction: Malthus across nations 1 Gilbert Faccarello, Masashi Izumo and Hiromi Morishita 1 Malthus’s principle of population in Britain: restatement and antiquation 18 Ryan Walter 2 The reception of Malthus’s Essay on Population in the United States 53 David Andrews 3 ‘Enlightened Saint Malthus’ or the ‘gloomy Protestant of dismal England’? The reception of Malthus in the French language 83 Gilbert Faccarello 4 The reception of Malthus in Germany and Austria in the 19th century 174 Christian Gehrke 5 Malthus’s Italian incarnations, 1815–1915 236 Daniela Donnini Macciò and Roberto Romani 6 The reception of Malthus in Spain and Spanish-speaking Latin America 274 Javier San Julián Arrupe 7 The reception and appropriation of Malthus in Portugal and Brazil 324 José Luís Cardoso and Alexandre Mendes Cunha 8 The reception of Malthus in Russia 359 Maxim Markov and Denis Melnik 9 The reception of Malthus in Japan 400 Masashi Izumo and Hiromi Morishita Name index 453
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ISTE Ltd Population and Development Issues
Book SynopsisOne of the major challenges facing the world today is the interaction between demographic changes and development. Rather than the usual view that the population itself is the main problem, Population and Development Issues argues that it is just one factor among many others, such as poverty, illiteracy, poor health, unemployment, the condition of women and climate change.This book analyzes the relationships between the key demographic variables (fertility, morbidity and mortality, migration, etc.) and major development issues, notably education, employment, health, gender, social and geographical inequalities and climate concerns. Bringing together contributions from specialists across every field, it presents empirical data simply and clearly alongside theoretical reflections.Table of ContentsIntroduction: Population in the Development Paradigm xiYves CHARBIT Chapter 1 The Precursors: The Mercantilists, Malthus, Marx 1Yves CHARBIT 1.1 Theories and doctrines 1 1.2 Mercantilism, the population doctrine and policy of royal power 2 1.2.1 Mercantilism and the modern state 2 1.2.2 A populationist doctrine 4 1.2.3 The inevitable historical decline of mercantilism 5 1.3 Malthus, the theorist of demo-economic growth 6 1.3.1 The consequences of demographic dynamics: poverty or increased agricultural production? 6 1.3.2 Demo-economic growth, industrialization and well-being 9 1.3.3 The political instrumentalization of demography in the past and in our days 11 1.4 Marx yesterday and today 12 1.4.1 Precarious labor in the agricultural sector 15 1.4.2 The relevance of Marx 16 1.5 Conclusion 18 1.6 References 19 Chapter 2 Education, Population and Development 23Nicole BELLA and Yves CHARBIT 2.1 Introduction 23 2.2 Education statistics and demography 24 2.2.1 Enrollment in primary education 25 2.2.2 Enrollment in secondary education 25 2.2.3 Higher education, still a luxury despite its expansion 29 2.2.4 Girls, the major beneficiaries of educational progress over the last decades 30 2.2.5 Education and demography in Asia 32 2.3 Education, population and development 43 2.3.1 Education and long-term economic growth 43 2.3.2 Education and social development 44 2.3.3 Education and politics 45 2.3.4 Education and conflict: a complex relationship 46 2.3.5 Education and urbanization 47 2.4 Conclusion: education and demography 48 2.5 References 48 Chapter 3 Employment and the Informal Economy 53Jacques CHARMES 3.1 Introduction 53 3.2 The concept of informal economy and its assessment methods 54 3.2.1 The evolution of concepts 55 3.2.2 The evolution of measurements 57 3.2.3 The extent of employment in the informal economy worldwide 58 3.3 Long-term employment trends in the informal economy in Northern Africa 60 3.3.1 A wide variety of approaches 60 3.3.2 The current situation 64 3.4 Conclusion: which transition policies from the informal to the formal economy? 72 3.5 References 74 Chapter 4 Gender Inequalities 77Serge RABIER 4.1 Current theories and debates 77 4.2 Health and reproductive rights at the heart of demography: economic investment and anthropological breakthroughs 78 4.2.1 Global data 78 4.2.2 Infant and maternal health 79 4.2.3 HIV-AIDS and other sexually transmitted diseases 81 4.2.4 The emergence of new challenges related to the epidemiological transition 81 4.2.5 Gender stereotypes and patriarchy 82 4.2.6 Anthropological discrimination 83 4.2.7 Economic discrimination 84 4.2.8 Public health policies 84 4.3 Gender determinants at the heart of educational supply and demand in Africa 86 4.3.1 Primary education 87 4.3.2 Secondary education 89 4.3.3 University education 89 4.3.4 Anthropological obstacles 92 4.3.5 Institutional, economic and social obstacles 94 4.4 Conclusion 101 4.5 References 101 Chapter 5 Sex Selection: Public Policies to Balance the Scales? 105Christophe Z GUILMOTO and Laura RAHM 5.1 Introduction 105 5.2 Prevalence and evolution of SRB trends 107 5.2.1 Sex imbalances at birth across the world 107 5.2.2 Determinants of sex imbalances at birth 109 5.3 Public policies against gender-biased sex selection 111 5.3.1 Policy evolution: from denial to recognition, to global action 111 5.3.2 Policy typology 113 5.3.3 Policy impact: evidence and knowledge gaps 116 5.4 Case study: impact of policy on the SRB in Armenia and Vietnam 117 5.4.1 Armenia 117 5.4.2 Vietnam 122 5.5 Discussion and conclusion 127 5.6 References 128 Chapter 6 Poverty and Inequalities 133Yves CHARBIT, Mustapha OMRANE and Zakari OUMAROU 6.1 Measuring and analyzing poverty and inequalities 133 6.1.1 Defining poverty 134 6.1.2 Measuring poverty 135 6.2 The evolution of poverty 137 6.2.1 Means of subsistence around 2015 137 6.2.2 The evolution of extreme poverty in the world 138 6.2.3 Health and poverty 139 6.3 Poverty in Niger 144 6.3.1 The sociodemographic characteristics of households 146 6.3.2 Poverty and the labor market 148 6.3.3 Food insecurity in 2011 149 6.4 Conclusion: toward a new poverty indicator? 152 6.5 References 153 Chapter 7 Mental Health: An Underestimated Development Issue 155Véronique PETIT 7.1 Introduction 155 7.2 Inclusion of mental health in overall health 156 7.2.1 Genealogy of an international mobilization 156 7.2.2 The global morbidity burden 158 7.2.3 Lack of mobilization and investment in mental health 160 7.2.4 The costs of mental disorders 163 7.2.5 Mental health in the demographic and epidemiological transitions 165 7.3 Senegal, an emblematic case of the situation in African countries 167 7.3.1 Colonial heritage: the Fann school 167 7.3.2 The care supply: insufficient and unevenly distributed 171 7.3.3 Therapeutic pathways and adherence to treatment 174 7.4 Conclusion: a fight that still has to be waged 176 7.5 References 177 Chapter 8 Migration Remittances and Development 183Serge FELD 8.1 Introduction 183 8.2 Volume and trends in remittance movements 184 8.2.1 The global level 184 8.2.2 The regional level and the national level 187 8.3 The consequences for households: poverty, health, education 195 8.3.1 Poverty reduction 195 8.3.2 Poverty reduction 197 8.3.3 Consumption expenditure or investment? A false dilemma 198 8.3.4 Health and education 201 8.4 Conclusion: remittances, a development policy instrument 204 8.5 References 205 Chapter 9 Climate Change and Demography 213Sabine HENRY 9.1 Introduction 213 9.2 Climate change as analyzed by the IPCC 214 9.2.1 The IPCC approach 214 9.2.2 Summary of the main results of IPCC reports 216 9.2.3 The geography of climate change impact 217 9.2.4 Scenarios for the future 218 9.3 The impacts of climate change on demographic factors 220 9.3.1 Fertility and its inevitable inertia 221 9.3.2 Climate-related mortality and morbidity 223 9.3.3 Environmental migrations: a problem to be solved or a solution to be explored? 226 9.4 Trapped populations 229 9.5 Conclusion 232 9.6 References 233 Chapter 10 Population Policies 237John F MAY 10.1 Introduction 237 10.2 Population policies: processes and mechanisms 240 10.2.1 Goals and values 240 10.2.2 Demographic data and variables amenable to interventions 241 10.2.3 Policy levers and instruments 242 10.2.4 Population policy process 243 10.2.5 Policy actors and stakeholders 244 10.2.6 Policies, priorities and methods 246 10.2.7 Funding and monitoring and evaluation 247 10.3 Population policies: empirical evidence 248 10.3.1 Asia: China, Indonesia and Iran 249 10.3.2 Sub-Saharan Africa 252 10.3.3 More developed countries 253 10.4 Conclusion 255 10.5 References 257 Conclusion: Is Population Really the Problem? 261Yves CHARBIT List of Authors 279 Index 281
£112.50
Edward Elgar Publishing Ltd Advanced Introduction to Demography
Book SynopsisElgar Advanced Introductions are stimulating and thoughtful introductions to major fields in the social sciences, business and law, expertly written by the world’s leading scholars. Designed to be accessible yet rigorous, they offer concise and lucid surveys of the substantive and policy issues associated with discrete subject areas.Highlighting the power of multi-dimensional demography, this Advanced Introduction addresses the most consequential changes in our societies and economies using quantitative approaches. It defines three demographic theories with predictive power - demographic metabolism, transition and dividend - and repositions the discipline at the heart of social science.Key features include: Discussion of alternative demographic scenarios in the context of sustainable development Introduction of national human resource management as the population policy for the 21st century An outline of how the significant demographic theories discussed form the building blocks of a Unified Demographic Theory An argument for cognitive changes as the primary driver of demographic transition rather than changing economic conditions, demonstrated by the impact of changing educational attainment structures. This Advanced Introduction is a must-read for demographers around the globe for its concise summary of the concepts, theories and power of multi-dimensional demography, as well as students of demography at all levels. It will also be useful to academics in other social sciences, including human geography, development studies and sociology scholars interested in what state-of-the-art demography has to offer their fields.Trade Review‘Wolfgang Lutz secured his place among the handful of the world's most influential demographers by decades of pioneering empirical research, theoretical exploration, and institutional leadership. This succinct book is a capstone to his contributions. Lutz envisions multi-dimensional demography (including age, sex and other attributes like education) as the foundation for a theory that integrates demographic metabolism (cohort replacement), the demographic transition, and the demographic dividend. Demographers, social scientists, and policy makers need to read this important book.’ -- Joel E. Cohen, The Rockefeller University and Columbia University, US‘Wolfgang Lutz has put together his encyclopaedic demographic knowledge in this excellent Advanced Introduction. Far from being a conventional introduction, his central theme is that demography must have scientific rigour to offer “predictive power” for social change and human welfare. Three theories are key: intergenerational change, demographic transition and the demographic dividend, central to economic change. Thereby demography can become an “intervention science” to enhance welfare. Education, particularly of girls, takes centre stage. These ideas underpin a stimulating look at population change and the central issues of sustainable development and the global future.’ -- David Coleman, University of Oxford, UK‘Wolfgang Lutz is one of the most accomplished demographers in the world, and this book is a major accomplishment. Building on prior demographic research, including his and that of his research team, he creates a unified demographic theory importantly incorporating education into our demographic view of the world. This book should be required reading for everyone–not just demographers. I guarantee that you will better understand how the world works once you have absorbed what Professor Lutz is telling us.’ -- John R. Weeks, San Diego State University, US'A masterful survey, analysis, and exposition. Studying this text will yield a broad and deep understanding of demographic theories and perspectives, along with the uses of demography, that is simply not attainable in any other two or three sources combined. Alongside, Lutz consolidates considerations of human capital--education and health--into the very core of demographic science, projections, and policy. Students equipped with this knowledge will understand the foundations of what they are doing as demographers AND what they are observing in the world as citizens. A remarkable achievement.' -- William Butz, former President, Population Reference Bureau, Washington DC, USTable of ContentsContents: Preface 1. Demographic concepts and data 2. Demographic theories 3. Education and cognition as drivers of mortality and fertility decline 4. Demographic futures and sustainable development Index
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Edward Elgar Publishing Ltd A Research Agenda for Migration and Health
Book SynopsisElgar Research Agendas outline the future of research in a given area. Leading scholars are given the space to explore their subject in provocative ways, and map out the potential directions of travel. They are relevant but also visionary. International migration has emerged as one of the most pressing issues faced by national and regional governments in our modern world. This Research Agenda provides much-needed discussion on the health of migrants, and fundamental research directions for the future. The editors draw together key contributions that address people with a range of immigration statuses, including refugees. Written by leading experts in the field, chapters explore the evolving nature of health, from how this is experienced by migrants in their countries of origin, to the impact of the immigrant journey and experiences in their country of residence. Topical and timely, the Research Agenda offers key insights into previously underdeveloped areas of study, including an analysis of female migrants, a discussion of immigration relative to the Global South, and the relationship between climate change, migration and health. An important read for human geography scholars, this will be particularly useful for those looking into population and health geography and demography. It will also be beneficial to sociology and anthropology scholars interested in immigration and health. Contributors include: A.T. Banerjee, V. Chouinard, X. Deng, S. Gal, S. Gravel, J. Hanley, J. Hennebry, L. Hunter, A. Kobayashi, J.-H. Koo, L. Malhaire, K.B. Newbold, J.-A. Osei-Twum, S. Park, D.H. Simon, K. Stelfox, M. Walton-Roberts, L. Wang, K. WilsonTrade Review‘The various essays provide some innovative exploration of the migration-health nexus. As such, the book promises to be inspirational for scholars of geography, public health and related fields. Graduate students who seek to get oriented in this truly complex field and to identify salient research questions will undoubtedly benefit from perusing the essays of this volume.’ -- Brigitte Waldorf, Regional Science Policy and Practice‘A timely contribution to the field of migration and health, and a valuable resource for researchers seeking to explore newer questions. The nine chapters in this book offer diverse perspectives on themes such as inequity and discrimination in access to healthcare, gender, cultural safety, food security, disability and climate change as experienced by immigrants from countries in the Global South. The authors challenge and demystify pre-existing frameworks on migrant health, seek to broaden the theoretical and methodological scope of the field and provide a research agenda for future work.’ -- Divya Ravindranath, Progress in Development Studies‘It is a valuable resource for those seeking to refine their research questions and as a means to draw parallels across work on migration and health. While focused on international migration, the questions and approaches outlined are relevant to research on internal migration, and there is significant space to better articulate the connections between internal migration, international migration, and health.’ -- Frances Darlington-Pollock, Geographical Research'Bruce Newbold and Kathi Wilson are both health geographers with a strong legacy; this edited volume on which they have partnered is no exception. As they state in their opening chapter, the health of an immigrant is shaped by the immigration journey and the factors precipitating it (forced versus voluntary; economic, social, cultural, environmental push and pull factors…). What Newbold and Wilson have done with this edited volume is bring the immigrant health literature into the 21st Century by bringing heretofore invisible issues to the forefront: gender; climate change; inequalities in the global south. Their section on future research directions takes us even further through suggestions for alternative theoretical and epistemological approaches to the growing issues of immigration and immigrant health.' --Susan J Elliot, University of Waterloo, Canada'Tapping into the expertise from scholars in geography, international affairs, nursing, psychiatry, public health, social service and social work, A Research Agenda for Migration and Health fills a gap in migration studies by foregrounding climate change, gender/race and health, health status, health care, nutrition and their impacts.' --Wei Li, Arizona State University, USTable of ContentsContents: 1. Introduction: Migration and Health K. Bruce Newbold and Kathi Wilson 2. Disability, Migration and Health in the Global South: An Agenda for Research and Action Vera Chouinard 3. Healthcare Access among Immigrants and Transnational Migrants Lu Wang 4. Climate Change, Migration and Health Lori M. Hunter and Daniel H. Simon 5. Migrant Worker Strategies in Access to Health: Recognizing agency in a context of constraints Jill Hanley, Sol Park, Sylvie Gravel, Jah-Hon Koo, Loic Malhaire and Sigalit Gal 6. Rebalancing Act: Promoting an international research agenda on women migrant careworkers’ health and rights Jenna Hennebry and Margaret Walton-Roberts 7. Securing Culturally Appropriate Food for Refugee Women in Canada: Opportunities for Research Katherine B. Stelfox and K. Bruce Newbold 8. An Agenda for Newcomer Health Care? Research in Canada Audrey Kobayashi and Xiaojun Deng 9. Exploring the Applicability of Indigenous Cultural Safety to Immigrant Health Research Jo-Ann Osei-Twum, Erika Pulfer and Ananya T. Banerjee Index
£24.95
Edward Elgar Publishing Ltd Handbook on Demographic Change and the Lifecourse
Book SynopsisShowcasing ways in which the theory of the lifecourse has been applied in demographic research, this innovative Handbook uses key datasets to offer a deeper understanding of the causes and consequences of demographic change across the lifecourse. This Handbook features contributions from leading international demographers and social scientists, covering a range of substantive areas such as employment, health, migration, social security, family formation, housing and inequality to give substance to investigations into the individual's lifecourse. Chapters highlight major theoretical and methodological advances in lifecourse research and present research that sheds light on family dynamics, health and mobility over the lifecourse, illustrating the implications of lifecourse research for policy and reform. Comprehensive and cutting-edge, this Handbook will be crucial reading for students and researchers of demography, social policy, sociology and gerontology at all levels looking to enhance their own research agendas. Policy makers and practitioners of demographic research will also benefit from its insights into the key methodological avenues for advanced investigations. Contributors include: K. Barclay, M. Benzeval, L. Bernardi, A. Berrington, A. Börsch-Supan, P. Bridgen, P. De Jong, H. De Valk, T. Emery, M. Evandrou, A. Evans, L. Fadel, J. Falkingham, A.E. Fasang, A. Findlay, I. Garfinkel, A.H. Gauthier, A. Goodman, E. Graham, J. Holmes, J. Huinink, K. Keenan, K. Kiernan, S. Kim, D. Kneale, M. Kolk, H. Kulu, M. Lyons-Amos, K.U. Mayer, D. McCollum, S. McLanahan, A. McMunn, T. Meyer, J. Mikolai, M. Qin, A. Sabater, L. Sariscsany, R.A. Settersten, C. Van Mol, L. Vargas, A. Villadsen, A. Vlachantoni, J. Waldfogel, M. WrightTable of ContentsContents: 1. Introduction to the Handbook on Demographic change and the Lifecourse Maria Evandrou, Jane Falkingham and Athina Vlachantoni PART I: THEORETICAL & METHODOLOGICAL ADVANCES IN LIFECOURSE RESEARCH 2. Linking Demographic Change and the Life Course: Insights from the “Life Course Cube” Laura Bernardi, Johannes Huinink and Richard A. Settersten, Jr. 3. Life Course and Social Inequality Anette Eva Fasang and Karl Ulrich Mayer 4. Studying individuals across the life course: A review of longitudinal methods Júlia Mikolai and Mark Lyons-Amos PART II: DATA & INNOVATION IN LIFECOURSE RESEARCH 5. Current and future contributions of the Generations and Gender Programme to life course research Luisa Fadel, Tom Emery and Anne H. Gauthier 6. Life history analyses with SHARE Axel Börsch-Supan 7. The contribution of the 1958 and 1970 British Cohort Studies to lifecourse research on family transitions Aase Villadsen, Ann Berrington, Alissa Goodman and Dylan Kneale 8. Understanding families’ lives across the life course: the value of panel studies. Understanding Society: the UK Household Longitudinal Survey Michaela Benzeval PART III: FAMILY DYNAMICS AND LIVING ARRANGEMENTS OVER THE LIFECOURSE 9. Unmarried families in the UK and the US Kathleen Kiernan, Sara McLanahan, John Holmes and Melanie Wright 10. Ethnic fertility and ethnic intermarriage in Australia Ann Evans 11. Demographic Perspectives on Population Change and Housing across the Life Course Elspeth Graham and Albert Sabater PART IV: HEALTH OVER THE LIFECOURSE 12. Birth spacing and health outcomes: differences across the lifecourse and developmental contexts Kieron Barclay and Martin Kolk 13. Work, family and health over the life course: Evidence from the British birth cohort studies Anne McMunn PART V: MIGRATION & MOBILITY OVER THE LIFECOURSE 14. The case for a life course perspective on mobility and migration research David McCollum, Katy Keenan and Allan Findlay 15. Family Changes, Housing Transitions, and Residential Mobility Júlia Mikolai and Hill Kulu 16. Migration, welfare and the lifecourse in the context of the European Union: A case study of the Netherlands Petra de Jong, Christof Van Mol, Helga De Valk PART VI: POLICY 17. The American Welfare State in the Economic Lives of Children Irv Garfinkel, Laurel Sariscsany and Laura Vargas 18. Elder Care and the Role of Paid Leave Policy Soohyun Kim and Jane Waldfogel 19. The poverty risks of migrants who retire in their host country. Evidence from the first post-war wave of migration into Europe. Paul Bridgen and Traute Meyer 20. Employment history and later life satisfaction among three cohorts in the UK: Unravelling the mediating pathways of pension security, housing tenure and health Jane Falkingham, Maria Evandrou, Min Qin and Athina Vlachantoni Index
£38.90
Edward Elgar Publishing Ltd The Economic Impacts of Population Ageing in
Book SynopsisWhilst all of the major industrialized countries are currently experiencing population ageing, Japan is at the forefront of this demographic trend. This important new book explores the serious economic and social challenges that a rapidly ageing Japanese economy will have to overcome in the first half of the 21st century. Following a comprehensive review of the economics of ageing both in general and in Japan, the authors present a range of future scenarios produced using an integrated economic-demographic model. This unique model integrates demography and the macro-economy, paying special attention to pensions, health care, and long-term care. The results reveal that, even if future demographic trends are more favourable than predicted, Japan will still experience a slowdown of economic growth, reduced savings, and rising costs of pensions, health care and long-term care. However, with appropriate policy measures and rapid implementation, the authors believe that a situation in which both young and old continue to experience long-term improvements in well-being remains possible.This book is arguably the best available English language survey on the economic implications of population trends in Japan. It will be widely read by researchers of economics, demography, public policy and public finance, and will also provide useful supplemental reading for graduate or upper undergraduate courses in economics, social policy, and Asian studies.Trade Review'. . . an excellent synthesis of the economics of population aging in high-income countries, with a focus on the unique situation of Japan.' -- Population and Development Review'This book should serve to guide future discussion about the relationship between population aging and its economic effects in Japan.' -- Miki Arimori, Journal of Pension Economics and Finance'. . . a thorough and insightful analysis of the challenges posed by population ageing. Important to those interested in the future of Japan and the other industrialized countries of the world.' -- Andrew Mason, East-West Center and University of Hawaii, US'This insightful book sets an economic policy agenda that can help guarantee the long-term viability of a society whose age structure is heavily weighted towards the old.' -- Paul Demeny, Population Council, USTable of ContentsContents: Preface 1. The Economics of Population Ageing 2. Population Ageing in Japan 3. An Economic–Demographic Simulation Model for Japan 4. Economic Impacts of Alternative Demographic Scenarios Afterword References Index
£104.00
Boydell & Brewer Ltd Displaced Heritage
Book SynopsisConsiderations of the effect of trauma on heritage sites.
£99.00
Liverpool University Press Arab Political Demography: Population Growth,
Book SynopsisWritten specifically for classroom and student use, with over 35 tables and figures, this book sets out the political demographics of the Arab countries. In this revised and expanded second edition, the author updates all the data; adds analysis on North African countries; and discusses the phenomenon of intra-Arab labour migration and its socioeconomic-political impacts.Trade Review"This volume should be required reading for understanding the demographic challenges the Arab World confronts to achieve much desired long-term economic growth and political stability..." -- Regional Studies."This volume makes a valuable contribution to the Arab population policy literature by tracing the evolution of population policies in the Arab countries and by describing the factors that led to changes in these policies..." -- Studies in Family Planning."Onn Winckler has been for a number of years a leading light in the field of demographic studies on particular Arab countries..." -- David W Lesch, Professor of Middle East History, Trinity University, Texas."The book offers an excellent analysis of the dismal state of data in Arab countries, and how they are manipulated for political and/or economic benefit..." -- Population, Space and Place.Table of ContentsIntroduction -- The Methodological Framework of Arab Political Demography; Sources for Demographic Research of the Arab States; Beyond Expectations: Arab Population Growth in Retrospect; "Jobs for the Boys (& Girls)": The Emergence of the Employment Dilemma; The "New Arab Demographic Order": The Intra-Arab Labour Migration; Between Pro-Natalism & Anti-Natalism in the Arab Countries; Summary & Conclusions: The Emergence of the "Arab Demographic Catch 22".
£55.00
Liverpool University Press Arab Political Demography: Population Growth,
Book SynopsisThe Arab Spring exposed the fundamental weakness of the non-oil Arab economies, namely, the imbalance between population growth and the labour market, resulting in the emergence of structural unemployment among young adults. By the early 2000s these economies faced impossible circumstances: in order to achieve substantial economic growth they had to reduce subsidies and increase privatisation -- economic policies that led to a deterioration of the living standards of the vast majority of the population. The Arab Spring created a new category in the region, that of "failed Arab state", characterised by a fallen "old regime" without a competent new regime to replace it. Civil wars resulted, along lines of religious or ethnic division, as in Syria (Alawites against Sunnis), Iraq (Shi'is against Sunnis and Kurds against Arabs) and in Yemen (Shiis against Sunnis). Regional divisions accounted for the civil war in Libya. The other side of the "new Arab map" is the Arabian Gulf oil states which continue to function as before, both politically and socioeconomically. Chapter 1 places Arab countries in the global demographic picture. Chapter 2 examines the quantity of the demographic records of Arab countries. Chapter 3 deals with patterns of population growth of Arab countries. Chapter 4 analyses the emergence of employment pressure. Chapter 5 discusses intra-Arab labour migration. Chapter 6 analyses natalist policies. The Concluding Chapter examines the "demographic fingerprint" of the Arab Spring which not only was the "core" of the revolution, but also its main consequence in the form of drawing the new political map of the Arab region according to an ethno-religious composition.Trade ReviewFrom a review of the second edition: This volume makes a valuable contribution to the Arab population policy literature by tracing the evolution of population policies in the Arab countries and by describing the factors that led to changes in these policies. --Studies in Family Planning
£115.00
Liverpool University Press Arab Political Demography: Population Growth,
Book SynopsisThe Arab Spring exposed the fundamental weakness of the non-oil Arab economies, namely, the imbalance between population growth and the labour market, resulting in the emergence of structural unemployment among young adults. By the early 2000s these economies faced impossible circumstances: in order to achieve substantial economic growth they had to reduce subsidies and increase privatisation -- economic policies that led to a deterioration of the living standards of the vast majority of the population. The Arab Spring created a new category in the region, that of "failed Arab state", characterised by a fallen "old regime" without a competent new regime to replace it. Civil wars resulted, along lines of religious or ethnic division, as in Syria (Alawites against Sunnis), Iraq (Shi'is against Sunnis and Kurds against Arabs) and in Yemen (Shiis against Sunnis). Regional divisions accounted for the civil war in Libya. The other side of the "new Arab map" is the Arabian Gulf oil states which continue to function as before, both politically and socioeconomically. Chapter 1 places Arab countries in the global demographic picture. Chapter 2 examines the quantity of the demographic records of Arab countries. Chapter 3 deals with patterns of population growth of Arab countries. Chapter 4 analyses the emergence of employment pressure. Chapter 5 discusses intra-Arab labour migration. Chapter 6 analyses natalist policies. The Concluding Chapter examines the "demographic fingerprint" of the Arab Spring which not only was the "core" of the revolution, but also its main consequence in the form of drawing the new political map of the Arab region according to an ethno-religious composition.Trade ReviewFrom a review of the second edition: This volume makes a valuable contribution to the Arab population policy literature by tracing the evolution of population policies in the Arab countries and by describing the factors that led to changes in these policies. --Studies in Family Planning
£57.00
Edward Elgar Publishing Ltd New Developments in the Economics of Population
Book SynopsisThis volume provides an important collection of recent papers on the macroeconomic effects of population ageing. The articles are focused into three categories which cover the main channels through which population ageing affects national living standards: productivity and growth; consumption and saving; and labour market and fiscal effects. The papers have been selected for their clear and valuable contributions to this field of study. The book will be an essential reference volume for academic and public sector economists, policy makers and demographers.Table of ContentsContents: Acknowledgements Introduction John Creedy and Ross Guest PART I PRODUCTIVITY AND GROWTH 1. Avner Ahituv (2001), ‘Be Fruitful or Multiply: On the Interplay Between Fertility and Economic Development’ 2. Gary S. Becker and Robert J. Barro (1988), ‘A Reformulation of the Economic Theory of Fertility’ 3. Gary S. Becker, Kevin M. Murphy and Robert Tamura (1990), ‘Human Capital, Fertility, and Economic Growth’ 4. Carl-Johan Dalgaard and Claus Thustrup Kreiner (2001), ‘Is Declining Productivity Inevitable?’ 5. David de la Croix and Matthias Doepke (2003), ‘Inequality and Growth: Why Differential Fertility Matters’ 6. Ronald Lee (2003), ‘The Demographic Transition: Three Centuries of Fundamental Change’ 7. Charles I. Jones (2002), ‘Sources of U.S. Economic Growth in a World of Ideas’ 8. David Lam (1989), ‘Population Growth, Age Structure, and Age-Specific Productivity: Does a Uniform Age Distribution Minimize Lifetime Wages?’ 9. Mehmet Serkan Tosun (2003), ‘Population Aging and Economic Growth: Political Economy and Open Economy Effects’ PART II CONSUMPTION AND SAVING 10. Alan J. Auerbach and Laurence J. Kotlikoff (1992), ‘The Impact of the Demographic Transition on Capital Formation’ 11. Robin Brooks (2003), ‘Population Aging and Global Capital Flows in a Parallel Universe’ 12. David M. Cutler, James M. Poterba, Louise M. Sheiner and Lawrence H. Summers (1990), ‘An Aging Society: Opportunity or Challenge?’ 13. Douglas W. Elmendorf and Louise M. Sheiner (2000), ‘Should America Save for its Old Age? Fiscal Policy, Population Aging, and National Saving’ 14. Ross S. Guest and Ian M. McDonald (2004), ‘Effect of World Fertility Scenarios on International Living Standards’ 15. W. Jos Jansen (2000), ‘International Capital Mobility: Evidence from Panel Data’ 16. Turalay Kenc and Serdar Sayan (2001), ‘Demographic Shock Transmission from Large to Small Countries: An Overlapping Generations CGE Analysis’ 17. David Miles (1999), ‘Modelling the Impact of Demographic Change Upon the Economy’ 18. David N. Weil (1999), ‘Population Growth, Dependency, and Consumption’ 19. Matthew Higgins (1998), ‘Demography, National Savings, and International Capital Flows’ 20. Allen C. Kelley and Robert M. Schmidt (1996), ‘Saving, Dependency and Development’ PART III LABOUR AND FISCAL EFFECTS OF POPULATION AGEING 21. James M. Poterba (2001), ‘Demographic Structure and Asset Returns’ 22. Willem H. Buiter (1997), ‘Generational Accounts, Aggregate Saving and Intergenerational Distribution’ 23. Jørgen Elmeskov (2004), ‘Aging, Public Budgets, and the Need for Policy Reform’ 24. Martin Flodén (2003), ‘Public Saving and Policy Coordination in Aging Economies’ 25. Ronald Lee and Ryan Edwards (2002), ‘The Fiscal Effects of Population Aging in the U.S.: Assessing the Uncertainties’ 26. Tetsuo Ono (2003), ‘Social Security Policy with Public Debt in an Aging Economy’ 27. Efraim Sadka and Vito Tanzi (2002), ‘Increasing Dependency Ratios, Pensions and Tax Smoothing’ 28. F. Landis MacKellar (2000), ‘The Predicament of Population Aging: A Review Essay’ 29. Robert K. von Weizsäcker (1996), ‘Distributive Implications of an Aging Society’ Name Index
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James Currey Matatu Work
Book SynopsisFocuses on the lives and labour of the men and women who work in Nairobi's publicly operated, privately owned minibus taxis, matatu.
£76.00
Edward Elgar Publishing Ltd Population Aging, Intergenerational Transfers and
Book SynopsisPopulation aging is a global phenomenon that influences not only the industrialized countries of Asia and the West, but also many middle- and low- income countries that have experienced rapid fertility decline and achieved long life expectancies. This book explores how workers and consumers are responding to population aging and examines how economic growth, generational equity, trade and international capital flows are influenced by population aging. The contributors draw on the experience of the developing and industrialized worlds and on countries in Asia, North America, and Europe. They offer new evidence about micro-level responses of labor force participation, earnings, and savings to actual and/or perceived demographic change. Their broad perspective on population aging spans the entire demographic transition and demonstrates the importance of effective policy response in the early stages of population aging. Also included are policy analyses that explore the use of tax policy, financial reform, and policies targeting immigration and procreation. This insightful study will prove invaluable to students and scholars of population economics, public sector economics, welfare economics, social economics, and public finance. Pension analysts and government policymakers will find the material of great practical use.Table of ContentsContents: Preface PART I: INTRODUCTION 1. Economic and Policy Implications of Population Aging Robert Clark, Andrew Mason and Naohiro Ogawa PART II: POPULATION AGING AND LABOR MARKETS 2. Population Aging, Changing Retirement Policies and Lifetime Earnings Profiles in Japan Robert Clark, Naohiro Ogawa and Rikiya Matsukura 3. Firm Productivity, Work-force Age and Educational Structure in Austrian Industries in 2001 Alexia Prskawetz, Bernhard Mahlberg and Vegard Skirbekk 4. The Effect of Subjective Survival Probabilities on Retirement and Wealth in the United States David E. Bloom, David Canning, Michael Moore and Younghwan Song PART III: SAVING AND WEALTH 5. Modeling the Effects of Population Aging on Consumption in the Presence of Intergenerational Transfers Heinrich Hock and David N. Weil 6. Transfers, Capital and Consumption Over the Demographic Transition Andrew Mason and Ronald Lee 7. Effects of Age Structure on Investment, Saving and Trade Thomas Lindh and Bo Malmberg 8. Population Aging and Health Care Spending in Japan: Public- and Private-sector Responses Naohiro Ogawa, Andrew Mason, Maliki, Rikiya Matsukura and Kazuro Nemoto PART IV: POLICY 9. Procreation, Migration and Tradable Quotas David de la Croix and Axel Gosseries 10. Australia’s Future Fund: A Social Welfare Analysis Ross Guest 11. Is Asia Prepared for an Aging Population? Peter S. Heller Index
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Edward Elgar Publishing Ltd Population Ageing, Pensions and Growth:
Book SynopsisThis highly topical book explores key issues in evaluating the long-run implications of population ageing for pensions, taxation, intergenerational equity and social welfare.Societies face long-term phenomena, such as demographic change and climate change that impose costs and benefits far into the future. These present challenges for policymakers in planning intertemporal consumption paths that balance the goals of efficiency and equity. An exploration of these issues, with respect to population ageing in particular, is the primary motivation for this book. John Creedy and Ross Guest evaluate these problems with a particular focus on the role of concepts, assumptions and value judgements.This book will be a fascinating read for researchers interested in the social evaluation of population ageing and climate change. Public policy makers and advisers will find the analysis of practical policy questions such as alternative regimes for taxing public pensions of special interest. Graduate students of macroeconomics and public economics will also find helpful discussions of social discounting, the efficiency and equity effects of tax smoothing, and potential new effects of population ageing on labour productivity.Trade Review'This is a useful book that presents a number of important ideas and results. Creedy and Guest's discussion of the assumptions and value choices required in these models is thoughtful and interesting. Their overall conclusion that population ageing is unlikely to significantly reduce living standards is important for policymakers and the general public, many of whom are still under the sway of "crisis" rhetoric. . . this will likely be a valuable book for economists or economic policy researchers interested in the macroeconomic implications of population ageing. The careful discussion of the models involved will be useful for both graduate students and experienced researchers in this field.' -- Martin Cooke, Canadian Studies in PopulationTable of ContentsContents: Part I: Introduction 1. Introduction Part II: Discounting and Time Preference 2. Discounting and Time Preference 3. The Elasticity of Marginal Valuation 4. Sustainable Preferences 5. Representative Agent and Social Planner Part III: Pensions and Taxation 6. Pension Tax, Savings and Labour Supply 7. Private Pensions and Savings Part IV: Population Ageing 8. Tax Smoothing and Population Ageing 9. Demographic Change in OECD Countries 10. Capital Intensity and Productivity 11. Extensions and Sensitivity Analyses Bibliography Index
£115.00
Edward Elgar Publishing Ltd Migration and Climate Change
Book SynopsisIn this important collection, Professor Hugo draws together key articles and papers by leading scholars and agencies which investigate the current and future effects of climate change on migration. Topics covered include the impact of climate change on the movement of people within and across countries, the economic and social effects of the forced displacement and resettlement of migrants, the flows of migration resulting from environmental disasters, the risks of conflict and the implications of climate change for vulnerable areas e.g deltas, atolls and coastal regions. The title concludes with an examination of what the policy responses of governments and international agencies are and should be.Trade Review‘Graeme Hugo assembled an excellent collection of previously published articles on all aspects of the connection between migration of people and climate change. . . . those included here would be an excellent place to state if someone wanted to cover most of the important topics and researched areas in the overlap between migration and climate change during the last 20 years. This collection provides a good mixture of theoretical and empirical studies, with several articles combining both theory and data.’ -- Bill Marr, Canadian Studies in PopulationTable of ContentsContents: Acknowledgements Introduction Graeme Hugo PART I ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGE AND MIGRATION 1. Tamer Afifi and Koko Warner (2008), ‘The Impact of Environmental Degradation on Migration Flows Across Countries’ 2. Graeme Hugo (1996), ‘Environmental Concerns and International Migration’ 3. Astri Suhrke (1994), ‘Environmental Degradation and Population Flows’ 4. Lori M. Hunter (2005), ‘Migration and Environmental Hazards’ 5. Sabine L. Perch-Nielsen, Michèle B. Bättig and Dieter Imboden (2008), ‘Exploring the Link between Climate Change and Migration’ 6. Susana B. Adamo (2008), ‘Addressing Environmentally Induced Population Displacements: A Delicate Task’ 7. Myron P. Gutmann and Vincenzo Field (2010), ‘Katrina in Historical Context: Environment and Migration in the U.S.’ PART II DEFINITIONS AND CONCEPTS 8. Norman Myers (1993), ‘Environmental Refugees in a Globally Warmed World’ 9. Stephen Castles (2002), ‘Environmental Change and Forced Migration: Making Sense of the Debate’ 10. Oli Brown (2007), ‘Climate Change and Forced Migration: Observations, Projections and Implications’ 11. Etienne Piguet (2008), ‘Climate Change and Forced Migration’ 12. Elisabeth Meze-Hausken (2008), ‘On the (Im-)possibilities of Defining Human Climate Thresholds’ PART III DISPLACEMENT AND RESETTLEMENT 13. Camillo Boano, Roger Zetter and Tim Morris (2008), Environmentally Displaced People: Understanding the Linkages Between Environmental Change, Livelihoods and Forced Migration 14. Michael Cernea (1997), ‘The Risks and Reconstruction Model for Resettling Displaced Populations’ 15. Sarah Rogers and Mark Wang (2006), ‘Environmental Resettlement and Social Dis/Re-articulation in Inner Mongolia, China’ 16. Informal Group on Migration/Displacement and Climate Change (2008), ‘Climate Change, Migration and Displacement: Who Will Be Affected?’ PART IV MIGRATION AS ADAPTATION 17. Cecilia Tacoli (2009), ‘Crisis or Adaptation? Migration and Climate Change in a Context of High Mobility’ 18. R. McLeman and B. Smit (2006), ‘Migration as an Adaptation to Climate Change’ 19. W.N. Adger, S. Agrawala, M.M.Q. Mirza, C. Conde, K. O’Brien, J. Pulhin, R. Pulwarty, B. Smit and K. Takahashi (2007), ‘Assessment of Adaptation Practices, Options, Constraints and Capacity’ 20. Douglas K. Bardsley and Graeme J. Hugo (2010), ‘Migration and Climate Change: Examining Thresholds of Change to Guide Effective Adaptation Decision-making’ 21. John Connell (2003), ‘Losing Ground? Tuvalu, the Greenhouse Effect and the Garbage Can’ PART V VULNERABILITY AND RESILIENCE 22. Nick Brooks, W. Neil Adger and P. Mick Kelly (2005), ‘The Determinants of Vulnerability and Adaptive Capacity at the National Level and the Implications for Adaptation’ 23. Robert A. McLeman and Lori M. Hunter (2010), ‘Migration in the Context of Vulnerability and Adaptation to Climate Change: Insights from Analogues’ 24. W. Neil Adger, P. Mick Kelly, Alexandra Winkels, Luong Quang Huy and Catherine Locke (2002), ‘Migration, Remittances, Livelihood Trajectories, and Social Resilience’ 25. Robert McLeman (2010), ‘Impacts of Population Change on Vulnerability and the Capacity to Adapt to Climate Change and Variability: A Typology Based on Lessons from “a Hard Country”’ PART VI ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL IMPLICATIONS 26. Sara Curran (2002), ‘Migration, Social Capital, and the Environment: Considering Migrant Selectivity and Networks in Relation to Coastal Ecosystems’ 27. John Connell (1999), ‘Environmental Change, Economic Development, and Emigration in Tuvalu’ 28. Claudia Radel, Birgit Schmook and Susannah McCandless (2010), ‘Environment, Transnational Labor Migration, and Gender: Case Studies from Southern Yucatán, Mexico and Vermont, USA’ PART VII LINKS WITH DISASTER RESPONSE 29. Bimal Kanti Paul (2005), ‘Evidence against Disaster-induced Migration: The 2004 Tornado in North-Central Bangladesh’ 30. Jeffrey A. Groen and Anne E. Polivka (2010), ‘Going Home after Hurricane Katrina: Determinants of Return Migration and Changes in Affected Areas’ 31. Elizabeth Fussell (2009), ‘Hurricane Chasers in New Orleans: Latino Immigrants as a Source of a Rapid Response Labor Force’ 32. Christina Finch, Christopher T. Enrich and Susan L. Cutter (2010), ‘Disaster Disparities and Differential Recovery in New Orleans’ 33. Alice Fothergill (1996), ‘Gender, Risk, and Disaster’ PART VIII CLIMATE CHANGE, MIGRATION AND CONFLICT 34. Jon Barnett and W. Neil Adger (2007), ‘Climate Change, Human Security and Violent Conflict’ 35. Rafael Reuveny (2007), ‘Ecomigration and Violent Conflict: Case Studies and Public Policy Implications’ 36. Ashok Swain (1996), ‘Displacing the Conflict: Environmental Destruction in Bangladesh and Ethnic Conflict in India’ PART IX METHODOLOGIES 37. Etienne Piguet (2010), ‘Linking Climate Change, Environmental Degradation and Migration: A Methodological Overview’ 38. Scott Edwards (2008), ‘Computational Tools in Predicting and Assessing Forced Migration’ PART X HOT SPOT AREAS OF CLIMATE CHANGE IMPACT AND MIGRATION 39. Jason P. Ericson, Charles J. Vörösmarty, S. Lawrence Dingman, Larry G. Ward and Michel Meybeck (2006), ‘Effective Sea-Level Rise and Deltas: Causes of Change and Human Dimension Implications’ 40. Jon Barnett and W. Neil Adger (2003), ‘Climate Dangers and Atoll Countries’ 41. Gordon McGranahan, Deobarah Balk and Bridget Anderson (2007), ‘The Rising Tide: Assessing the Risks of Climate Change and Human Settlements in Low Elevation Coastal Zones’ PART XI POLICY RESPONSES 42. Fabrice Renaud, Janos J. Bogardi, Olivia Dun and Koko Warner (2007), Control, Adapt or Flee: How to Face Environmental Migration? 43. Frank Biermann and Ingrid Boas (2007), ‘Preparing for a Warmer World: Towards a Global Governance System to Protect Climate Refugees’ 44. Koko Warner (2010), ‘Global Environmental Change and Migration: Governance Challenges’
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Edward Elgar Publishing Ltd The economics of population: Key Modern Writings
Book SynopsisThis comprehensive two volume set includes the most important articles and papers on the subject written since World War II. The main emphasis is on the effects of demographic change but the key modern writings on the determinants of population change are also included.The opening section of Volume I traces the development of modern thought on the connections between population growth and economic development. The following section looks in particular at the effect of population density on agricultural practices, and the final section deals with population growth and the availability of natural resources.Volume II opens with a further section on the effects of population density, including its impact on infrastructure and on the size and productivity of cities, and its consequences in the Third World. There follows a brief section on formal theories, including models of technical progress. Finally the determinants of population growth are explored in various studies on the economics of mortality and the correlation between economic conditions and fertility.Trade Review'Although many of the articles are well known and easily available, it is convenient for reference purposes to have them brought together.' -- William A. Jackson, Economic JournalTable of ContentsContents: Volume I: Introduction Part I: Empirical Work and Analysis on General Consequences of Population Part II: Food and Land Part III: Natural Resources Name Index • Volume II: Introduction Part I: Other Consequences of Density Part II: Modern Formal Theory Part III: The Determinants of Population Growth and Density Name Index
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Edward Elgar Publishing Ltd THE ECONOMICS OF AGEING
Book SynopsisThe fundamental role of individual ageing is something that everyone is necessarily aware of, and the division of the life cycle into a number of distinct stages has been recognised for many centuries.This volume collects 32 articles concerned with a variety of economic aspects of individual and population ageing. They have been arranged under four main headings as follows: individual ageing and the life cycle; population ageing; ageing and social insurance; and macroeconomic effects. The editor has prepared a fresh introduction to accompany the piece which aims to set the context and discuss some of the major issues.Trade Review'. . . it is a marvellous idea to publish a collection of the most influential articles in a specific field. The series could become an important first reference for students and young teachers who turn to a new research area.' -- Hans Fehr, KyklosTable of ContentsCONTENTS ACKNOWLEDGMENTS INTRODUCTION PART I INDIVIDUAL AGEING AND THE LIFE CYCLE 1. Harold Lydall (1955), ‘The Life Cycle in Income, Saving, and Asset Ownership’ 2. Yoram Ben-Porath (1967), ‘The Production of Human Capital and the Life Cycle of Earnings’ 3. John Creedy (1974), ‘Income Changes over the Life Cycle’ 4. James L. Medoff and Katharine G. Abraham (1980), ‘Experience, Performance, and Earnings’ 5. Edward P. Lazear (1979), ‘Why Is There Mandatory Retirement?’ 6. A. B. Atkinson (1971), ‘The Distribution of Wealth and the Individual Life-Cycle’ 7. A. F. Shorrocks (1975), ‘The Age-Wealth Relationship: A Cross-Section and Cohort Analysis’ 8. Thad W. Mirer ((1980), ‘The Dissaving Behavior of the Retired Aged’ PART II POPULATION AGEING 9. Alfred Sauvy (1948), ‘Social and Economic Consequences of the Ageing of Western European Populations’ 10. William J. Serow (1976), ‘Slow Population Growth and the Relative Size and Productivity of the Male Labor Force’ 11. David M. Cutler, James M. Poterba, Louise M. Sheiner and Lawrence H. Summers (1990), ‘An Aging Society: Opportunity or Challenge?’ 12. Finis Welch (1979), ‘Effects of Cohort Size on Earnings: The Baby Boom Babies’ Financial Bust’ 13. Christopher A. Pissarides (1989), ‘Unemployment Consequences of an Aging Population: An Application of Insider-Outsider Theory’ 14. Brian S. Ferguson (1986), ‘Labour Force Substitution and the Effects of an Ageing Population’ 15. Jane Falkingham (1989), ‘Dependency and Ageing in Britain: A Re-Examination of the Evidence’ PART III AGEING AND SOCIAL INSURANCE 16. Paul A. Samuelson (1958), ‘An Exact Consumption-Loan Model of Interest with or without the Social Contrivance of Money’ 17. Henry Aaron (1966), ‘The Social Insurance Paradox’ 18. Paul A. Samuelson (1975), ‘Optimum Social Security in a Life-Cycle Growth Model’ 19. P. A. Diamond (1977), ‘A Framework for Social Security Analysis’ 20. Michael J. Boskin (1977), ‘Social Security and Retirement Decisions’ 21. Martin Feldstein (1974), ‘Social Security, Induced Retirement, and Aggregate Capital Accumulation’ 22. Joseph J. Spengler (1978), ‘Population Aging and Security of the Aged’ 23. A. R. Prest (1970), ‘Some Redistributional Aspects of the National Superannuation Fund’ 24. Barbara Boyle Torrey (1982), ‘Guns vs Canes: The Fiscal Implications of an Aging Population’ 25. William A. Halter and Richard Hemming (1987), ‘The Impact of Demographic Change on Social Security Financing’ 26. Robert Clark (1977), ‘Increasing Income Transfers to the Elderly Implied by Zero Population Growth’ 27. John A. Turner (1984), ‘Population Age Structure and the Size of Social Security’ 28. John Creedy and Richard Disney (1992), ‘Financing State Pensions in Alternative Pay-As-You-Go Schemes’ 29. Robert K. von Weizsäcker (1990), ‘Population Aging and Social Security: A Politico-Economic Model of State Pension Financing’ PART IV MACROECONOMIC EFFECTS 30. F. A. Cowell (1975), ‘Income Tax Incidence in an Ageing Population’ 31. Paul R. Masson and Ralph W. Tryon (1990), ‘Macroeconomic Effects of Projected Population Aging in Industrial Countries’ 32. Ray C. Fair and Kathryn M. Dominguez (1991), ‘Effects of the Changing U. S. Age Distribution on Macroeconomic Equations’
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Boydell and Brewer Cultures of the Popular in the Modern Hispanic
Book SynopsisHow many cassette tapes do you still own? In one hundred years, how many TikTok videos or Instagram posts will still be accessible? Yet much of today's news and mass culture is produced and disseminated via transient means. Just as in previous eras.Hispanic popular cultures of previous centuries, once intended for a broad audience, can now only be glimpsed in fragile, and frequently overlooked, media such as chapbooks, newspapers, journals and early sound recordings. This bilingual collection explores aspects of the ephemeral cultures of Spain and Latin America between the sixteenth and twentieth centuries, taking advantage of the recent digital turn in the humanities. The first section examines the varied audiences for mass literature in Spain and the authorities' attempts to censor and control it. The second looks at pliegos sueltos, songbooks and collections of popular poetry in Argentina, Mexico and Chile. The third section concentrates on questions of performance, studying placards which originally accompanied oral readings of pliegos sueltos, news ballads and zarzuelas. The volume concludes with a focus on three case studies: the travels of an eighteenth-century giant and the reception of his self-fashioning in Spain, the diffusion of the works of a Spanish pulp novelist in Portugal and Brazil and the revival of a Peruvian festival of popular music in the early twentieth century. Throughout, the chapters show how the increasing digitisation of library and archival collections has enabled much of this ephemeral material to be 'discovered', analysed and compared, leading to new understandings of how popular culture developed and migrated and, indeed, what is meant by 'popular'.
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