Population and demography Books

Book SynopsisThis second volume of the late Julian Simon's articles and essays continues the theme of volume one in presenting unorthodox and controversial approaches to many fields in economics.The book features a wide range of papers divided into eight parts with a biographical introduction to the author's career and intellectual development as well as personal revelations about his background. Part One contains essays on statistics and probability which are developed in the second section on theoretical and applied econometrics. The third part considers individual behavior, including discussion of the effects of income on suicide rates and successive births, and foster care. Parts four and five present papers on population and migration, for which the author is best known. The sixth part contains Professor Simon's controversial discussion of natural resources and the articles in part seven relate to welfare analysis. In the final part some of the author's previously unpublished papers are presented, including discussions on duopoly and economists' thinking.Like the first volume this collection will be of interest to academics and students welcoming controversial and unorthodox approaches to a wide variety of theories and concepts in economics.Table of ContentsContents: Introduction Part I: Statistics and Probability Part II: Theoretical and Applied Econometrics Part III: Individual Behavior Part IV: Population Economics Part V: Immigration Part VI: Natural Resources Part VII: Welfare Analysis Part VIII: Miscellaneous Index

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Book SynopsisCurrent population growth is leading to a depletion in natural resources and could eventually cause irreversible damage to the environment. This book attempts to explain trends in the growth of the global population and the ecological consequences by blending the insights of analytical economics and behavioural ecology.The book begins by looking at population from a long term perspective and considers the ecological influences before going on to examine the economics of population growth. Reproduction decisions of the family are then analysed, and the welfare effect of these decisions on society as a whole are considered. Anup Shah pays particular attention to policies which could try to prevent or cure overpopulation. He asks whether there is a case for intervening in order to prevent overpopulation, and suggests that one way of reducing the effects of population growth is through technological advances which can help compensate for the adverse external effects. Finally, he examines the future of urban centres in the light of population growth.The book is written from a multidisciplinary approach and will have a wide readership throughout the social sciences. It will have particular appeal for economists, geographers, earth scientists, ecologists, environmentalists and those working in the area of development studies.Trade Review'Shah makes clear the need for a discourse on population between biologists and economists. . .'Table of ContentsContents: Preface 1. Introduction Part I: Ecological Analysis 2. The Ecological Foundations of Fertility 3. Moving Down the Eltonian Pyramid Part II: Economic Analysis 4. Malthusian Economics Versus the Demographic Transition 5. The Demographic Transition to Smaller Families 6. The Third World Couple Part III: Normative Analysis 7. Overpopulation 8. Self-regulation of Family Size in a Community 9. Indirect Intervention 10. Direct Intervention Part IV: Wherein lies the Future? 11. An Urban Future 12. Conclusions References

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Book SynopsisThe field of economic demography has expanded in recent years because of the perceived relevance of economic constraints to family formation and to demographic behaviour. [The increased availability of household surveys from countries at all levels of development and the advances of methods for analysing such data have encouraged empirical extensions and the testing of household demand theories.]This authoritative collection presents in two volumes some of the influential ideas which have helped to adapt economic theory and methods to analysing the determinants and consequences of demographic behaviour and to relating such behaviour to the investments in human capital which account for much of modern economic growth.It focuses on the following topics: the estimation of wage functions - a key building block for economic demography because it explains how human capital formation affects human productivity and contributes to economic growth; health and longevity, the second most notable source of human capital accumulation; the evolution of the household production model; cooperative and bargaining approaches to the household entity; models dealing with fertility and female labour supply; models which examine the problems of fertility and investments in child quality; an exploration of how gender affects schooling, health and wage-earning potential; the effect on wages of the size and skill of the labour supply; some historical aspects of economic demography; the effects of population growth on economic development; and questions of savings, inheritance and the economic consequences of an aging population.Table of ContentsContents: Acknowledgements • Introduction Volume I: Part I: Estimation of Wage Functions and Returns to Human Capital Part II: Health: Length of Life, Stature and Sickness Part III: Individual and Household Behavior: Production and Consumption Part IV: Family Coordination: Unified and Bargaining Approaches Volume II: Part I: Life Cycle Choices: Marriage, Fertility, and Postschooling Training Part II: Quality-Quantity Trade-Off: Fertility and Investments in Child Quality Part III: Gender Gap in Human Capital Part IV: Wage Structures by Cohort Size and Skills: Supplies and Demands Part V: Pre-Industrial Economic-Demography Equilibrium Part VI: Economic-Demography Interactions in Today’s Low-Income Countries Part VII: Savings, Intergenerational Exchange and Aging

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Book SynopsisAn analysis of the demographic and socioeconomic developments in Syria during the late twentieth centuryTable of ContentsSources for Syrian demographic trends and development; population growth - natural increase, mortality rates and life expectancy, marriage and divorce, economic consequences of high rates of natural increase, contraceptive use; the spatial distribution of the population - rural-to-urban migration, economic consequences of the rapid urbanization process); Syrian migration abroad; demographic policies of the Syrian authorities; demography - economy and political change under Asad.

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Book SynopsisWritten specifically for classroom and student use, with more than 35 tables and figures, this book sets out the political demographic of the Arab countries by: Examining the sources for demographic research of the Arab countries; Explaining the nature of the population growth in the Arab countries in comparison with other developing countries world-wide; Examining the development of structural unemployment in the non oil-based and oil-based Arab countries since the mid-1980s, and investigating the natal policies of both the oil and the non-oil Arab countries, and attempting to answer the crucial question of why some Arab countries succeed more than others in implementing fertility decline. A concluding chapter examines the political dilemmas arising from the different demographies and economies in the Arab states. During the 20th century, worldwide population increased more rapidly than ever before, with the world's population amounting to 6.1 billion by the year 2000. The main contributors to the rapid worldwide population growth were the developing countries, including the Arab countries. During the second half of the 20th century, the demographic issue became the most acute socio-economic problem of the non-oil Arab countries, bringing with it a variety of political implications, both internal and external.Trade Review"Onn Winckler has been for a number of years a leading light in the field of demographic studies on particular Arab countries; with Arab Political Demography, Winckler integrates new research with his already existing compendium of knowledge on the subject to produce an outstanding and timely examination of an important aspect of development in the Arab world." -- David W. Lesch, Professor of Middle East History, Trinity University."Fresh, focused, and provocative, Arab Political Demography reaffirms Winckler's reputation as the most reliable and engaging writer on demographic and population policies in the Middle East. This book is must reading for scholars and policy makers concerned with the Middle East, and offers a model for regional demographic studies elsewhere." -- Dale F. Eickelman, Dartmouth College,s coauthor (with James Piscatori) of Muslim Politics (2nd edition, 2004)."Winckler expertly shows how natalist and macroeconomic policies need to go hand-in-hand if Arab countries ever hope to emerge from their underdeveloped status, and he offers an invaluable political, cultural and economic history of how the Arab demographic dilemma reached this point." -- David W. Lesch, Professor of Middle East History, Trinity University and author of The Middle East and the United States: A Historical and Political Reassessment.Table of ContentsIntroduction: The Methodological Framework; The Emergence of "Poor and Rich" Arab States; The Concept of Arab Political Demography. Part 1 -- Sources for Demographic Research of the Arab States; The Demographic Records History of the Arab States; Case Studies in Demographic Records History; The "Missing" Ethno-Religious Composition of the Arab States; The Lacuna of Accurate Official Employment Data; The "Informal (Hidden) Economy"; Conclusions. Part 2 -- Beyond the Expectations: Arab Population Growth in the Twentieth Century; Worldwide Population Growth in Retrospect; Demographic Transition Theory and the Arab Countries; Population Growth in the Arab Countries; The Revolution of Mortality Rates in the Arab Countries; Conclusions 69. Part 3 -- "Jobs for the Boys (and Girls)": The Emergence of the Employment Dilemma; The Consequences of the Young Age Structure; Arab Employment Developments in Retrospect; The Increase in Disguised Unemployment and Underemployment; Unemployment as a Differentiating Factor between the Arab Countries and the Developed Countries; Conclusions. Part 4 -- Between Pro-Natalist and Anti-Natalist in the Arab Countries; The Attitudes Toward Population Growth in Historical Perspective; The "Population Policy" Definitions; The Natalist Approach of the Arab Countries: A Historical Analysis; Evaluation of the Family Planning Programs in the Arab Countries; Why Tunisia and Lebanon?; Conclusions.

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Book SynopsisDemographic transition, along with the economic and geopolitical re-emergence of Asia, are two of the largest forces shaping the twenty-first century, but little is known about the implications for innovation. The countries of East Asia have some of the oldest age structures on the planet: between now and 2050, the population that is age 65 and older will increase to more than one in four Chinese, and to more than one in three Japanese and Koreans. Other economies with younger populations, like India, face the challenge of fully harnessing the “demographic dividend” from large cohorts in the working ages.This book delves into how such demographic changes shape the supply of innovation and the demand for specific kinds of innovation in the Asia-Pacific. Social scientists from Asia and the United States offer multidisciplinary perspectives from economics, demography, political science, sociology, and public policy; topics range from the macroeconomic effects of population age structure, to the microeconomics of technology and the labor force, to the broader implications for human well-being. Contributors analyze how demography shapes productivity and the labor supply of older workers, as well as explore the aging population as consumers of technologies and drivers of innovations to meet their own needs, as well as the political economy of spatial development, agglomeration economies, urban-rural contrasts, and differential geographies of aging.

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Book SynopsisWith hundreds of thousands of copies sold, a Ron Howard movie in the works, and the rise of its author as a media personality, J. D. Vance’s Hillbilly Elegy: A Memoir of a Family and Culture in Crisis has defined Appalachia for much of the nation. What about Hillbilly Elegy accounts for this explosion of interest during this period of political turmoil? Why have its ideas raised so much controversy? And how can debates about the book catalyze new, more inclusive political agendas for the region’s future?Appalachian Reckoning is a retort, at turns rigorous, critical, angry, and hopeful, to the long shadow Hillbilly Elegy has cast over the region and its imagining. But it also moves beyond Hillbilly Elegy to allow Appalachians from varied backgrounds to tell their own diverse and complex stories through an imaginative blend of scholarship, prose, poetry, and photography. The essays and creative work collected in Appalachian Reckoning provide a deeply personal portrait of a place that is at once culturally rich and economically distressed, unique and typically American. Complicating simplistic visions that associate the region almost exclusively with death and decay, Appalachian Reckoning makes clear Appalachia’s intellectual vitality, spiritual richness, and progressive possibilities.

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Book SynopsisAcross the Color Line: Reporting 25 Years in Black Cincinnati presents newspaper reporter Mark Curnutte’s stories published in The Cincinnati Enquirer over a twenty-five-year period beginning in 1993. With hard-won insights gained from years of community reporting, Curnutte describes experiences of African-Americans living in Cincinnati through individual and neighborhood profiles, explorations of community institutions, historical perspectives, and issue stories. The anthology tells a sweeping narrative of a city suffering and maturing through turn-of-the-century racial growing pains and increased racial sophistication and diversity. These stories are complimented by excerpts from Curnutte’s personal journal, providing his reflection on his role as a white man and reporter making the intentional decision to work and live across the color line.

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Book SynopsisSan Francisco is a city of contradictions. It is one of the most socially liberal cities in America, but it also has some of the nation’s worst income inequality. It is a playground for tech millionaires, with an outrageously high cost of living, yet it also supports vibrant alternative and avant-garde scenes. So how did the city get this way? In San Francisco Year Zero, San Francisco native Lincoln Mitchell traces the roots of the current situation back to 1978, when three key events occurred: the assassination of George Moscone and Harvey Milk occurring fewer than two weeks after the massacre of Peoples Temple members in Jonestown, Guyana, the explosion of the city’s punk rock scene, and a breakthrough season for the San Francisco Giants. Through these three strands, Mitchell explores the rifts between the city’s pro-business and progressive-left politicians, the emergence of Dianne Feinstein as a political powerhouse, the increasing prominence of the city’s LGBT community, punk’s reinvigoration of the Bay Area’s radical cultural politics, and the ways that the Giants helped unify one of the most ethnically and culturally diverse cities in the nation. Written from a unique insider’s perspective, San Francisco Year Zero deftly weaves together the personal and the political, putting a human face on the social upheavals that transformed a city. Trade Review"Lincoln Mitchell presents a new and brilliant understanding of San Francisco, America's most progressive city, by describing and interpreting its culture through the extraordinary prism of politics, baseball, and the punk rock scene in the seventies. The reader learns how and why San Francisco, frequently chided derisively by President Trump and other right wing politicians for our ‘San Francisco values,’ developed those values that eventually become an indelible part of American values everywhere.” -- Art Agnos * Mayor of San Francisco, 1988-1991 *"San Francisco Year Zero parses the year 1978--the annus horribilis and nadir--of San Francisco's 'time of troubles.' Mitchell's brilliant political analysis has, as a counterpoint,an analysis of the 1978 Giants season. This creative mixture makes San Francisco Year Zero an extraordinarily important contribution to the historiography of San Francisco." -- Charles A. Fracchia Sr. * Historian, author, founder and president emeritus of the San Francisco Historical Society *"Mitchell's comprehensive portrayal of the zeitgeist of 1978 San Francisco is illuminated by a prism sided by the unlikely trio of baseball, punk, and our city’s political traumas. His writing manifests the passion of a participant with the certainty of a historian. He has perfectly captured that dark uncertain moment when San Francisco was seen in black and white, between the psychedelic era of hippies and the city's reemergence as a diverse cultural Mecca." -- Penelope Houston * singer and songwriter, the Avengers *"The 1978 Giants were a truly special, exciting and fun team. Mitchell does a wonderful job telling the story of that team, but what makes this book truly compelling is that he shows why baseball and the Giants were so important to the extraordinary period in San Francisco that 1978 was. By doing that, Mitchell provides an indispensable perspective and resource not only for baseball fans, but for anybody who wants to understand how San Francisco got to be the city it is today. Mitchell has woven a tale of politics, murder, cults, punk rock and baseball together to provide an entertaining, powerful, cohesive and holistic picture of San Francisco during the year that changed everything in our city." -- Bob Lurie * San Francisco Giants Owner, 1976-1992 *"From the perspective of an adolescent growing up in post-hippie San Francisco, Lincoln Mitchell brings a totally new and riveting perspective to every facet of San Francisco in 1978 from Major League Baseball, to the early days of punk rock to the tragic, tumultuous and violent politics. San Francisco Year Zero sheds new light on how the events of that pivotal year shaped politics in San Francisco and the rest of our country for the next four decades and to this day. And it’s a gentle reminder that it’s still not too late for us to once again chart the progressive political course that was cut short by the political assassinations and messianic violence that rocked San Francisco and America 40 years ago." -- San Francisco Supervisor Aaron Peskin"The book is both rigorous political science that would be very useful to scholars of urban politics generally and San Francisco more specifically, but is also a highly readable and fun book that gives a deeper perspective into San Francisco in 1978. Mitchell captures both the larger political issues that defined the city then and continue to impact it now as well as the feel of what it meant to be growing up in San Francisco at the time.” -- Kenneth Sherrill * Professor Emeritus of political science, Hunter College, CUNY *"1978 was a year that shook and reshaped San Francisco just as brutally and profoundly as 1906 had, though the changes it wrought were due to cultural, social and political upheaval instead of shifting tectonic plates. In San Francisco Year Zero, Lincoln Mitchell paints a cinematic and insightful portrait of a year in which such disparate characters as Harvey Milk, Jim Jones, Johnny Rotten, Jello Biafra, Jerry Garcia, Bill Graham, Dianne Feinstein, Penelope Houston, Vida Blue and Jack Clark all left lasting marks on The City By The Bay. If you love San Francisco, urban history, baseball and/or punk rock, this is an essential read." -- Dan Epstein * author of Big Hair and Plastic Grass: Baseball and America in the Swinging '70s *"This freewheeling narrative captures the chaos of 1978 well, with a decade’s worth of highs and lows packed into one memorable calendar year....San Francisco Year Zero is still a rollicking look at a very unique year in a very unique city." * Foreword Reviews *The Page 99 Test: Lincoln A. Mitchell's "San Francisco Year Zero" http://page99test.blogspot.com/2019/10/lincoln-mitchells-san-francisco-year.html * The Page 99 Test *"Dead Kennedys in the West: The Politicized Punks of 1970s San Francisco - The New Punk Generation Made the Hippies Look Past Their Prime" excerpt from San Francisco Year Zero https://lithub.com/dead-kennedys-in-the-west-the-politicized-punks-of-1970s-san-francisco/ * Literary Hub *"Lincoln Mitchell connects the dots of the last 41 years of San Francisco" - California Sun podcast http://californiasun.libsyn.com/lincoln-mitchell * California Sun podcast *"‘Year Zero’ uses baseball, politics to explain how 1978 forever changed SF" by Brandon Yu https://datebook.sfchronicle.com/books/year-zero-uses-baseball-politics-to-explain-how-1978-forever-changed-sf * San Francisco Chronicle *Sports Byline interview with Lincoln Mitchell * Sports Byline *"The Year That Was: 1978 and the Making of Contemporary San Francisco" https://www.commonwealthclub.org/events/archive/podcast/year-was-1978-and-making-contemporary-san-francisco * The Commonwealth Club Podcast *"What does baseball have to do with punk rock and politics?" by Victoria Ivie http://pcccourier.com/main-story/what-does-baseball-have-to-do-with-punk-rock-and-politics.html * PCC Courier *"Lincoln A. Mitchell writes fluidly and skillfully about his old home with wistful nostalgia. A reconciliation of the good times with the worst times are difficult but nevertheless compelling. A+ narrative." * San Francisco Book Review *"New Books Network--New Books in the American West" interview with Lincoln Mitchell https://newbooksnetwork.com/lincoln-mitchell-san-francisco-year-zero-rutgers-up-2019/ * New Books Network *Baseball by the Book podcast interview with Lincoln Mitchellhttps://baseballbythebook.libsyn.com/episode-229-san-francisco-year-one * Baseball by the Book podcast *Bergino Baseball Clubhouse podcast interview with Lincoln Mitchell https://berginobaseballclubhouse.podbean.com/e/san-francisco-year-zero-with-lincoln-mitchell/ * Bergino Baseball Clubhouse *KCRW "Press Play" interview with Lincoln Mitchell https://www.kcrw.com/news/shows/press-play-with-madeleine-brand/how-rep-karen-bass-sees-impeachment-playing-out/1978-shaped-san-francisco-into-a-modern-city * "Press Play," KCRW *"All in all it is a very interesting book. Well worth purchasing for not only punk rock fans but also for people interested in the history of San Francisco." * Punk Globe *Lincoln Mitchell discusses San Francisco Year Zero on Bar Crawl Radio https://player.acast.com/bar-crawl-radio/episodes/san-francisco-1978-murder-gay-rights-jonestown-no-end-trump * Bar Crawl Radio *"What lessons can the US learn from the British election results?" interview with Lincoln Mitchell * Al Jazeera English *Drinks with Tony podcast interview with Lincoln A. Mitchell http://www.drinkswithtony.com/lincoln-a-mitchell-65/ * Drinks with Tony *Infinite Inning podcast - Episde 130 "A Death in the Family" interview with Lincoln Mitchell https://www.spreaker.com/user/11343337/infinite-inning-130-a-death-in-the-famil * Infinite Inning podcast *"1978: the year that changed San Francisco forever" by Lincoln A. Mitchell https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2020/jan/05/san-francisco-1978-changed-city * The Guardian *"Sound On: Impeachment, 2020 Fundraising, Vaping Ban" podcast interview with Lincoln Mitchell https://www.bloomberg.com/news/audio/2020-01-03/sound-on-impeachment-2020-fundraising-vaping-ban-podcast * Bloomberg Radio *"For those who aren’t as politically inclined, Mitchell covers the key cultural components of San Francisco in 1978. Whether it is cheering on a mediocre Giants team at an awful stadium, a growing concern for fellow San Franciscans who had left for Guyana with Jim Jones, or the evolving music scene, Mitchell paints a vivid picture of the city in 1978. I learned a lot from this book and came away with a much better view of the complexities of San Francisco. If you are looking for an interesting read, I would suggest picking up a copy." * Start Spreading the News *"Essential reading for newcomers and old-timers alike." * The Frisc *Lincoln Mitchell interview on "The Chip Franklin Show," KGO 810 https://omny.fm/shows/the-chip-franklin-show/january-28-2020-how-san-francisco-became-san-franc * "The Chip Franklin Show," KGO 810 *"Lincoln Mitchell on His Love of Baseball and Politics" https://www.storiedsf.com/episodes/s3e5-part-1-lincoln-mitchell-on-his-love-of-baseball-and-politics * Storied SF *"Lincoln Mitchell on San Francisco in 1978," Part II https://www.storiedsf.com/episodes/s3e5-part-2-lincoln-mitchell-on-san-francisco-in-1978 * Storied SF *Lincoln Mitchell interview on the Marty Lurie Show http://www.loveofthegameproductions.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/Mitchell_Lincoln041820.mp3 * Marty Lurie Show - KNBR *"How San Francisco's quirky politics gave California an edge in the Covid-19 fight" by Lincoln Mitchell https://www.cnn.com/2020/04/21/opinions/san-francisco-california-covid-19-response-mitchell/index.html * CNN.com *"Mitchell writes with clarity, effortlessly switching between the main parts of the narrative while simultaneously bringing in other peripheral observations and facts. I am sure San Fransicans will reveal in this, while those who have never ventured to the city should find the events of 1978 captivating." * Scanner Zine *"Mitchell charts the tensions in San Francisco's politics between the struggle for progressive policies—led by the emergent political force of the LGBT community and influenced by the radicalism of punk rock—and the pro-business policies that were ultimately implemented. His recounting of the Giants 1978 season, which unified the city, is meticulous. This book is a good starting point to understand today's San Francisco. Recommended." * Choice *"SSTN Interview with Lincoln Mitchell" * Start Spreading the News *"Talkin' Yankees" interview with Lincoln Mitchell * Talkin' Yankees *"7 Questions on San Francisco, Social Movements, and Politics with Author Lincoln Mitchell" https://www.thecampaignworkshop.com/blog/7-questions/social-movements?utm_content=131047336utm_medium=socialutm_source=twitterhss_channel=tw-1012407859831820291 * The Campaign Workshop *Jeff Santos Show - 6/19/20 HR-3 Joe Sanberg Lincoln Mitchell interview https://soundcloud.com/ron-crider/61920-hr-3-joe-sanberg-lincoln-mitchell * Jeff Santos Show *"The Jeff Santos Show" interview with Lincoln Mitchell https://soundcloud.com/ron-crider/72920-hr-3-joe-williams-lincoln-mitchell * Jeff Santos Show *"San Francisco Year Zero makes a welcome contribution to the urban history of this left-coast city and will be an engaging read for those interested in the city’s political, musical, and baseball past." * Journal of Urban Affairs *"Harvey Milk's murder is a stark reminder of the persistence of police brutality" by Lincoln Mitchell https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2020/nov/27/harvey-milk-assassination-police-brutality * The Guardian *"The author’s enthusiasm for [baseball] and the [Giants] come through, both in the minute detail in which he reports statistics that only a hardcore fan will understand, but in making us care about a baseball season in which the Giants finish, after all, only in third place. Here, the mix of the author’s own memories of going to games as an 11-year-old with his scholarly reflections on the team’s 1978 season pay off." * Urban History *"1978 was a harrowing year of tragedy and political upheaval in San Francisco, but there were also some bright spots — including a burgeoning punk rock scene and a Giants team that spent much of the summer atop the NL West — and Mitchell ties it all together in this compulsively readable tome." * Los Angeles Daily News *28 all-star books about California baseball including the Giants, Dodgers, A’s and more: "1978 was a harrowing year of tragedy and political upheaval in San Francisco, but there were also some bright spots — including a burgeoning punk rock scene and a Giants team that spent much of the summer atop the NL West — and Mitchell ties it all together in this compulsively readable tome." * San Jose Mercury News *Table of ContentsContents List of Tables Preface 1 New Year’s 1978 2 San Francisco in 1978 3 Spring Training 4 Heading to the ‘Stick 5 Harvey Milk 6 The Band is Called What? 7 The Pennant Race 8 A Month Like No Other 9 The Long Shadow of 1978 10 Neighborhoods, Natives and Those Hills Acknowledgments Index

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Book SynopsisMakris and Gatta engage in a rich ethnographic investigation of Asbury Park to better understand the connection between jobs and seasonal gentrification and the experiences of longtime residents in this beach-community city. They demonstrate how the racial inequality in the founding of Asbury Park is reverberating a century later. This book tells an important and nuanced tale of gentrification using an intersectional lens to examine the history of race relations, the too often overlooked history of the postindustrial city, the role of the LGBTQ population, barriers to employment and access to amenities, and the role of developers as the city rapidly changes. Makris and Gatta draw on in-depth interviews, focus groups, ethnographic observation, as well as data analysis to tell the reader a story of life on the West Side of Asbury Park as the East Side prospers and to point to a potential path forward.Trade Review"Focusing on historical segregation both residentially and in the labor market, Makris and Gatta’s rich qualitative work and presentation of intersectionality in Gentrification Down the Shore sheds light on the experiences of living in Asbury Park from the perspective of people who were there long ago during the music heyday, and more recently during its revitalization." -- Kathe Newman * Edward J. Bloustein School of Planning and Public Policy, Rutgers University *"From Venice, California, to the Rockaway Peninsula, beach towns like Asbury Park are changing from funky, diverse communities to pricey, sanitized tourist zones of hipster cool. Gentrification Down the Shore documents the tragic consequences of this kind of redevelopment, which bypasses longtime residents in favor of seasonal visitors and deprives them of access to nature, culture, and civic life." -- Sharon Zukin * author of Naked City: The Death and Life of Authentic Urban Places *"Greetings from Asbury Park. Now Let’s Talk About Gentrification and Racism" * SUM *Indoor Voices podcast interview with Mary Gatta and Molly Vollman Makris * Indoor Voices podcast *"Rescue Our Cities and Towns" by Mary Gatta and Molly Vollman Makris * The Progressive *"Makris and Gatta present an informative and compelling portrait of a storied city undergoing its latest transformation even as long-committed businesses and residents struggle to find a place within it. Gentrification Down the Shore deserves a place on the reading lists of cultural historians, gentrification scholars, and above all fans of Asbury Park." * The Metropole *"[A] groundbreaking ethnography...Gentrification Down the Shore is an important book that sheds light on the impact of gentrification on African Americans living in Asbury Park, New Jersey, as the first such text on the subject." * NJ Studies *"Focusing on historical segregation both residentially and in the labor market, Makris and Gatta’s rich qualitative work and presentation of intersectionality in Gentrification Down the Shore sheds light on the experiences of living in Asbury Park from the perspective of people who were there long ago during the music heyday, and more recently during its revitalization." -- Kathe Newman * Edward J. Bloustein School of Planning and Public Policy, Rutgers University *"From Venice, California, to the Rockaway Peninsula, beach towns like Asbury Park are changing from funky, diverse communities to pricey, sanitized tourist zones of hipster cool. Gentrification Down the Shore documents the tragic consequences of this kind of redevelopment, which bypasses longtime residents in favor of seasonal visitors and deprives them of access to nature, culture, and civic life." -- Sharon Zukin * author of Naked City: The Death and Life of Authentic Urban Places *"Greetings from Asbury Park. Now Let’s Talk About Gentrification and Racism" * SUM *Indoor Voices podcast interview with Mary Gatta and Molly Vollman Makris * Indoor Voices podcast *"Rescue Our Cities and Towns" by Mary Gatta and Molly Vollman Makris * The Progressive *"Makris and Gatta present an informative and compelling portrait of a storied city undergoing its latest transformation even as long-committed businesses and residents struggle to find a place within it. Gentrification Down the Shore deserves a place on the reading lists of cultural historians, gentrification scholars, and above all fans of Asbury Park." * The Metropole *"[A] groundbreaking ethnography...Gentrification Down the Shore is an important book that sheds light on the impact of gentrification on African Americans living in Asbury Park, New Jersey, as the first such text on the subject." * NJ Studies *Table of ContentsContentsChapter 1: Seasonal GentrificationChapter 2: Racial Segregation, Sex, Gender and Rock n Roll: The History of Asbury ParkChapter 3: Working While BlackChapter 4: Owning a Business—The Employers SideChapter 5: A West Side StoryChapter 6: Cats are the New Dogs (and Other Stuff That Makes Asbury Cool…and Can It Stay Cool?)Chapter 7: Land of Hope and DreamsMethodological AppendixReferences

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Book SynopsisMakris and Gatta engage in a rich ethnographic investigation of Asbury Park to better understand the connection between jobs and seasonal gentrification and the experiences of longtime residents in this beach-community city. They demonstrate how the racial inequality in the founding of Asbury Park is reverberating a century later. This book tells an important and nuanced tale of gentrification using an intersectional lens to examine the history of race relations, the too often overlooked history of the postindustrial city, the role of the LGBTQ population, barriers to employment and access to amenities, and the role of developers as the city rapidly changes. Makris and Gatta draw on in-depth interviews, focus groups, ethnographic observation, as well as data analysis to tell the reader a story of life on the West Side of Asbury Park as the East Side prospers and to point to a potential path forward.Trade Review"Focusing on historical segregation both residentially and in the labor market, Makris and Gatta’s rich qualitative work and presentation of intersectionality in Gentrification Down the Shore sheds light on the experiences of living in Asbury Park from the perspective of people who were there long ago during the music heyday, and more recently during its revitalization." -- Kathe Newman * Edward J. Bloustein School of Planning and Public Policy, Rutgers University *"From Venice, California, to the Rockaway Peninsula, beach towns like Asbury Park are changing from funky, diverse communities to pricey, sanitized tourist zones of hipster cool. Gentrification Down the Shore documents the tragic consequences of this kind of redevelopment, which bypasses longtime residents in favor of seasonal visitors and deprives them of access to nature, culture, and civic life." -- Sharon Zukin * author of Naked City: The Death and Life of Authentic Urban Places *"Greetings from Asbury Park. Now Let’s Talk About Gentrification and Racism" * SUM *Indoor Voices podcast interview with Mary Gatta and Molly Vollman Makris * Indoor Voices podcast *"Rescue Our Cities and Towns" by Mary Gatta and Molly Vollman Makris * The Progressive *"Makris and Gatta present an informative and compelling portrait of a storied city undergoing its latest transformation even as long-committed businesses and residents struggle to find a place within it. Gentrification Down the Shore deserves a place on the reading lists of cultural historians, gentrification scholars, and above all fans of Asbury Park." * The Metropole *"[A] groundbreaking ethnography...Gentrification Down the Shore is an important book that sheds light on the impact of gentrification on African Americans living in Asbury Park, New Jersey, as the first such text on the subject." * NJ Studies *"Focusing on historical segregation both residentially and in the labor market, Makris and Gatta’s rich qualitative work and presentation of intersectionality in Gentrification Down the Shore sheds light on the experiences of living in Asbury Park from the perspective of people who were there long ago during the music heyday, and more recently during its revitalization." -- Kathe Newman * Edward J. Bloustein School of Planning and Public Policy, Rutgers University *"From Venice, California, to the Rockaway Peninsula, beach towns like Asbury Park are changing from funky, diverse communities to pricey, sanitized tourist zones of hipster cool. Gentrification Down the Shore documents the tragic consequences of this kind of redevelopment, which bypasses longtime residents in favor of seasonal visitors and deprives them of access to nature, culture, and civic life." -- Sharon Zukin * author of Naked City: The Death and Life of Authentic Urban Places *"Greetings from Asbury Park. Now Let’s Talk About Gentrification and Racism" * SUM *Indoor Voices podcast interview with Mary Gatta and Molly Vollman Makris * Indoor Voices podcast *"Rescue Our Cities and Towns" by Mary Gatta and Molly Vollman Makris * The Progressive *"Makris and Gatta present an informative and compelling portrait of a storied city undergoing its latest transformation even as long-committed businesses and residents struggle to find a place within it. Gentrification Down the Shore deserves a place on the reading lists of cultural historians, gentrification scholars, and above all fans of Asbury Park." * The Metropole *"[A] groundbreaking ethnography...Gentrification Down the Shore is an important book that sheds light on the impact of gentrification on African Americans living in Asbury Park, New Jersey, as the first such text on the subject." * NJ Studies *Table of ContentsContentsChapter 1: Seasonal GentrificationChapter 2: Racial Segregation, Sex, Gender and Rock n Roll: The History of Asbury ParkChapter 3: Working While BlackChapter 4: Owning a Business—The Employers SideChapter 5: A West Side StoryChapter 6: Cats are the New Dogs (and Other Stuff That Makes Asbury Cool…and Can It Stay Cool?)Chapter 7: Land of Hope and DreamsMethodological AppendixReferences

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Book SynopsisThis book describes the flowering of the Irish American community and the 1890s growth of a Gaelic public sphere in Philadelphia, a movement inspired by the cultural awakening in native Ireland, transplanted and acted upon in Philadelphia’s robust Irish community. The Philadelphia Irish embraced this export of cultural nationalism, reveled in Gaelic symbols, and endorsed the Gaelic language, political nationalism, Celtic paramilitarism, Gaelic sport, and a broad ethnic culture. Using Jurgen Habermas’s concept of a public sphere, the author reveals how the Irish constructed a plebian “counter” public of Gaelic meaning through various mechanisms of communication, the ethnic press, the meeting rooms of Irish societies, the consumption of circulating pamphlets, oratory, songs, ballads, poems, and conversation. Settled in working class neighborhoods of vast spatial separation in an industrial city, the Irish resisted a parochialism identified with neighborhood and instead extended themselves to construct a vibrant, culturally engaged network of Irish rebirth in Philadelphia, a public of Gaelic meaning.Trade Review"Mullan is to be commended for his very impressive original study of Irish Philadelphia and the way that the people who migrated there from Ireland drew from their past to build their present. I strongly believe that readers will profit from his insights."— Timothy McMahon, author of Grand Opportunity: The Gaelic Revival and Irish Society, 1893-1910 "In this path-breaking work, Michael Mullan demonstrates the importance of studying the many links between the Irish American community in 1890s Philadelphia and the Irish cultural revival in Ireland. Mullan gives us a novel perspective with the concept of a Gaelic public sphere resulting from the meeting between the American milieu and the Irish roots. This is a compelling study, which should be required reading for all those who wish to understand how to write innovatively transnational cultural history."— Enrico Dal Lago, Author of Civil War and Agrarian Unrest: The Confederate South and Southern ItalyTable of ContentsIntroduction 1 Outlines of a Gaelic Public Sphere 2 Inserting the Gaelic in the Public Sphere 3 Irish Philadelphia in and out of the Gaelic Sphere 4 Transatlantic Origins of Irish American Voluntary Associations 5 A Microanalysis of Irish American Civic Life: Ireland’s Donegal and Cavan Emerge in Philadelphia 6 The Forging of a Collective Consciousness: Militant Irish Nationalism and Civic Life in Gaelic Philadelphia 7 Sport, Culture, and Nation among the Irish of Philadelphia Conclusion: A Gaelic Public Sphere—Its Rise and Fall Acknowledgments Notes Index

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Book SynopsisClimate change has shifted from future menace to current event. As eco-conscious electricity consumers, we want to do our part in weening from fossil fuels, but what are we actually a part of? Committed environmentalists in one of North America’s most progressive regions desperately wanted energy policies that address the climate crisis. For many of them, wind turbines on Northern New England’s iconic ridgelines symbolize the energy transition that they have long hoped to see. For others, however, ridgeline wind takes on a very different meaning. When weighing its costs and benefits locally and globally, some wind opponents now see the graceful structures as symbols of corrupted energy politics. This book derives from several years of research to make sense of how wind turbines have so starkly split a community of environmentalists, as well as several communities. In doing so, it casts a critical light on the roadmap for energy transition that Northern New England’s ridgeline wind projects demarcate. It outlines how ridgeline wind conforms to antiquated social structures propping up corporate energy interests, to the detriment of the swift de-carbonizing and equitable transformation that climate predictions warrant. It suggests, therefore, that the energy transition of which most of us are a part, is probably not the transition we would have designed ourselves, if we had been asked. Trade Review"Well-written, incredibly informative, and sharply argued, Electric Mountains will be an important contribution to critical environmental scholarship on energy transitions." -- Jesse Goldstein * author of Planetary Improvement: Cleantech Entrepreneurship and the Contradictions of Green Capitali *"Electric Mountains is a timely and well researched book. Grounding an array of sociological thought about the environment and environmental behavior in rich ethnographic narrative, the book is both insightful and artfully written. Electric Mountains is a must read by anyone seeking to understand the social complexities surrounding wind energy." -- Brent Z. Kaup * College of William & Mary *"The Real Problem With Michael Moore’s New Film: Planet of the Humans," by Shaun Golding https://www.commondreams.org/views/2020/05/05/real-problem-michael-moores-new-film-planet-humans * Common Dreams *"The world’s quickening energy transition is heralded by iconic changes to our landscapes and exciting new modes of transit, heating, and cooling. And yet society’s shift away from climate-harming energy is far from the urgent transformation warranted by climate change predictions. Electric Mountains explores the dissonance between electricity transition and energy transformation through the story of a region’s renewable energy policies and the popular backlash against them. Contextualizing narratives commonly dismissed as NIMBYism, Electric Mountains engages with the themes of rurality, risk, justice, and Ecological Modernization in predominantly white and ecologically progressive Northern New England. It encourages students and practitioners of Environmental Sociology to discern nuance across different regional political economies of energy and to recognize the imprints of energy hegemons, as well as our own biases and privileges, in our energy realities and energy transition roadmaps." * ASA Environmental Newsletter *Table of Contents List of Illustrations Preface 1. Introduction 2. Windy Ridgelines, Social Fault Lines 3. For the Love of Mountains: The Green Politics of Place 4. But What If…? Wind and the Discourse of Risk 5. Following Power Lines: A Regional Political Economy of Renewables Part I. The Money Part II. The People 6. Scripted in Chaos 7. Why We Follow the Slow Transition Road Map 8. Ecological Modernizations or Capitalists Treadmills? 9. Energy and “Justice” in the Mountains 10. Reimagining Energy Epilogue Acknowledgments Notes Bibliography Index

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Book SynopsisEnvironmentalists devote little attention at the moment to the size and growth of the human population. To counter this neglect, the monograph (i) includes original graphs showing population size and growth since 1920 in the world as a whole and the United States; (ii) assembles evidence tying the increasing number of people to ecosystem deterioration and its societal consequences; and (iii) analyzes sample-survey data to ascertain whether the current disregard of population pressures by U.S. environmentalists reflects the thinking of Americans generally. However, even if a nation took steps primarily intended to lower childbearing and immigration, the findings of social science research indicate that the steps would not have a substantial, lasting impact. The discussion, which suggests an indirect way by which government may reduce fertility, underlines for environmental scholars the importance of studying their subject in a multidisciplinary, collaborative setting.Table of Contents1.​The Population Factor.- 2. An Empirical Study of Americans’ Attitudes.- 3. Environmentalism and Interdisciplinarity.

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Book SynopsisThis book provides an analysis of theoretical and empirical researches on the effects of remittances and brain drain on the development of less developed countries (LDCs). It analyzes the most recent global, regional and national data as well as the arguments for and against the emigration of highly skilled personnel and remittances, thereby highlighting policies aimed at optimizing the link between migration and development. The book examines in depth the arguments against "brain drain", namely the loss of skilled labor, wasted public investment in higher education, and reduced tax revenues. It also presents the arguments in favor, emphasizing on the transfer of scientific knowledge, the incentive effect of increased education spending, and participation in international networks. It addresses the central issue of emigration of medical personnel from developing countries and its consequences on the population.The book focuses on the effects of remittances on poverty and inequalities. They improve health conditions, raise education levels and empower women. Positive effects include the stabilizing function of remittances and the improvement of external accounts. Other effects are subject to conflicting assessments such as the reduction of labor supply and the "Dutch disease". The focus is on institutions who integrate economic, social and political incentives in order to establish remittances at the heart of development policies.The book provides a reference for students and research centers devoted to development economics, centers for international migration studies, and research units focusing on population, migration, and development.Table of ContentsChapter 1 MAJOR TRENDS IN INTERNATIONAL MIGRATION OVER THE LAST 25 YEARS PART I EMIGRATION OF HIGHLY QUALIFIED LABOR FROM DEVELOPING COUNTRIES CHAPTER 2 INTERNATIONAL MIGRATION TRENDS OF HIGHLY SKILLED WORKERS CHAPTER 3 EMIGRATION OF HIGHLY QUALIFIED PERSONNEL FROM THE PVD, OR THE "BRAIN   DRAIN". GOOD OR BAD FOR DEVELOPMENT? CHAPTER 4 EMIGRATION OF HEALTH PERSONNEL FROM DEVELOPING COUNTRIES PART II REMITTANCES TO DEVELOPING COUNTRIES CHAPTER 5 VOLUME OF REMITTANCE FLOWS AND PREVAILING TRENDS CHAPTER 6 THE DECISION TO REMIT: DETERMINANTS AND ACTORS CHAPTER 7 REMITTANCES AND HOUSEHOLD WELFARE CHAPTER 8 THE IMPACT OF REMITTANCES ON THE ECONOMY OF THE COUNTRIES OF EMIGRATION CHAPTER 9 REMITTANCES, AN INSTRUMENT OF DEVELOPMENT POLICY CONCLUSION

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Book SynopsisThis open access book provides insight on how to interpret capability in ageing – one’s individual ability to perform actions in order to reach goals one has reason to value – from a multidisciplinary approach. With for the first time in history there being more people in the world aged 60 years and over than there are children below the age of 5, the book describes this demographic trends as well as the large global challenges and important societal implications this will have such as a worldwide increase in the number of persons affected with dementia, and in the ratio of retired persons to those still in the labor market. Through contributions from many different research areas, it discussed how capability depends on interactions between the individual (e.g. health, genetics, personality, intellectual capacity), environment (e.g. family, friends, home, work place), and society (e.g. political decisions, ageism, historical period). The final chapter summarizes the differences and similarities in these contributions. As such this book provides an interesting read for students, teachers and researchers at different levels and from different fields interested in capability and multidisciplinary research.Table of ContentsChapter 1. Introduction.- Chapter 2. The AgeCap conceptual framework for research on capability in ageing.- Chapter 3. The ICECAP-O measure.- Chapter 4. The capability approach in epidemiological studies.- Chapter 5 – Good self-rated health as an indicator of personal capability in old age.- Chapter 6. Capability in research on cognition and well-being in ageing and retirement.- Chapter 7. The neurochemistry of Alzheimer’s disease: one of the most common causes of reduced capability in the adult population.- Chapter 8. The capability approach in research on ageing well at home for frail older people.- Chapter 9. eHealth literacy and capability in the context of the pandemic crisis.- Chapter 10. Increasing people’s capabilities by using design thinking in the decision-making process.- Chapter 11. The capability approach in social work with older people.- Chapter 12. A historical perspective on ageing and capability.- Chapter 13. The capabilities approach and the concepts of self-determination, legal competence and human dignity in social services for older people.- Chapter 14. Invisible or powerful? Ageing in a mediatised society.- Chapter 15. System and life-course perspectives on capability to work and capability through work.- Chapter 16. Organisational capability for delayed retirement.- Chapter 17. Capability and political participation among ageing populations.

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Book SynopsisThis volume explores generational differences in alcohol consumption practices and examines the changing role of alcohol across the life course. It considers generational patterns in where, how and why people buy and consume alcohol and how these may interact with identity and belonging and considers how drinking alcohol in adolescence, adulthood, middle-age or later life takes on different functions, meanings and tensions. Alcohol is shown to play an important role in biographical transitions, such as in the coming of age rituals that mark the passage from adolescences to adulthood, whilst drinking alcohol in adulthood and in later life takes on new meanings, pleasures and risks in light of shifting roles and responsibilities relating to work, leisure and the family. The empirically-informed contributions draw on a range of diverse disciplinary backgrounds and a range of cultural contexts provides a nuanced examination of the role of alcohol at different life course stages and explores both continuity and change between generations.Table of ContentsIntroduction: Alcohol, Age, Generation and the Life Course.Part I: Alcohol, Generations and Social Change.- From Abiding to Accelerating to Anomic: Generational Waves of Change in Irish Drinking Culture, 1845-Present.Realities or Mythologies: England’s rural pubs and the life course.Biographical and Generational Perspectives on Drinking in a Mediterranean Culture.‘I Would Never Dream of Drinking on a Lunch Hour, But…’: Intergenerational changes in attitude towards alcohol consumption.Part II: Alcohol, Youth and Adolescence.- Alcohol Use, Age, and (In)Appropriateness: Young adults’ conceptions and performances of ‘age’ in contexts of alcohol use.If You Can’t Beat Them, You Join Them’: Peer pressure and drinking to belong among Nigerian youths.Shifting Conceptions of Moderation, Risk and Danger amongst Non-Drinking University Students in the UK: A Case Study of Hyper-Moderation.Part III: Alcohol in Adulthood.- Blackening the Bride and Stripping the Stag: The Role of alcohol, gender and age in prenuptial wedding rituals.Female Drunkenness and the Life Course in Victorian Lancashire.De-Gendering Alcohol through Food Pairing: Women’s Shifting Position as Culinary Consumers in Japan.‘There’s nothing classy about a drunk 40-year-old’: Drinking biographies and ‘sobriety stories’ amongst women who stop drinking in midlife and beyond.Part IV: Alcohol in Later Life.- Alcohol Use, Its Meaning and Impact in Older AgeAlcohol Consumption in Older Drinkers and Its Links to “Successful Ageing”‘I Don’t Drink Much Now ‘cos I’m Old’: The Life-course and changing drinking practices among older male adults in Nigeria.

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Book SynopsisThis book examines how COVID-19 has often enhanced social and economic marginalisation in different places and societies around the world. It explores the reality that selective deglobalisation is occurring and over and above the human tragedy which has been experienced, many societies and economies have had to adapt to the new reality which they find themselves in. Governments have been challenged to improve health care and provide economic relief and stimulus packages to sectors as diverse as tourism and education which have had to develop new ways of coping. Resilience theory is drawn on to help explain some of the creative responses which we observe, while in other places deep-rooted concerns for the future are a stark reality. By describing how the pandemic has exacerbated pre-existing geographic, social and economic marginalisation, particularly for the most vulnerable places, societies and economic activities globally, this book provides insight into the impacts and implications across the world and reflects on the different experiences. Table of ContentsChapter 1. Introduction(Borna Fuerst-Bjeliš, Etienne Nel and Stanko Pelc).- Part I: COVID’s Global Impact and Marginalisation.- Chapter 2. COVID-19s Economic and Social Impact Globally(Borna Fuerst-Bjeliš, Etienne Nel and Stanko Pelc).- Part II: Social Impacts and Marginalisation.- Chapter 3. De-Marginalising Social-Democracy: The Recovery Of The Collectivity In Europe During Covid-19 Pandemic(Hugo Capellà i Miternique).- Chapter 4. COVID-19 Lockdown and Education: The Risk of Increasing Marginalisation - Distance-Education in Switzerland During the Spring 2020 Lockdown(Walter Leimgruber).- Chapter 5. Restrictions on Formal Education Due to the COVID-19 Pandemic and Their Effects on Growing Marginalisation in Argentina(Margarita Schmidt and Claudio Urra Coletti).- Chapter 6. Addressing Geographical Marginality During the COVID-19 Pandemic in Romania: Civil Society, Volunteerism, and Networking(Oana-Ramona Ilovan, Alexandra Ioana Ciupe and Csaba Horváth).- Chapter 7. The COVID-19 pandemic in Malaysia: Its impacts on the poor and migrant workers communities in urban areas.(Jamalunlaili Abdullah and Marlyana Azyyati Marzukhi).- Chapter 8. Marginality and Resilience Strategies in Coastal Fishing Villages during the COVID-19 Pandemic in the State of Yucatan, Mexico(José Manuel Crespo-Guerrero and Araceli Jiménez-Pelcastre).- Part III: Economic Impacts and Marginalisation.- Chapter 9. The COVID-19 pandemic and the enhanced marginalisation of marginal tourist destinations(Gabriel Camară).- Chapter 10. Exacerbating Marginalisation: COVID-19’s Impact on Peripheral, Tourism-Dependent Regions in New Zealand and Local Responses(Etienne Nel).- Chapter 11. The COVID-19 pandemic’s implications for tourism preferences in Croatia: potential new challenges for marginal areas(Borna Fuerst-Bjeliš and Ivan Šulc).- Chapter 12. The Impact of COVID-19 Pandemic on Tourism in Romania in 2020 With Special Regard on Marginal Rural Areas(Raularian Rusu).- Chapter 13. Tourism and (De)Marginalisation: How to Minimise the Cost of COVID-19 in Porto(Ana Ferreira).- Part IV: COVID-19’s Impact on Movement and Globalisation.- Chapter 14. Spatial Diffusion of COVID-19: From Hyper-Connected Territories to Marginal Areas: the Case of Niassa, Mozambique(Paulo Nossa, Anabela Mota-Pinto, Alice Freia, Julio Masquete, Pedro Bem-Haja Fernanda Cravidão).- Chapter 15. Vietnam’s Global Market Integration During the Covidian Era : An Exploratory Analysis of the Pandemic’s Marginalising Effects on the Rural Poor(Antoine Beaulieu).- Part V: Conclusion.- Chapter 16. Some Conclusions About COVID-19's Impact on Marginality and Marginalisation(Borna Fuerst-Bjeliš, Etienne Nel and Stanko Pelc).

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Book SynopsisThis book documents, verifies and brings to life the issues and debates that are created around the aging society. It carefully offers a series of opinions that attempt to illuminate the fact that the aging society goes beyond aging and includes a series of changes in terms of family, social ties, relationships, and the way human beings perceive society. The book contributes substantially to the discussion of this new type of aging, the new types of families, and the new types of relationships, as well as in the application of cutting-edge analytical strategies to understand the trends and patterns of these new modes of social structures. The book includes detailed perspectives on how decisions need to be made, mindsets need to be changed, and precautions need to be taken to positively deal with these new realities. The evidence presented in this book suggests that if this does not happen, the danger of thanato-politics appears, which, denying reality, will lead humanity into difficult labyrinths, perhaps without any "Ariadne's thread" that will allow a glimpse of the way out. The translation from Spanish to English was done with the help of artificial intelligence (machine translation by the service DeepL.com). A subsequent human revision was done primarily in terms of content.Table of ContentsChapter 1. Note about the methodological and conceptual use of this book.- Chapter 2. Old age no longer anticipates the unpostponable sign of death. The new social and identity models of older adults.- Chapter 3.The new dialogues of grandparenthood from the social precariousness and the familiar bewilderment.- Chapter 4. The older adult, the social bond in transition and the exhaustion of the transmission capacity.- Chapter 5. Change to the "social order" from the deconstruction imposed by the aging society: social relations that become anachronistic, social relations that are idealized, social relations that are denigrated.- Chapter 6. Ageism, disability and healthy ageing as stereotypizing paradigms.- Chapter 7. Old people, coronavirus and the precarious culture of the precarious.- Chapter 8. Tanatopolitics, totalitarianism and coronavirus: a tour of excesses.- Chapter 9. Insolvable dilemmas of a bewildered world.- Chapter 10. Preliminary hypotheses for a probability called mutational society.- Chapter 11. Unstable reasons for a possible post-mutationary society.

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Book SynopsisThis open access book shows policymakers which initiatives work when responding to the increasing diversity in cities, towns and neighborhood's. In recent times, policymakers have grappled with ways of responding to this increase, which has resulted in a plethora of policy initiatives, some more effective than others. Bringing together a large amount of research and evidence-based policy recommendations, this book offers both a sense of strategic direction as well as more specific, actionable advice. It brings together a remarkable mixture of policy areas that touch upon issues of diversity, immigration policy, education, and labour policy. It is of benefit and importance to all those making policies for a country with increasing immigration. Table of ContentsIntroduction: New migration patterns require a reassessment of policies.- Chapter 2: The Netherlands as a society of immigration.- Chapter 3: Societal challenges.- Chapter 4: Changing policy models.- Chapter 5: A better organisation of reception and integration in municipalities.- Chapter 6: Strengthening the social cohesion.- Chapter 7: Towards migration policy with an eye for social cohesion.- Chapter 8: Reassessing the policy agenda.

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Book SynopsisThis book focuses on the dynamic process of aging and on interventions to support the development of older and integrated societies, from a multidisciplinary point of view. Gathering contributions from researchers and professionals with different backgrounds, including social and health sciences, education, engineering and IT, biology, geography and environmental science, it aims at understanding the phenomenon of population aging, in order to contribute to the development of future functional communities, fostering well-being and autonomy of the elderly, their integration and participation. Based on the proceedings of the 2nd International Congress Age.Comm Longevity and Development, organised online on November 11-12, 2021, from Castelo Branco, Portugal, this book addresses a wide range of specialists dealing with the process of aging, integration and community development in the societies of the future. Table of ContentsThe role of music in lifelong learning.- Community Development-A Proposal For Action In A Village Contextcommunity Development-A Proposal For Action In A Village Context With Older People.- Determinants of Future Housing Preferences of Portuguese Ageing Adults.- Geriatric Attitudes among Portuguese Medical Students: a UCLA Geriatric´s attitude scale study.- Health Perceptions and Health Care Accessibility Perception of Portuguese Ageing Adults.

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Book SynopsisThis book explores various aspects related to human longevity and aging beyond 100 years old. It examines all domains of health and well-being of this elite group including the current demographics, genetics and epigenetics of exceptional longevity, cardiovascular risk factors, dementia, nutrition, physical activity, African American and Hispanic centenarians, financial planning, religion, spirituality, whole health, wellness, oral health, and nature. The book also delves into the lives of supercentenarians, defined as expert survivors who have lived beyond 110 years old. The implications of the Age-Friendly Healthcare Systems (AFHS) Movement on the care of centenarians are also discussed. This book is a valuable resource for healthcare professionals, epidemiologists, public health professionals, policy makers, and anyone interested in the study of aging and longevity.Table of Contents1. AGEISM REVOLUTION & HUMAN LONGEVITY BEYOND AGE 100DIANE MARTIN, NADIA IJAZ AND RAYA ELFADEL KHEIRBEK 2. DEMOGRAPHICS OF CENTENARIANS AROUND THE WORLDEMILY ZAGORSKI AND CONRAD MAY3. GENETICS & EXTREME LIMITS OF HUMAN LIFESPANBRAXTON D. MITCHELL4. CARDIOVASCULAR RISK FACTORS IN CENTENARIANSAMANDA LANGE, MICHAEL A. SILVERMAN, AND ADAM G. GOLDEN5. DO CENTENARIANS GET DEMENTIA? JORY CRULL, KATHERINE BARLIS, OLGA-BRAWAMAN-MINTZER, CHRISTOPHER BLASY, AND JACOBO MINTZER6. NUTRITION IN CENTENARIANSGALYA BIGMAN AND ALICE S. RYAN 7. PHYSICAL ACTIVITY IN CENTENARIANSALICE S. RYAN AND MARGARITA S. TREUTH 8. AFRICAN AMERICAN CENTENARIANSRITA HARGRAVE AND KANYA NESBETH9. HISPANIC PARADOXDANYA P. ANOUTI AND ALEXANDER. BEARD, MARITZA BUENAVER, MARIA D. LLORENTE10. FINANCIAL PLANNING & FISCAL POLICY FOR CENTENARIANSADRIAN A. LLORENTE11. RELIGION, SPIRITUALITY & L ONGEVITYJENI COOK, CAITLYN GUDMUNDSEN, RAY FURR12. WHOLE HEALTH, WELLNESS & LONGEVITYMARY GALLAGHER-SEAMAN13. DENTAL CARE AND LONGEVITYPIERRE M. CARTIER14. CONTRIBUTIONS TO LONGEVITY AND WELLBEING FROM NATURE ANTOINETTE V. SHAPPELL, SEAN H. GARTLAND, KELLY A. BURNETT 15. SUPERCENTENARIANS MAITHRI KONDAPAKA AND RAYA ELFADEL KHEIRBEK16. AGE FRIENDLY HEALTHCARE SYSTEMSANISA NAHABEDIAN AND NICOLE BRANDT

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Book SynopsisChapter 1. An Introduction to Demography.- Chapter 2. The Materials and Methods of Demography.- Chapter 3. Population Size, Distribution and Concentration.- Chapter 4. Population Composition: Biosocial Characteristics.- Chapter 5. Population Composition: Sociocultural Characteristics.- Chapter 6. Data for Demography.- Chapter 7. Demographic Processes: Fertility.- Chapter 8. Demographic Processes: Mortality.- Chapter 9. Demographic Processes: Migration.- Chapter 10. Population Change.- Chapter 11. US Population Trends.- Chapter 12. World Population Trends.- Chapter 13. Applied Demography.- Glossary.- Index. 

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Book SynopsisPart 1. Central Theme of the Book.- 1. Introduction. For a Macro-social Perspective on Loneliness (Marja Aartsen, Iuliana Precupetu, Bianca Suanet).- Part 2. Theoretical Perspectives.- 2. Theorizing Loneliness in Later Life - Micro, Meso, and Macro Perspectives (Fredrica Nyqvist, Joanna McHugh Power, Laura Coll-Planas).- 3. Unravelling the Socio-cultural Influence on Loneliness (Theo G. van Tilburg).- 4. Social Exclusion Perspective on Loneliness in Later Life (Sofie Van Regenmortel, Elisa Tiilikainen, Hanna Ristolainen, Vanessa Burholt, Lena Dahlberg).- Part 3. Empirical Dimensions.- 5. Loneliness Prevalence in Different Age Groups in Europe (Marian Vasile and Marja Aartsen).- 6. Understanding Late-Life Loneliness: Micro and Meso-Level Determinants (Sunwoo Lee).- 7. The Social Infrastructure of Loneliness.  A Scoping Review of Societal Influences and their Implications (Laura Tufa).- Part 4. Recent Developments and Loneliness.- 8. Information and Communication Technologies and the Risk to Loneliness (Alexander Seifert).- 9. Climate Change and the Risk of Loneliness (Liat Ayalon).- 10. The Influence of Societal Crises on Social Integration and Loneliness (Lisa J. Klasen, Mareike Bünning, Nadiya Kelle, Clemens Tesch-Römer, Oliver Huxhold).- Part 5. Future Directions (11. Macro-level Influences on Loneliness in Later Life. An fsQCA Analysis (Iuliana Precupetu, Cosmina Pop, Marja Aartsen).- 12. ‘And, You Know: There’s such a thing as Society’: Towards a Clarification of the ‘Loneliness Paradox’ by a Macrofication of Loneliness Studies (Bianca Suanet and George Pavlidis).- 13. Policy Recommendations to Address Loneliness in Later Life (Mihaela Ghen?a and Aniela Matei).- 14. Linking Life Course Theory to Multi-Level Explanations of Loneliness: Towards a Sociology of Loneliness (Bianca Suanet and Marja Aartsen).- 15. Loneliness Re-examined: Societal influences and Future Research Directions (Marja Aartsen, Bianca Suanet, Thomas Hansen, Iuliana Precupetu).

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Book Synopsis1. Introduction and Rationale (Ayaga A. Bawah and Stephen O. Kwankye).- 2. Population Dynamics in Ghana (Stephen O. Kwankye and Faustina Frempong-Ainguah).- 3. Fertility Trends and Patterns in Ghana (Michael Larbi Odame; Kwame Adjei-Mantey, and Faustina Frempong-Ainguah).- 4. Mortality Trends, Patterns, and Causes of Death in Ghana: The Big and Small Picture (Ayaga A. Bawah, Caesar Agula, Charles Agyei-Asabere, Paul Welaga, Godwin Odei Gyebi, Patrick Ansah, Samuel Kobina Annim).- 5. Internal and International Migration in Ghana: Opportunities and Challenges (Mumuni Abu, D. Yaw Atiglo, Samuel Nii Ardey Codjoe, and Delali B. Dovie).- 6. Urbanisation in Ghana (Delali Margaret Badasu, Adriana A. E. Biney and Rosina Sheburah Essien).- 7. Changing Family Demography in Ghana (Michael Larbi Odame, Charlotte Abra Esime Ofori and Faustina Frempong-Ainguah).- 8. Children, Adolescents, Youth and the Demographic Dividend (Stephen O. Kwankye and Faustina Frempong-Ainguah).- 9. Population Ageing and Its Implications for Social Protection and Social Security Expenditures in Ghana (Ayaga A. Bawah, Samuel Kobina Annim and Frank Kyei-Arthur).- 10. Sexual and Reproductive Health in Ghana (Adriana A. E. Biney, D. Yaw Atiglo and Mutaru Goro Iddrisu).- 11. Education and Literacy in Ghana: Trends, Disparities, and Implications for Sustainable Development (Pearl S. Kyei and Samuel Kobina Annim).- 12. Population Health and Nutrition in Ghana (Fidelia A. A. Dake, Aaron K. Christian, and Lily Kpobi).- 13. A Socio-Demographic Profile of Disability in Ghana (Lily Kpobi and Charlotte Abra Esime Ofori).- 14. Population-Environment Nexus: Sustainable Management Response Options in Ghana (Opoku Pabi, Mumuni Abu, D. Yaw Atiglo, Samuel Nii Ardey Codjoe, Delali B. Dovie).- 15. Work, Earnings and Poverty in Ghana (Pearl S. Kyei and Samuel Kobina Annim).- 16. Demography and the Future of Ghana’s Socio-Economic Development (Ayaga A. Bawah, Stephen O. Kwankye, and Pearl S. Kyei).

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Book SynopsisIm Zuge der politischen, sozialen und ökonomischen Diskussionen um die spezifischen Stärken und Schwächen, wie auch Entwicklungschancen auf mittlerer räumlicher Maßstabsebene, hat das Thema der Regionalentwicklung besondere Aktualität erhalten. Das Buch befasst sich mit den Fragen der Herausforderungen für Regionen und die Regionalentwicklung in Gegenwart und Zukunft. Dabei wird insbesondere darauf eingegangen, welche Ansätze und Praktiken der Regionalentwicklung heute bestehen und wie diese begründet werden. Dabei erfolgt auch eine Reflexion von aktuellen Praxen und deren Begründung vor dem Hintergrund theoretischer Konzepte zur Raumentwicklung. ​Table of ContentsTheoretische, konzeptionelle und methodische Bausteine der Regionalentwicklung.- Bausteine der Regionen im Kontext gesellschaftlicher Wandlungsprozesse.- Bausteine regionaler Entwicklungsprozesse.

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Book Synopsis​Melanie Jana-Tröller geht der Frage nach, ob und inwiefern sich etablierte Führungskräfte und Nachwuchsführungskräfte hinsichtlich ihres (Vor-)Verständnisses von Führung unterscheiden. Trotz des Spannungsfeldes zwischen wahrgenommener und antizipierter Führung zeigt die Autorin, dass die sogenannte Generation Y Führung und Arbeitsgestaltung nicht deutlich anders als etablierte Führungskräfte interpretiert. Unternehmerischer Handlungsbedarf besteht daher weniger infolge eines generationendivergierenden Verständnisses darüber, was unter Führung verstanden wird, aber dafür umso mehr bei der Fragestellung, wie Führung im Unternehmen gelebt wird.Table of Contents​Unternehmen als Orte intergenerationaler Kooperation oder Rivalität?.- Aufeinandertreffen von mehreren Führungsgenerationen (insbesondere Generation Y versus Baby Boomer).- Subjektive Führungstheorien als innerer Führungskompass.- Eine explorative Studie in einem Telekommunikationsunternehmen zur Entwicklung empirisch relevanter Führungskategorien​.

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Book SynopsisDieses Sonderheft der Österreichischen Zeitschrift für Soziologie (ÖZS) regt dazu an, darüber nachzudenken, was die migrationssoziologische Forschung nicht weiß. Dabei geht es nicht nur im herkömmlichen Sinn um den Aufweis von Forschungslücken. Ziel der einzelnen Beiträge ist es vielmehr, die durch die Migrationsforschung selbst generierten blinden Flecken herauszuarbeiten. Drei Problembereiche sind es, die in den Aufsätzen aus unterschiedlichem Blickwinkel und unter Bezugnahme auf aktuelle Forschungsarbeiten aufgearbeitet und diskutiert werden: Zum einen die immer wieder ungenügende gesellschaftstheoretische Rückbindung von Gegenstandsbenennung, Begrifflichkeit und Hypothesenbildung, was die Migrationsforschung in eine Sackgasse manövriert. Zum zweiten die problematische, weil häufig auf mehr oder weniger impliziten heuristischen Vorannahmen beruhende Verwendung empirischer Kategorien. Zum dritten der selten systematisch untersuchte Beitrag der Forschung zur Produktion gesellschaftlicher (Un-)Sichtbarkeit. Es sind dies Schlüsselfragen der aktuellen soziologischen Migrationsforschung.Table of ContentsMigrationsforschung als Sackgasse?.- Eigenleben empirischer Kategorien.- Forschung als Prozess von (Un)Sichtbarmachung.

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Book SynopsisIn diesem Essential finden Personalverantwortliche und Führungskräfte ausgewählte Hintergrundinformationen zum Thema demografischer Wandel sowie Impulse für ein innovatives und zukunftsfähiges Personalmanagement, das die damit zusammenhängenden Entwicklungen berücksichtigt. Sie erhalten konkrete Hinweise, wie sie ihr HR-Management optimal aufstellen können, um dem demografischen Wandel gewachsen zu sein. Darüber hinaus vermitteln die Autorinnen leicht umsetzbare Strategien für die HR-Praxis und geben Empfehlungen auf der Basis des aktuellen Wissensstandes.Table of ContentsInterdisziplinäre Hintergrundinformationen zum Thema.- Konkrete Hinweise für ein innovatives HR-Management.- Aktuelle Empfehlungen und Praxisbeispiele zum Umgang mit den Effekten des demografischen Wandels.

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Book SynopsisIn entlegenen, ländlichen Räumen ergeben sich komplexe Problemlagen, die eine interdisziplinäre Erforschung notwendig machen. Der vorliegende Band beleuchtet mit Hilfe unterschiedlichster Fachdisziplinen neue Ansätze für die Daseinsvorsorge und das Gemeinwesen. Beteiligt sind Sozial-/Wirtschaftsgeografie und Ökologie, Soziologie, Politikwissenschaft, Agrarwissenschaften, Gesundheitswissenschaften, Psychiatrie, Theologie, Kriminologie und Präventionswissenschaft. Trade Review“... Die Publikation richtet sich an alle an der Daseinsvorsorge im ländlichen Raum interessierten WissenschaftlerInnen und PraktikerInnen.” (in: BBE-Newsletter, Heft 19, 22. September 2016)Table of ContentsVorwort.- Geleitwort.- Gesundheitsversorgung im ländlichen Raum: Ziele und benötigte Indikatoren.- Gesundheitsberufe in Mecklenburg-Vorpommern – Angebot und Nachfrage von Qualifikationen und Qualifizierten.- Die Rolle der Krankenhäuser im ländlichen Raum.- Regional Governance und ländliche Räume.- Motivationale Aspekte ehrenamtlichen Engagements im Zivil- und Katastrophenschutz in ländlichen Regionen.- Peripher und engagiert: Kirchlich gebundenes Ehrenamt in peripheren, ländlichen Regionen.- „LehrerInnenbildung im ländlichen Raum – Potenziale unserer regionalen Bildungslandschaft“ am Beispiel des UNIDorfes Ducherow sowie der Forschungswerkstatt.- Beitrag der Landwirtschaft zur Sicherung der Daseinsvorsorge in ländlichen Räumen.- Einkaufsgewohnheiten und Versorgungszufriedenheit im ländlichen Raum.- Lokale Produktion auf dem Land durch das Neue Dorf im Gartenring.- Sicherheitsmentalitäten im ländlichen Raum.- Sicherheit in peripheren ländlichen Räumen: Zwischen sozialer Kohäsion und Desintegration - eine Forschungsskizze.- Nachwort.

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Book SynopsisDas Werk vermittelt eine prägnante Einführung in die Themen demografischer Wandel und demografieorientiertes Personalmanagement und gliedert sich in sechs Teile.Ausgehend von einem kurzen Einleitungsteil zur demografischen Entwicklung und zu KMUs folgt ein Grundlagenbeitrag zum demografieorientierten Personalmanagement. Anschließend wird ein systematisches Vorgehen zur Einführung eines solchen HR-Konzeptes in Unternehmen anhand eines ganzheitlichen Gestaltungsrahmens beschrieben. Darauf aufbauend folgen Ausführungen zu ausgewählten Handlungsfeldern des demografieorientierten Personalmanagements. Der gesamte Grundlagenteil enthält eine Vielzahl konkreter Vorgehensweisen mit praxisbezogenen Einführungsinstrumenten wie Checklisten, Tools, Planungstabellen, Softwarehinweisen, Workshop-Konzeptionen usw. Im Anschluss folgt ein veranschaulichender Praxisteil mit Erfahrungsberichten aus Unternehmen, die als Best-Practice Lösungen im Rahmen des Demografie Exzellenz Awards ausgezeichnet wurden. Im letzten Teil werden die Ergebnisse der Studie „Demografie Exzellenz – Herausforderungen im Personalmanagement“ dargestellt, die einen Überblick zum Professionalisierungsstand des demografieorientierten Personalmanagements in deutschen Unternehmen geben. Table of Contents​1. Demografische Entwicklung und KMUs.- 2. Grundlagen zum demografieorientierten Personalmanagement.- 3. Einführung eines demografieorientierten Personalmanagements.- Gestaltungshinweise zu ausgewählten Handlungsfeldern.- Best Practices zum demografieorienterten Personalmanagement.- Ergebnisse der Demografie Exzellenz Studie 2015.

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Book SynopsisDie AutorInnen dieses Sammelbandes untersuchen zentrale Themen der sozialen Gerontologie mit dem Blick auf Teilhabe im Alter: Armut und Lebensstandardsicherung, Migration, Wohnen, Bildung und Lernen, Mobilität, Technik, Seniorenwirtschaft, betriebliches Alternsmanagement, Erwerbsarbeit Älterer, informelle und formelle Unterstützungssysteme, Generationenbeziehungen, Vereinbarkeit von Erwerbstätigkeit und Pflege, gesundheitliche und pflegerische Versorgung, Personalbedarf in Altenarbeit und -pflege, quartiersbezogene Altenpolitik und -arbeit, Demografiekonzepte, politische und soziale Partizipation. Eingeordnet werden die Beiträge in die Zusammenhänge von Lebensqualität, sozialen Innovationen und Kritischer Gerontologie. Deutlich werden neue Sichtweisen auf das Alter sowie Herausforderungen und Perspektiven für Forschung, Praxis und Politik.Table of ContentsLebenslagen, Lebensformen und soziale Integration.- Arbeit, Wirtschaft und Technik im Alter.- Seniorenpolitik, kommunale Planung und Beratung.- Soziale Gerontologie im kritischen Diskurs.

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Book SynopsisDieses Buch ist eine Open-Access-Publikation unter einer CC BY-NC 2.5 Lizenz.Wie leben und erleben Jugendliche ihren Alltag? Wie nehmen sie die historischen und heutigen Verhältnisse in Deutschland und in der Welt wahr? Was stiftet für sie Sinn? Welche Lebensentwürfe verfolgen sie? Welche Rolle spielen Mobilität, Nachhaltigkeit und digitale Medien in ihrem Leben?Diesen und weiteren Fragen geht die SINUS-Jugendstudie 2016 empirisch nach und bildet dabei die Vielfalt der Perspektiven jugendlicher Lebenswelten ab. Das gelingt ihr besonders anschaulich, indem sie 14- bis 17-Jährige in Form von zahlreichen Zitaten und kreativen Selbstzeugnissen ungefiltert zu Wort kommen lässt. Einzigartig ist auch, dass Jugendliche fotografische Einblicke in ihre Wohnwelten gewähren und erstmalig selbst als Interviewer ihre Fragen eingebracht haben. Die SINUS-Jugendstudie verleiht der jungen Generation somit eine öffentliche Stimme, die es genau wahrzunehmen gilt. Denn der Blick auf die Jugend ist immer auch ein Blick auf die Zukunft eines Landes. Nach den Vorgängerstudien (2008, 2012) legt das SINUS-Institut bereits die dritte Untersuchung der viel beachteten Reihe „Wie ticken Jugendliche?“ vor. Table of ContentsVorwort von Klaus Hurrelmann.- Untersuchungsanalage.- Lebenswelten der 14- bis 17-Jährigen in Deutschland.- Digitale Medien und digitales Lernen.- Mobilität.- Umweltschutz, Klimawandel und kritischer Konsum.- Liebe und Partnerschaft.- Glaube und Religion.- Geschichtsbilder.- Nation und Nationalität.- Flucht und Asyl.- Zusammenfassung.

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Book SynopsisIn einer umfassenden quantitativen Studie untersucht Kristian Stoye die Bedeutung der Geschwister- und Familienkonstellation für die Bildungschancen eines Kindes mit repräsentativen Daten aus dem Sozio-oekonomischen Panel und der Deutschen Lebensverlaufsstudie. Die empirischen Befunde zeigen einen negativen Zusammenhang zwischen dem Bildungserfolg und einer größeren Kinderzahl in der Familie, einem höheren Geburtenrang eines Kindes sowie der Anwesenheit von Stiefeltern. Geschwister- und Elternkonstellation sind demnach zentrale Aspekte der sozialen Herkunft, die in einem engen Zusammenhang mit den Bildungschancen eines Kindes stehen.Trade Review“... ist Stoyes Buch als äußerst informativ und lesenswert zu beurteilen … an diese interessante und aufschlussreiche Untersuchung wünscht sich der Leser nun weitere qualitative Untersuchungen, um mehr über die Mechanismen hinter den von Stoye aufgeklärten Zusammenhängen der Bildungsbenachteiligung zu erfahren.” (Barbara Elisabeth Fulda, in: Kölner Zeitschrift für Soziologie, Jg. 68, 2016, S. 731 f.)Table of ContentsFamilie im Wandel.- Bildungschancen im gesellschaftlichen Kontext.- Sozio-oekonomisches Panel (SOEP) und Deutsche Lebensverlaufsstudie (LV).- Multivariate Betrachtung der Bildungschancen.

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Book SynopsisDie Wirtschaft des 21. Jahrhunderts ist geprägt von einem neuen Phänomen: dem strukturellen Überschuss des privaten Sparwillens im Verhältnis zum privaten Investitionswillen. Dies gilt auch bei Prosperität und niedrigen Zinsen. Das ist einerseits vom Wunsch getrieben, im Alter über ein ausreichendes Vermögen zu verfügen. Andererseits nimmt die Nachfrage nach Kapital im ungleichen Umfang zu, sodass Investitionen nicht mit dem steigenden Sparwillen Schritt halten. Die entstehende Lücke zwischen privatem Vermögenswunsch und der privaten Vermögensanlage kann nur durch eine zunehmende Verschuldung des Staates geschlossen werden. Die Kernthese des Buches lautet daher, dass eine freiheitliche Wirtschafts- und Gesellschaftsordnung nur stabilisiert werden kann, wenn dem Vermögenswunsch des Einzelnen unter Bedingungen der Preisstabilität stattgegeben wird. Dies ist ohne eine erhebliche Nettoschuld des Staates nicht möglich. Ein neues Denken über die Gesamtwirtschaft ist erforderlich.Das Buch begründet diese neuartige Sichtweise und beschreibt die aktuellen Herausforderungen der Wirtschaftspolitik. Eine intensive Debatte über diesen Vorstoß in volkswirtschaftliches Neuland ist zu erwarten.Hinweis: Die Softcover-Printversion ist in s/w, die Hardcover-Printversion in Farbe erhältlich. Trade Review“... Dies ist ein bedeutendes Buch, wirtschaftstheoretisch, wirtschaftspolitisch und allgemein politisch. Die Lektüre wird für jeden, der an wirtschaftlichen Fragen interessiert ist, ein Gewinn sein ...” (Prof Dr. Karlhans Sauernheimer, in: fachbuchjournal, Jg. 12, Heft 6, Dezember 2020) “Die Autoren Carl Christian von Weizsäcker und Hagen Krämer haben ein erstaunliches Buch vorgelegt. Es erscheint zur rechten Zeit und ist sehr relevant. Es füllt eine wichtige Lücke, und es transportiert zwei bedeutende Ideen: Zum ersten machen sie dem Leser sehr klar, dass öffentliche Schulden ein „Janusgesicht“ tragen ...” (Roland Eisen, in: Journal of Economics and Statistics, Jg. 241, Heft 1, 2021) “... Dies ist ein wichtiges Buch. Es räumt mit einigen populären Mythen auf, welche auch hierzulande die wirtschaftspolitische Diskussion gravierend verzerren. ... Die Kernthesen dieses Buchs sind auf die skizzierten stylized facts der kommenden Jahrzehnte und für die deutsche Situation zugeschnitten, deren Charakteristika in erheblichem Umfang auch für Österreich zutreffen ...” (Richard Sturn, in: Wirtschaft und Gesellschaft, Jg. 46, Heft 2, 2020)Table of Contents

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Book SynopsisCarmen Birkholz zeigt, dass die subjektiven Spiritualitätskonzepte von Pflegenden und Begleitenden wesentlich für sie selbst und für ihr Sorgehandeln in Bezug auf Menschen mit Demenz am Lebensende sind. Dazu untersucht sie in vier Pflegeeinrichtungen mit unterschiedlichem religiösem und weltanschaulichem Hintergrund die subjektiven Spiritualitätskonstruktionen und beschreibt, dass diese unabhängig von der Religionszugehörigkeit sind. Unterschiede ergeben sich nicht in erster Linie von der Personenstruktur, sondern insbesondere durch die Rolle und den jeweiligen Handlungsspielraum in der Organisation.Table of ContentsSpiritualität und Spiritual Care als offene Konzepte.- Palliative Care bei Demenz und die spirituelle Sorge.- Die Erhellung subjektiver Spiritualitätskonzepte von Sorgenden.- Logbuch als Methode zur Erforschung vulnerabler Personengruppen.

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Book Synopsis ​Geschlechterungleichheiten bei Depressionen wurden in zahlreichen Studien dokumentiert. Die Lebensphase Alter findet in der bisherigen Forschung allerdings wenig Beachtung. Diese Studie verfolgt auf Basis des Survey of Health, Ageing and Retirement in Europe (SHARE) folgende Fragen: Wie verbreitet sind depressive Symptome in der älteren Bevölkerung Europas? Sind Geschlechterunterschiede bei Depressionen ein universelles Phänomen über Alters- und Ländergrenzen hinweg? Inwiefern lassen sich Geschlechterunterschiede in der Prävalenz von Depressionen auf Ungleichheiten in der Lebenslage im Alter zurückführen? Sind einzelne Risikofaktoren für Frauen relevanter als für Männer – und umgekehrt? Unterscheidet sich je nach Geschlecht, wie stark depressive Symptome nach einer Verwitwung ansteigen? Und können ausreichende finanzielle Mittel und ein intaktes soziales Netzwerk die psychische Belastung abmildern? Die Analysen erfolgen aus einer ländervergleichenden Perspektive. Damit stehen nicht nur individuelle Einflussfaktoren im Fokus, sondern auch der sozialpolitische Kontext, woraus sich Anknüpfungspunkte zur Förderung der psychischen Gesundheit in Europas alternden Gesellschaften ableiten lassen. Table of ContentsGeschlechterunterschiede bei Depressionen in Europas älterer Bevölkerung.- Erklärungsfaktoren für depressive Symptome im Geschlechter- und Ländervergleich.- Depressive Symptome bei verwitweten Personen: Der Beitrag von Einsamkeit und reduzierten finanziellen Ressourcen.- Depressive Symptome bei verwitweten Personen: Die Rolle des sozialen Netzwerks

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Book SynopsisPartizipation an Forschung und Entwicklung gilt als Voraussetzung eines gelungenen Transfersvon Innovationen in die Gesellschaft. Dieser Zusammenhang besteht vor allem dann, wenninnovative Technik in den Mittelpunkt der Betrachtung rückt. Wie ist es jedoch um diePartizipation künftiger Nutzerinnen und Nutzer an der Erforschung neuer Technologienbestellt? Welche Möglichkeiten bestehen vor allem dann, wenn die zu entwickelnde Technikder Unterstützung vulnerabler Personengruppen dient? Menschen mit Demenz sind eine solcheZielgruppe, die vor dem Hintergrund des demografischen Wandels keinesfalls ignoriertwerden darf. Das Buch gibt einen Überblick über Chancen und Risiken, Möglichkeiten undGrenzen – vor allem jedoch über Besonderheiten – der Partizipation von Menschen mitDemenz an der Entwicklung von Technik und lädt dazu ein, deren Mitwirkung alsentscheidendes Element einer selbstbestimmten Lebensweltgestaltung zu betrachten und zuunterstützen. Table of ContentsEinführung.- Partizipative Forschung und Entwicklung im interdisziplinären Kontext.- Technikbezogene Forschung mit Menschen mit Demenz.- Ziele der Technikentwicklung und Erwartungen von Menschen mit Demenz an (gute) Technik.- Ethische Aspekte der Forschungspartizipation – unter besonderer Betrachtung von Menschenmit Demenz in technikbasierten Studien.- Weiterer Forschungsbedarf.- Literatur- und Quellenverzeichnis

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Book SynopsisIn dem vorliegenden Open-Access-Buch identifizieren Studierende und Lehrende interprofessionell Entwicklungen und Problemfelder der Assistiven Technologien. Diese halten zunehmend Einzug ins Leben versorgungsbedürftiger, häufig älterer Menschen. Nach einigen Jahren der Entwicklung kann konstatiert werden, dass der Transfer von Entwicklung zur Anwendung im Alltag infolge unterschiedlicher Perspektiven und Zielsetzungen nur unzureichend stattfindet. Die Beitragsautoren bieten kreative Lösungsansätze, die zu einer nachhaltigen Umsetzung führen sollen.​​Dies ist ein Open-Access-Buch.Table of ContentsVorwort.-Einleitung.-Demographische Entwicklungen im Kontext der Entwicklungen von AAL-Technologien.- Reichweite und Nomenklatur der AAL-Technologien.- Identifizierte Problemfelder.-AAL in Anwendungsszenarien.- Lösungsansätze.- 8 AAL als Geschäftsmodell – von Gewinnerzielungsabsichten, gesellschaftlicher Verantwortung, Systemrelevanz und den Zutaten für ein humanistisch geprägtes Älterwerden.

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Book SynopsisVor dem Hintergrund der demographischen Entwicklung unserer Gesellschaft nimmt der Open-Access-Sammelband die Wohnsituation älterer Menschen unter besonderer Berücksichtigung der gesundheitlichen Situation in den Blick. Lebensqualität, Wohlbefinden, Teilhabe sowie Autonomie und Selbstbestimmung älterer Menschen stehen dabei im Mittelpunkt.Table of ContentsEinführung.- Gesundheit und Pflege im höheren Lebensalter.- Alt werden im kulturellen und regionalen Kontext.- Wohnpolitik in der Gesellschaft des langen Lebens.- Ausblick.

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Book SynopsisDas ILAG – Institut Leistung Arbeit Gesundheit ist ein interdisziplinär arbeitendes sozialwissenschaftliches Forschungsinstitut und führt seit 2007 Untersuchungen zu Fragen der Gesundheit und zur Veränderung von Arbeit im demografischen und digitalen Wandel durch.Table of ContentsEinleitung.-Theoretischer Rahmen.-Studiendesign.- Ergebnisse.- Möglichkeiten und Grenzen der DuWigata-Studie.-Fazit

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Book SynopsisObwohl die Nutzung von sozialen Medien in der Landschaftsplanungspraxis noch recht neu ist, gewinnen Social-Media-Daten und deren Nutzung im Rahmen der forschenden Landschaftsplanung zunehmend an Bedeutung. Es besteht die Erwartung, dass die in den sozialen Medien von Nutzern bereitgestellten Daten Informationen liefern, die bisher in aufwändigen Beteiligungsprozessen erhoben werden mussten. Ein großes Potenzial liegt insbesondere in der enormen Menge an verfügbaren Fotografien, geographischen Informationen und Textelementen wie Beschreibungen und Kommentaren, die im Rahmen einer landschaftsplanerischen Bewertung der Landschaft genutzt werden können. Ziel dieser Arbeit ist es daher, intersubjektive Aussagen über die Wahrnehmung der Landschaft in Bezug auf einen bestimmten Raum zu generieren. Qualitative Methoden werden zur Auswertung von Fotografien, textlichen und geografischen Daten aus sozialen Medien kombiniert, wodurch Erkenntnisse über die Wahrnehmung von Landschaften erlangt und für landschaftsplanerische Analysen aufbereitet werden können.Table of ContentsEinleitung.- Grundlagen und Stand der Forschung.- Konkretisierung der Ziele der Arbeit.- Untersuchungsgebiet.- Herangehensweise.- Interpretation und Synthese der Ergebnisse.- Einbindung der Analyse in die Planungspraxis.- Diskussion der Ergebnisse und Methodenkritik.- Weiter Forschungsbedarf und Schlussfolgerung.

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