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Book SynopsisIn this incisive account, leading scholar of Islamophobia Deepa Kumar traces the history of anti-Muslim racism from the early modern era to the "War on Terror." Importantly, Kumar contends that Islamophobia is best understood as racism rather than as religious intolerance. An innovative analysis of anti-Muslim racism and empire, Islamophobia argues that empire creates the conditions for anti-Muslim racism, which in turn sustains empire.This book, now updated to include the end of the Trump's presidency, offers a clear and succinct explanation of how Islamophobia functions in the United States both as a set of coercive policies and as a body of ideas that take various forms: liberal, conservative, and rightwing. The matrix of anti-Muslim racism charts how various institutions-the media, think tanks, the foreign policy establishment, the university, the national security apparatus, and the legal sphere-produce and circulate this particular form of bigotry. Anti-Muslim racism not only has horrific consequences for people in Muslim-majority countries who become the targets of an endless War on Terror, but for Muslims and those who "look Muslim" in the West as well.Trade ReviewIn this deftly argued book, Kumar unearths a genealogy of colonial construction that goes back to the earliest contacts between Muslims and Europeans. But the real power of her argument is when she grabs the politics of ideological domination by the throat and, with an astonishing moral and intellectual force, sets the record straight as to who and what the players are in turning a pathological fear of Muslims into a cornerstone of imperial hegemony. This is a must read on both sides of the Atlantic, where from mass murderers in Europe to military professors at the US military academies are in the business of manufacturing fictive enemies out of their fanciful delusions. Deepa Kumar has performed a vital public service. -- Hamid Dabashi * Columbia University, and author of The Arab Spring *In this remarkable primer Deepa Kumar expertly shows how racism is central to contemporary US imperial politics. An antiracist and antiwar activist, as well as a model scholar-teacher, Kumar has written a comprehensive and most readable guide to exposing and opposing the hatred of Islam. -- Gilbert Achcar * University of London and author, The Arabs and the Holocaust *This is a timely and crucial book. From historical roots to ideological causes, Islamophobia is studied in a holistic, profound and serious way. The reader will understand why we need to stop being both naive and blind. There will be no peaceful and just future in our democratic societies if we do not fight this new type of dangerous racism. -- Tariq Ramadan * Oxford University *Indispensable to anyone wanting to understand one of the most persistent forms of racism in the US and Europe. Kumar demonstrates that Islamophobic myths did not arise spontaneously after the end of the Cold War but are rooted in centuries of conquest and colonialism, from the Crusades to the 'War on Terror'. Kumar's text will be a crucial corrective to those who fail to see that the origins of the 'Islam problem' lie in empire not sharia -- Arun Kudnani * author of The Muslims Are coming! *[Kumar's] innovative understanding of Islamophobia raises important and wide-ranging questions about empire, the 'war on terror' and its inherent contradictions. -- Mariana Vieira * International Affairs *Table of ContentsTOC:Foreword, by Nadine NaberPreface to the Revised Second EditionIntroduction: Islamophobia Is Anti-Muslim Racism 1. Empire, Race, Orientalism: The Case of Spain, Britain, and France 2. The United States, Orientalism, and Modernization3. The Ideology of Islamophobia4. “Good” and “Bad” Muslims: The Foreign Policy Establishment and the “Islamic Threat” 5. Empire’s Changing Clothes: Bush, Obama, Trump6. Terrorizing Muslims: Domestic Security and the Racialized Threat 7. The New McCarthyites: The Right-wing Islamophobia Network and Their Liberal EnablersConclusion: Empire and the Matrix of Anti-Muslim RacismAcknowledgments Notes Index

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Book SynopsisShowcasing ways in which the theory of the lifecourse has been applied in demographic research, this innovative Handbook uses key datasets to offer a deeper understanding of the causes and consequences of demographic change across the lifecourse. This Handbook features contributions from leading international demographers and social scientists, covering a range of substantive areas such as employment, health, migration, social security, family formation, housing and inequality to give substance to investigations into the individual's lifecourse. Chapters highlight major theoretical and methodological advances in lifecourse research and present research that sheds light on family dynamics, health and mobility over the lifecourse, illustrating the implications of lifecourse research for policy and reform. Comprehensive and cutting-edge, this Handbook will be crucial reading for students and researchers of demography, social policy, sociology and gerontology at all levels looking to enhance their own research agendas. Policy makers and practitioners of demographic research will also benefit from its insights into the key methodological avenues for advanced investigations. Contributors include: K. Barclay, M. Benzeval, L. Bernardi, A. Berrington, A. Börsch-Supan, P. Bridgen, P. De Jong, H. De Valk, T. Emery, M. Evandrou, A. Evans, L. Fadel, J. Falkingham, A.E. Fasang, A. Findlay, I. Garfinkel, A.H. Gauthier, A. Goodman, E. Graham, J. Holmes, J. Huinink, K. Keenan, K. Kiernan, S. Kim, D. Kneale, M. Kolk, H. Kulu, M. Lyons-Amos, K.U. Mayer, D. McCollum, S. McLanahan, A. McMunn, T. Meyer, J. Mikolai, M. Qin, A. Sabater, L. Sariscsany, R.A. Settersten, C. Van Mol, L. Vargas, A. Villadsen, A. Vlachantoni, J. Waldfogel, M. WrightTable of ContentsContents: 1. Introduction to the Handbook on Demographic change and the Lifecourse Maria Evandrou, Jane Falkingham and Athina Vlachantoni PART I: THEORETICAL & METHODOLOGICAL ADVANCES IN LIFECOURSE RESEARCH 2. Linking Demographic Change and the Life Course: Insights from the “Life Course Cube” Laura Bernardi, Johannes Huinink and Richard A. Settersten, Jr. 3. Life Course and Social Inequality Anette Eva Fasang and Karl Ulrich Mayer 4. Studying individuals across the life course: A review of longitudinal methods Júlia Mikolai and Mark Lyons-Amos PART II: DATA & INNOVATION IN LIFECOURSE RESEARCH 5. Current and future contributions of the Generations and Gender Programme to life course research Luisa Fadel, Tom Emery and Anne H. Gauthier 6. Life history analyses with SHARE Axel Börsch-Supan 7. The contribution of the 1958 and 1970 British Cohort Studies to lifecourse research on family transitions Aase Villadsen, Ann Berrington, Alissa Goodman and Dylan Kneale 8. Understanding families’ lives across the life course: the value of panel studies. Understanding Society: the UK Household Longitudinal Survey Michaela Benzeval PART III: FAMILY DYNAMICS AND LIVING ARRANGEMENTS OVER THE LIFECOURSE 9. Unmarried families in the UK and the US Kathleen Kiernan, Sara McLanahan, John Holmes and Melanie Wright 10. Ethnic fertility and ethnic intermarriage in Australia Ann Evans 11. Demographic Perspectives on Population Change and Housing across the Life Course Elspeth Graham and Albert Sabater PART IV: HEALTH OVER THE LIFECOURSE 12. Birth spacing and health outcomes: differences across the lifecourse and developmental contexts Kieron Barclay and Martin Kolk 13. Work, family and health over the life course: Evidence from the British birth cohort studies Anne McMunn PART V: MIGRATION & MOBILITY OVER THE LIFECOURSE 14. The case for a life course perspective on mobility and migration research David McCollum, Katy Keenan and Allan Findlay 15. Family Changes, Housing Transitions, and Residential Mobility Júlia Mikolai and Hill Kulu 16. Migration, welfare and the lifecourse in the context of the European Union: A case study of the Netherlands Petra de Jong, Christof Van Mol, Helga De Valk PART VI: POLICY 17. The American Welfare State in the Economic Lives of Children Irv Garfinkel, Laurel Sariscsany and Laura Vargas 18. Elder Care and the Role of Paid Leave Policy Soohyun Kim and Jane Waldfogel 19. The poverty risks of migrants who retire in their host country. Evidence from the first post-war wave of migration into Europe. Paul Bridgen and Traute Meyer 20. Employment history and later life satisfaction among three cohorts in the UK: Unravelling the mediating pathways of pension security, housing tenure and health Jane Falkingham, Maria Evandrou, Min Qin and Athina Vlachantoni Index

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Book SynopsisElgar Research Agendas outline the future of research in a given area. Leading scholars are given the space to explore their subject in provocative ways, and map out the potential directions of travel. They are relevant but also visionary.Exploring how demographic dynamism continues to shape the character of societies, this forward-looking Research Agenda offers insights into how the human population has undergone fundamental demographic shifts, and the impact these have had on how we organize ourselves politically, the design of our economic systems, and even our societal relationships.The Research Agenda first introduces readers to the foundations of demographic change: fertility, mortality and migration. Chapters examine the political impact of forced migration, urbanization, gender dynamics, the intersection of race, identity and electoral politics, religious and ethnic groups, and health. The implications of the geographic shift in population centres from the Global North to the Global South are also highlighted, as well as the relationship between demography on the one hand and political and economic power on the other.This will be an invigorating read for social science scholars looking to develop their research or interact with current research trends, particularly scholars of human geography, development studies and geopolitics.Trade Review‘Jennifer Sciubba’s collection highlights crucial research questions on political demography. Must an older world be a more peaceful world, a young population more rebellious? How to highlight the neglected internally-displaced? Is universal urbanisation a threat? How destabilising are biased sex ratios? How will whites manage minority status? How does the weaponisation of fertility and population provoke conflict? Can the challenges of demographic dividend and youth bulge be met? A thought-provoking vista of a turbulent future.’ -- David Coleman, University of Oxford, UK'A Research Agenda for Political Demography has raised the bar by pulling together scholarly work on the critical impact of demographic change—both incremental and seismic—on issues of economic development and migration, gender and race, climate change and conflict. Policy-makers and researchers in health, economics, national security and urban planning will gain new insights on the state of current research, critical questions which can be addressed as well as recommendations on gaps and further areas for inquiry. A stimulating and insightful read.' -- Jeffrey Jordan, President and CEO, PRB, US'Not using demography to anticipate the all-too-predictable economic slowdowns, growing populism, and conflict is a major analytic crime and government failing. If you want to know what is coming over the horizon and reshape the future to your advantage, read this book by world-class political scientists and demographers.' -- Mathew Burrows, Director of the Atlantic Council's Foresight, Strategy and Risks Initiative, USTable of ContentsContents: 1 Introduction to A Research Agenda for Political Demography 1 Jennifer D. Sciubba PART I FOUNDATIONS OF DEMOGRAPHIC CHANGE 2 Research in population aging: uncharted territory 17 Jennifer D. Sciubba 3 Progressing research on forced migration 29 Tiffany S. Chu 4 Urbanization: poverty, conflict, and climate change as causes and consequences 45 Matthew Cobb and Alex Braithwaite 5 Sex, demographics and national security 61 Valerie M. Hudson PART II IMPLICATIONS OF DEMOGRAPHIC CHANGE: CONTEXT AND CONNECTIONS 6 Whiteshift: demographic change, populism and polarization in the West 81 Eric Kaufmann 7 Wombfare: the weaponization of fertility 101 Monica Duffy Toft 8 Health and demography 115 Jeremy Youde 9 Population, rebellion and revolution 131 Jack A. Goldstone 10 A research agenda for youth policies and investments 147 John F. May 11 Demography and democracy 161 Hannes Weber 12 Demographic engineering and strategic demography 179 Michael S. Teitelbaum 13 The demographic dividend: positive prospects, unclear path 199 Kaitlyn Patierno, Elizabeth Leahy Madsen and Smita Gaith 14 Forecasting in age-structural time 215 Richard Cincotta 15 A twenty-first century agenda for policy-relevant demographic research 235 Suzanne E. Fry Index

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Book SynopsisThe writings of Thomas Robert Malthus continue to resonate today, particularly An Essay on the Principle of Population which was published more than two centuries ago. Malthus Across Nations creates a fascinating picture of the circulation of his economic and demographic ideas across different countries, highlighting the reception of his works in a variety of nations and cultures. This unique book offers not only a fascinating piece of comparative analysis in the history of economic thought, but also places some of today's most pressing debates into an accurate historical perspective, thereby improving our understanding of them. Providing a complex and multi-faceted analysis of the reception and dissemination of the works of Malthus, this book examines how his approach was misunderstood and distorted throughout his lifetime and beyond. It illuminates the different ways in which groups of actors, including laymen, politicians and experts, have reacted to his work in specific historical and intellectual contexts, and with particular theoretical, political and moral concerns. Detailed breakdowns of the main controversies over his work are also explored. An insightful read for scholars studying economics and history of economic thought, this book guides readers from Malthus's original publications to their continuing impact today. This will also be a useful volume for ethics, political thought and intellectual history students. Contributors include: D. Andrews, J.L. Cardoso, D. Donnini Macciò, G. Faccarello, C. Gehrke, M. Izumo, M. Markov, D. Melnik, A. Mendes Cunha, H. Morishita, R. Romani, J. San Julián Arrupe, R. WalterTable of ContentsContents: Introduction: Malthus across nations 1 Gilbert Faccarello, Masashi Izumo and Hiromi Morishita 1 Malthus’s principle of population in Britain: restatement and antiquation 18 Ryan Walter 2 The reception of Malthus’s Essay on Population in the United States 53 David Andrews 3 ‘Enlightened Saint Malthus’ or the ‘gloomy Protestant of dismal England’? The reception of Malthus in the French language 83 Gilbert Faccarello 4 The reception of Malthus in Germany and Austria in the 19th century 174 Christian Gehrke 5 Malthus’s Italian incarnations, 1815–1915 236 Daniela Donnini Macciò and Roberto Romani 6 The reception of Malthus in Spain and Spanish-speaking Latin America 274 Javier San Julián Arrupe 7 The reception and appropriation of Malthus in Portugal and Brazil 324 José Luís Cardoso and Alexandre Mendes Cunha 8 The reception of Malthus in Russia 359 Maxim Markov and Denis Melnik 9 The reception of Malthus in Japan 400 Masashi Izumo and Hiromi Morishita Name index 453

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Book Synopsis The reindeer herders of Aoluguya, China, are a group of former hunters who today see themselves as “keepers of reindeer” as they engage in ethnic tourism and exchange experiences with their Ewenki neighbors in Russian Siberia. Though to some their future seems problematic, this book focuses on the present, challenging the pessimistic outlook, reviewing current issues, and describing the efforts of the Ewenki to reclaim their forest lifestyle and develop new forest livelihoods. Both academic and literary contributions balance the volume written by authors who are either indigenous to the region or have carried out fieldwork among the Aoluguya Ewenki since the late 1990s.Trade Review “This edited volume is the first book-length, English-language publication devoted to [the Ewenki] and makes a very welcome addition to the growing ethnographic literature on northern Asia’s indigenous peoples… The book strikes an elegant balance between history, contemporary social commentary, and original narratives by members of the Ewenki community… This valuable contribution is ideal for acquainting the broader world with one of China’s least-known minority groups, for anthropologists and social historians as well as readers hoping to learn something new about Asia’s modern pastoral peoples. Highly recommended.” • Choice “This unique and well-documented edited collection… is unique for presenting the work of acknowledged foreign- and China-based ethnographers on Tungus-speaking peoples in China, as well as sections written by Ewenki authors and representatives. It is represented as the first English-language book devoted solely to the Ewenki community of Aoluguya….[With] this finely crafted, rich volume …one could hope for increased dialogue and communication with this rich and ultimately transnational pastoralist community at the edge of the Chinese taiga.” • Pastoralism: Research, Policy and Practice “[This volume] makes a considerable contribution to indigenous studies in general. One of the significant features of his collection is that the authors represent a highly complicated picture of the relations between the state and the Ewenki community that is far from the plain schemes discussing challenges facing indigenous communities today through the simplistic ‘civilixation/tradition’ dichotomy.“ • Nomadic Peoples “[The book] It provides a thorough presentation of the history and life of the Ewenki of Aoluguya, and is both an important contribution to the otherwise scarce English-language literature on this particular group of people and at the same time adds valuable knowledge to the anthropology of northern Eurasian peoples as a whole.” • Anthropology Book Forum “Reclaiming the Forest touches on many essential topics in current anthropology—the expansion of the state, tradition versus modernization, development and privatization, and the survival and revival of indigenous culture—and portrays them particularly effectively by focusing on one group in one place.” • Anthropology Review Database “This is an exciting, finely crafted edited collection which focuses on a group of Ewenki who are poorly known in the English language literature... The volume is evenly balanced with both academic and literary contributions by local Ewenki authors.” • David Anderson, University of Aberdeen “This book is a valuable contribution to the anthropology of northern Eurasian peoples. With contributions by Western and Chinese anthropologists, along with contributions by Ewenki reindeer herders themselves, the book is a comprehensive and innovative presentation of the history and lifeways of the Ewenki of Aoluguya.” • John Ziker, Boise State UniversityTable of Contents List of illustrations Foreword F. Georg Heyne Acknowledgements Map of Aoluguya Contributors PART I: ENCOUNTERING THE EWENKI Introduction: Writing the ‘Reindeer Ewenki’ Åshild Kolås Chapter 1. From Nomads to Settlers: A History of the Aoluguya Ewenki (1965–1999) Si Qinfu PART II: MIGRATIONS: REINDEER HERDING IN FLUX Chapter 2. In the Forest Pastures of the Reindeer Tang Ge Chapter 3. Ambiguities of the Aoluguya Ewenki Åshild Kolås Chapter 4. The Many Faces of Nomadism among the Reindeer Ewenki: Uses of Land, Mobility and Exchange Networks Aurore Dumont PART III: REPRESENTATIONS: DEFINING THE REINDEER EWENKI CULTURE AND IDENTITY Chapter 5. A Passage from Forest to State: The Aoluguya Ewenki and their Museums Bai Ying and Zhang Rongde Chapter 6. The Ecological Migration and Ewenki Identity Xie Yuanyuan Chapter 7. Tents, Taiga and Tourist Parks: Vernacular Ewenki Architecture and the State Richard Fraser PART IV: LOCAL VOICES Chapter 8. Campfire Weijia Chapter 9. My Homeland Gong Yu Chapter 10. Hunting along the Bei’erci River Gu Xinjun Glossary Index

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Book Synopsis Responding to the renewed emphasis on the significance of village studies, this book focuses on aging bachelorhood as a site of intolerable angst when faced with rural depopulation and social precarity. Based on ongoing ethnographic fieldwork in contemporary Macedonian society, the book explores the intersections between modernity, kinship and gender. It argues that as a critical consequence of demographic rupture, changing values and societal shifts, aging bachelorhood illuminates and challenges conceptualizations of performativity and social presence.Trade Review “Modernity and the Unmaking of Men is an ethnographically rich and beautifully written work that analyzes aging bachelorhood in the context of rural depopulation and decline and of changing values to marriage and childrearing in the country now known as North Macedonia… The book presents a wealth of fascinating details about so-called old bachelors who are over twenty-five, the socially expected age of marriage, and refuse to get married... Overall, [this] is a richly informative, engaging, and accessible book that will interest general readers, undergraduate and graduate students, and specialists in Europe alike.” • Anthropos “This book contains a wealth of ethnographic detail on kinship, marriage, and masculinity in rural Macedonia in the post-Socialist period. With her focus on “the village scape,” Schubert adds fresh insights to understandings of modernity and the state.” • Deborah Reed-Danahay, University of BuffaloTable of Contents Notes on Translation Introduction Chapter 1. ‘A Village Is for the Old and Dead’: The Disappearing Village Scape Chapter 2. A Kinship Frame of Mind Chapter 3. Marriage and the ‘Order’ of Life Chapter 4. The Invisible Significants: Women and the Androcentric Social Imaginary Chapter 5. The (Dis)Orderly Individual Chapter 6. The Decoupling of Time and Order: Aging Bachelors and the (Im)productive Ethno-Nation Conclusion: On Being Stuck References Index

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Book SynopsisOne of the major challenges facing the world today is the interaction between demographic changes and development. Rather than the usual view that the population itself is the main problem, Population and Development Issues argues that it is just one factor among many others, such as poverty, illiteracy, poor health, unemployment, the condition of women and climate change.This book analyzes the relationships between the key demographic variables (fertility, morbidity and mortality, migration, etc.) and major development issues, notably education, employment, health, gender, social and geographical inequalities and climate concerns. Bringing together contributions from specialists across every field, it presents empirical data simply and clearly alongside theoretical reflections.Table of ContentsIntroduction: Population in the Development Paradigm xiYves CHARBIT Chapter 1 The Precursors: The Mercantilists, Malthus, Marx 1Yves CHARBIT 1.1 Theories and doctrines 1 1.2 Mercantilism, the population doctrine and policy of royal power 2 1.2.1 Mercantilism and the modern state 2 1.2.2 A populationist doctrine 4 1.2.3 The inevitable historical decline of mercantilism 5 1.3 Malthus, the theorist of demo-economic growth 6 1.3.1 The consequences of demographic dynamics: poverty or increased agricultural production? 6 1.3.2 Demo-economic growth, industrialization and well-being 9 1.3.3 The political instrumentalization of demography in the past and in our days 11 1.4 Marx yesterday and today 12 1.4.1 Precarious labor in the agricultural sector 15 1.4.2 The relevance of Marx 16 1.5 Conclusion 18 1.6 References 19 Chapter 2 Education, Population and Development 23Nicole BELLA and Yves CHARBIT 2.1 Introduction 23 2.2 Education statistics and demography 24 2.2.1 Enrollment in primary education 25 2.2.2 Enrollment in secondary education 25 2.2.3 Higher education, still a luxury despite its expansion 29 2.2.4 Girls, the major beneficiaries of educational progress over the last decades 30 2.2.5 Education and demography in Asia 32 2.3 Education, population and development 43 2.3.1 Education and long-term economic growth 43 2.3.2 Education and social development 44 2.3.3 Education and politics 45 2.3.4 Education and conflict: a complex relationship 46 2.3.5 Education and urbanization 47 2.4 Conclusion: education and demography 48 2.5 References 48 Chapter 3 Employment and the Informal Economy 53Jacques CHARMES 3.1 Introduction 53 3.2 The concept of informal economy and its assessment methods 54 3.2.1 The evolution of concepts 55 3.2.2 The evolution of measurements 57 3.2.3 The extent of employment in the informal economy worldwide 58 3.3 Long-term employment trends in the informal economy in Northern Africa 60 3.3.1 A wide variety of approaches 60 3.3.2 The current situation 64 3.4 Conclusion: which transition policies from the informal to the formal economy? 72 3.5 References 74 Chapter 4 Gender Inequalities 77Serge RABIER 4.1 Current theories and debates 77 4.2 Health and reproductive rights at the heart of demography: economic investment and anthropological breakthroughs 78 4.2.1 Global data 78 4.2.2 Infant and maternal health 79 4.2.3 HIV-AIDS and other sexually transmitted diseases 81 4.2.4 The emergence of new challenges related to the epidemiological transition 81 4.2.5 Gender stereotypes and patriarchy 82 4.2.6 Anthropological discrimination 83 4.2.7 Economic discrimination 84 4.2.8 Public health policies 84 4.3 Gender determinants at the heart of educational supply and demand in Africa 86 4.3.1 Primary education 87 4.3.2 Secondary education 89 4.3.3 University education 89 4.3.4 Anthropological obstacles 92 4.3.5 Institutional, economic and social obstacles 94 4.4 Conclusion 101 4.5 References 101 Chapter 5 Sex Selection: Public Policies to Balance the Scales? 105Christophe Z GUILMOTO and Laura RAHM 5.1 Introduction 105 5.2 Prevalence and evolution of SRB trends 107 5.2.1 Sex imbalances at birth across the world 107 5.2.2 Determinants of sex imbalances at birth 109 5.3 Public policies against gender-biased sex selection 111 5.3.1 Policy evolution: from denial to recognition, to global action 111 5.3.2 Policy typology 113 5.3.3 Policy impact: evidence and knowledge gaps 116 5.4 Case study: impact of policy on the SRB in Armenia and Vietnam 117 5.4.1 Armenia 117 5.4.2 Vietnam 122 5.5 Discussion and conclusion 127 5.6 References 128 Chapter 6 Poverty and Inequalities 133Yves CHARBIT, Mustapha OMRANE and Zakari OUMAROU 6.1 Measuring and analyzing poverty and inequalities 133 6.1.1 Defining poverty 134 6.1.2 Measuring poverty 135 6.2 The evolution of poverty 137 6.2.1 Means of subsistence around 2015 137 6.2.2 The evolution of extreme poverty in the world 138 6.2.3 Health and poverty 139 6.3 Poverty in Niger 144 6.3.1 The sociodemographic characteristics of households 146 6.3.2 Poverty and the labor market 148 6.3.3 Food insecurity in 2011 149 6.4 Conclusion: toward a new poverty indicator? 152 6.5 References 153 Chapter 7 Mental Health: An Underestimated Development Issue 155Véronique PETIT 7.1 Introduction 155 7.2 Inclusion of mental health in overall health 156 7.2.1 Genealogy of an international mobilization 156 7.2.2 The global morbidity burden 158 7.2.3 Lack of mobilization and investment in mental health 160 7.2.4 The costs of mental disorders 163 7.2.5 Mental health in the demographic and epidemiological transitions 165 7.3 Senegal, an emblematic case of the situation in African countries 167 7.3.1 Colonial heritage: the Fann school 167 7.3.2 The care supply: insufficient and unevenly distributed 171 7.3.3 Therapeutic pathways and adherence to treatment 174 7.4 Conclusion: a fight that still has to be waged 176 7.5 References 177 Chapter 8 Migration Remittances and Development 183Serge FELD 8.1 Introduction 183 8.2 Volume and trends in remittance movements 184 8.2.1 The global level 184 8.2.2 The regional level and the national level 187 8.3 The consequences for households: poverty, health, education 195 8.3.1 Poverty reduction 195 8.3.2 Poverty reduction 197 8.3.3 Consumption expenditure or investment? A false dilemma 198 8.3.4 Health and education 201 8.4 Conclusion: remittances, a development policy instrument 204 8.5 References 205 Chapter 9 Climate Change and Demography 213Sabine HENRY 9.1 Introduction 213 9.2 Climate change as analyzed by the IPCC 214 9.2.1 The IPCC approach 214 9.2.2 Summary of the main results of IPCC reports 216 9.2.3 The geography of climate change impact 217 9.2.4 Scenarios for the future 218 9.3 The impacts of climate change on demographic factors 220 9.3.1 Fertility and its inevitable inertia 221 9.3.2 Climate-related mortality and morbidity 223 9.3.3 Environmental migrations: a problem to be solved or a solution to be explored? 226 9.4 Trapped populations 229 9.5 Conclusion 232 9.6 References 233 Chapter 10 Population Policies 237John F MAY 10.1 Introduction 237 10.2 Population policies: processes and mechanisms 240 10.2.1 Goals and values 240 10.2.2 Demographic data and variables amenable to interventions 241 10.2.3 Policy levers and instruments 242 10.2.4 Population policy process 243 10.2.5 Policy actors and stakeholders 244 10.2.6 Policies, priorities and methods 246 10.2.7 Funding and monitoring and evaluation 247 10.3 Population policies: empirical evidence 248 10.3.1 Asia: China, Indonesia and Iran 249 10.3.2 Sub-Saharan Africa 252 10.3.3 More developed countries 253 10.4 Conclusion 255 10.5 References 257 Conclusion: Is Population Really the Problem? 261Yves CHARBIT List of Authors 279 Index 281

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Book SynopsisElgar Advanced Introductions are stimulating and thoughtful introductions to major fields in the social sciences, business and law, expertly written by the world’s leading scholars. Designed to be accessible yet rigorous, they offer concise and lucid surveys of the substantive and policy issues associated with discrete subject areas.Highlighting the power of multi-dimensional demography, this Advanced Introduction addresses the most consequential changes in our societies and economies using quantitative approaches. It defines three demographic theories with predictive power - demographic metabolism, transition and dividend - and repositions the discipline at the heart of social science.Key features include: Discussion of alternative demographic scenarios in the context of sustainable development Introduction of national human resource management as the population policy for the 21st century An outline of how the significant demographic theories discussed form the building blocks of a Unified Demographic Theory An argument for cognitive changes as the primary driver of demographic transition rather than changing economic conditions, demonstrated by the impact of changing educational attainment structures. This Advanced Introduction is a must-read for demographers around the globe for its concise summary of the concepts, theories and power of multi-dimensional demography, as well as students of demography at all levels. It will also be useful to academics in other social sciences, including human geography, development studies and sociology scholars interested in what state-of-the-art demography has to offer their fields.Trade Review‘Wolfgang Lutz secured his place among the handful of the world's most influential demographers by decades of pioneering empirical research, theoretical exploration, and institutional leadership. This succinct book is a capstone to his contributions. Lutz envisions multi-dimensional demography (including age, sex and other attributes like education) as the foundation for a theory that integrates demographic metabolism (cohort replacement), the demographic transition, and the demographic dividend. Demographers, social scientists, and policy makers need to read this important book.’ -- Joel E. Cohen, The Rockefeller University and Columbia University, US‘Wolfgang Lutz has put together his encyclopaedic demographic knowledge in this excellent Advanced Introduction. Far from being a conventional introduction, his central theme is that demography must have scientific rigour to offer “predictive power” for social change and human welfare. Three theories are key: intergenerational change, demographic transition and the demographic dividend, central to economic change. Thereby demography can become an “intervention science” to enhance welfare. Education, particularly of girls, takes centre stage. These ideas underpin a stimulating look at population change and the central issues of sustainable development and the global future.’ -- David Coleman, University of Oxford, UK‘Wolfgang Lutz is one of the most accomplished demographers in the world, and this book is a major accomplishment. Building on prior demographic research, including his and that of his research team, he creates a unified demographic theory importantly incorporating education into our demographic view of the world. This book should be required reading for everyone–not just demographers. I guarantee that you will better understand how the world works once you have absorbed what Professor Lutz is telling us.’ -- John R. Weeks, San Diego State University, US'A masterful survey, analysis, and exposition. Studying this text will yield a broad and deep understanding of demographic theories and perspectives, along with the uses of demography, that is simply not attainable in any other two or three sources combined. Alongside, Lutz consolidates considerations of human capital--education and health--into the very core of demographic science, projections, and policy. Students equipped with this knowledge will understand the foundations of what they are doing as demographers AND what they are observing in the world as citizens. A remarkable achievement.' -- William Butz, former President, Population Reference Bureau, Washington DC, USTable of ContentsContents: Preface 1. Demographic concepts and data 2. Demographic theories 3. Education and cognition as drivers of mortality and fertility decline 4. Demographic futures and sustainable development Index

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Book SynopsisBorn roughly between 1964 and 1980, Generation X has received much less critical attention than the two generations that precede and follow it: the Baby Boomers and Millennials. This essay collection examines representations of Generation X in contemporary popular culture, including in television, movies, music, and internet sources. Drawing on generational theory, cultural studies theory, race theory, and feminist theory, the essays in this volume consider the past identities of Generation X, relationships with members of younger generations, modern appropriation of Generation X aesthetics, interactions of Generation X members with family, and the existential values of Generation X. Table of ContentsIntroduction: Gen X “Brings It” to Adulthood By Pam HollanderChapter 1: Cobra Kai: Flipping the Script and Finding Intergenerational BalanceBy Jim DeysChapter 2: The Countercultural Legacy of Generation X in Twin Peaks By Damon FrankeChapter 3: So Different Yet So Similar: Two Black Generation X Professors Discuss Life at the Half Century Mark By Elwood Watson & Zebulon MiletskyChapter 4: The Revisionist 3Rs: Revolutionize your Revolutions around the SunBy Sarah ParkerChapter 5: The New Adult: A Media Comparison of Generation X, Millennials, and Generation ZBy Lee OkanChapter 6: From Latchkey Kid to Granny Nanny: How Gen X Shaped the Modern Family By Melissa Vosen CallensChapter 7: Crimes of Trust: Middle-Aged Gen Xers In OzarkBy Marty RappChapter 8: “I Didn’t Feel a Thing”: The Gen X Trauma and Alternative Families in My Golden DaysBy Helena GurfinkelChapter 9: The Aging Dilemma in Forever: Generation X Asks What It Means to LiveBy Kellie DeysAppendix: Personal Essays on Generation X at Middle Age

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Book SynopsisThe Misuse, Misrepresentation, and Politicization of Statistics in American Society critically examines the early measurement efforts of several government agencies responsible for some of the most widely watched social indicators on unemployment, life expectancy, crime, and population. It argues that official statistics are dubious at best, better seen not so much as objective barometers of social life but rather as socially constructed metrics that are easily manipulated and often politicized. This book argues that official statistics powerfully frame social reality, ultimately helping to determine who counts and what matters in society. It makes the case that, as with other types of official accounts, data derived from government sources needs to be regarded skeptically and systematically investigated. This book concludes that official statistics are a kind of sanctioned cover up of everyday reality, hiding the true extent of joblessness, distorting the real increase in life expectancy, obscuring where crime actually happens, and understating the undeniable growth of minority populations.Trade Review“Official statistics about unemployment, life expectancy, crime, and the nation’s population are often taken for granted, just accepted as straightforward facts. Robert E. Parker’s book invites us to think critically about these numbers by examining who decides what to count, as well as the even consequences of those choices for society’s members.” -- Joel Best, The University of Delaware“Providing a data infrastructure is one of the functions of the US government. Parker provides a timely warning that government data can be politicized to the detriment of everyone.” -- Teresa A. Sullivan, University of VirginiaIn this slim, well-written, and thoughtful volume, Parker demonstrates the concerning misuse, misrepresentation, and politicization of statistics generated by various federal agencies. This is not a how-to book for statistics, but a critical review of how statistics are created and what political, economic, and social consequences these socially constructed data have. Parker devotes the bulk of the text to critical analyses of the statistics and consequent problems created by four agencies: the Bureau of Labor Statistics and its underestimation of unemployment; the Centers for Disease Control and its overestimation of life expectancy; the FBI and its miscalculation of crime; and the Census Bureau and its decennial population undercount. As one can infer from these topic outlines, Parker is critical of the neoliberal philosophy underlying these data and the negative consequences they have for minority groups. His book makes clear the policy stakes of federal statistics for the lives of everyone, especially the disadvantaged. This book is recommended for undergraduates and general readers. * Choice Reviews *

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Book SynopsisDevelopment studies in developing regions such as Southern Africa rely heavily on materials developed by Europeans with a European context. European dominance in development studies emanates from the fact that the discipline was first developed by Europeans. Some argue that this has led to distortions in theory and practice of development in Southern Africa. This book wishes to begin Africa's expedition to develop proper material to de-Westernize while Africanizing the context of the scholarship of rural development.African Perspectives on Reshaping Rural Development is an essential reference source that repositions the context of rural development studies from the Western-centric knowledge system into an African context in order to solve African-centered problems. Featuring research on topics such as food security, poverty reduction, and community engagement, this book is ideally designed for planners, researchers, practitioners, policymakers, government officials, academicians, and students seeking clarity on theory and practice of development in Africa.

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Book SynopsisElgar Research Agendas outline the future of research in a given area. Leading scholars are given the space to explore their subject in provocative ways, and map out the potential directions of travel. They are relevant but also visionary. International migration has emerged as one of the most pressing issues faced by national and regional governments in our modern world. This Research Agenda provides much-needed discussion on the health of migrants, and fundamental research directions for the future. The editors draw together key contributions that address people with a range of immigration statuses, including refugees. Written by leading experts in the field, chapters explore the evolving nature of health, from how this is experienced by migrants in their countries of origin, to the impact of the immigrant journey and experiences in their country of residence. Topical and timely, the Research Agenda offers key insights into previously underdeveloped areas of study, including an analysis of female migrants, a discussion of immigration relative to the Global South, and the relationship between climate change, migration and health. An important read for human geography scholars, this will be particularly useful for those looking into population and health geography and demography. It will also be beneficial to sociology and anthropology scholars interested in immigration and health. Contributors include: A.T. Banerjee, V. Chouinard, X. Deng, S. Gal, S. Gravel, J. Hanley, J. Hennebry, L. Hunter, A. Kobayashi, J.-H. Koo, L. Malhaire, K.B. Newbold, J.-A. Osei-Twum, S. Park, D.H. Simon, K. Stelfox, M. Walton-Roberts, L. Wang, K. WilsonTrade Review‘The various essays provide some innovative exploration of the migration-health nexus. As such, the book promises to be inspirational for scholars of geography, public health and related fields. Graduate students who seek to get oriented in this truly complex field and to identify salient research questions will undoubtedly benefit from perusing the essays of this volume.’ -- Brigitte Waldorf, Regional Science Policy and Practice‘A timely contribution to the field of migration and health, and a valuable resource for researchers seeking to explore newer questions. The nine chapters in this book offer diverse perspectives on themes such as inequity and discrimination in access to healthcare, gender, cultural safety, food security, disability and climate change as experienced by immigrants from countries in the Global South. The authors challenge and demystify pre-existing frameworks on migrant health, seek to broaden the theoretical and methodological scope of the field and provide a research agenda for future work.’ -- Divya Ravindranath, Progress in Development Studies‘It is a valuable resource for those seeking to refine their research questions and as a means to draw parallels across work on migration and health. While focused on international migration, the questions and approaches outlined are relevant to research on internal migration, and there is significant space to better articulate the connections between internal migration, international migration, and health.’ -- Frances Darlington-Pollock, Geographical Research'Bruce Newbold and Kathi Wilson are both health geographers with a strong legacy; this edited volume on which they have partnered is no exception. As they state in their opening chapter, the health of an immigrant is shaped by the immigration journey and the factors precipitating it (forced versus voluntary; economic, social, cultural, environmental push and pull factors…). What Newbold and Wilson have done with this edited volume is bring the immigrant health literature into the 21st Century by bringing heretofore invisible issues to the forefront: gender; climate change; inequalities in the global south. Their section on future research directions takes us even further through suggestions for alternative theoretical and epistemological approaches to the growing issues of immigration and immigrant health.' --Susan J Elliot, University of Waterloo, Canada'Tapping into the expertise from scholars in geography, international affairs, nursing, psychiatry, public health, social service and social work, A Research Agenda for Migration and Health fills a gap in migration studies by foregrounding climate change, gender/race and health, health status, health care, nutrition and their impacts.' --Wei Li, Arizona State University, USTable of ContentsContents: 1. Introduction: Migration and Health K. Bruce Newbold and Kathi Wilson 2. Disability, Migration and Health in the Global South: An Agenda for Research and Action Vera Chouinard 3. Healthcare Access among Immigrants and Transnational Migrants Lu Wang 4. Climate Change, Migration and Health Lori M. Hunter and Daniel H. Simon 5. Migrant Worker Strategies in Access to Health: Recognizing agency in a context of constraints Jill Hanley, Sol Park, Sylvie Gravel, Jah-Hon Koo, Loic Malhaire and Sigalit Gal 6. Rebalancing Act: Promoting an international research agenda on women migrant careworkers’ health and rights Jenna Hennebry and Margaret Walton-Roberts 7. Securing Culturally Appropriate Food for Refugee Women in Canada: Opportunities for Research Katherine B. Stelfox and K. Bruce Newbold 8. An Agenda for Newcomer Health Care? Research in Canada Audrey Kobayashi and Xiaojun Deng 9. Exploring the Applicability of Indigenous Cultural Safety to Immigrant Health Research Jo-Ann Osei-Twum, Erika Pulfer and Ananya T. Banerjee Index

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Book Synopsis Offering an original discussion of the gentrification phenomenon in Europe, this book provides new theoretical insights into classical works on the subject. Using a thorough analysis of the diversity of the forms, places and actors of gentrification in an attempt to isolate its ‘DNA’, the book addresses the place of social groups in cities, their competition over the appropriation of space, the infrastructure unequally offered to them by economic and political actors and the stakes of everyday social relationships.Trade Review “It was useful to be reminded about the original debates between those who focused on demand for gentrified housing as opposed to those who focused on its supply … the authors I felt de-toxified a debate that has sometimes become a rather sterile war of ideological position.” • Tim Butler, King's College London “It’s an interesting book, offering a different perspective on the multiple facets of gentrification. It shows a considerable range of theories, approaches, perspectives and case studies, therefore highlighting also the ambiguity of a concept.” • Giovanni Semi, University of TorinoTable of Contents List of Illustrations Preface Acknowledgements Introduction: From Gentrification to Gentrifications Part I: Structures Chapter 1. From Industry to Real Estate: Creating the Gentrification Supply Chapter 2. The Existing Built Environment: How Urban Morphologies Inform Gentrification ‘Potentials’ Chapter 3. On the Diversity of Gentrifers: Structural Effects and Contextual Effects Part II: Policies Chapter 4. Are Pro-Gentrification Policies Real? An Evidence-Based Inquiry Chapter 5. Gentrification: A Matter of Images and Representations Chapter 6. Moving Upmarket: a Neoliberal Strategy of Urban (Re)Development Part III: Inhabitants Chapter 7. Gentrification, Pauperization, Immigration: One Process May Hide Another Chapter 8. Popular Continuities in Gentrifying Neighbourhoods: The Presences and Practices of Nonresidents Chapter 9. R Residing in a Gentrifying Neighbourhood: The Importance of Trajectories and Mobilities Chapter 10. Negotiating Diversity in Daily Life. Controlled Neighbourly Relations and School Choices Conclusion Index

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Book Synopsis Celebrating the 50th volume of the landmark Fertility, Reproduction and Sexuality series, this book offers a much-needed analysis of shifting reproductive policies and practices in the Islamic Republic of Iran, a society that is usually represented as either “revolutionary” or “oppressive.” Instead, Tremayne reflects on more than four decades of research arguing that changing reproductive behaviors on the part of ordinary Iranians must always be viewed against the backdrop of core cultural values and traditions, which are often reinforced, instead of radically altered, by new reproductive technologies, juridical opinions, and state policies.Trade Review “All in all, this is a one-of-a-kind volume by the leading anthropologist of Iranian reproduction. It will make a vital contribution.” • Marcia C. Inhorn, Yale UniversityTable of Contents Introduction Part I: Modernity, Discord, Compliance Chapter 1. Change and “Face” in Modern Iran (2006) Chapter 2. Modernity and Early Marriage in Iran: A View from Within (2006) Chapter 3. The Four Faces of Iranian Fatherhood (2014) Part II: Population, Reproduction, Politics Chapter 4. “And Never the Twain Shall Meet”: Reproductive Health Policies in the Islamic Republic of Iran (2004) Chapter 5. “As List E Karhayee Ke Bayad Anjame Midadam Khat Khord”: Contemporary Reproductive Body Politic in Iran (2020) Chapter 6. “The Only Thing [the State is] Good at is Intruding in People’s Beds”: Citizens as Tools of Reproduction Part III: Kinship, Family, Gender Chapter 7. The “Down Side” of Gamete Donation: Challenging “Happy Family” Rhetoric in Iran (2012) Chapter 8. Gender and Reproductive Technologies in Shia Iran (2014) Chapter 9. Assisted Reproductive Technologies and Making and Unmaking of Kin in Iran: Transformation or Variation on a Theme? (2018) Part IV: Fertility, Religion, Technology Chapter 10. Law, Ethics, and Donor Technologies in Shia Iran (2009) Chapter 11. Conceiving IVF in Iran (2016) Chapter 12. Third-Party Gamete Donation, Anonymity, and the Conundrum of Lineage Conclusion Index

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Book Synopsis''Highly readable ... Everything we need to know on this subject'' Financial TimesA population calamity is unfolding before our eyes. It started in parts of the developed world and is spreading to the four corners of the globe. There are just too few babies being born for humanity to replace itself.Leading demographer Paul Morland argues that the consequences of this promise to be calamitous. Labour shortages, pensions crises, ballooning debt: what is currently happening in South Korea which faces population decline of more than 85% within just two generations - threatens to engulf us all, and sooner than we think. In the developed world we may be able temporarily to stave off the worst of its effects with immigration, but many countries, including those the immigrants come from, will get old before they get rich.No One Left charts this future, explains its causes and suggests what might be done. Unless we radically change our

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Book Synopsis'Highly readable ... Everything we need to know on this subject' Financial TimesA population calamity is unfolding before our eyes. It started in parts of the developed world and is spreading to the four corners of the globe. There are just too few babies being born for humanity to replace itself. Leading demographer Paul Morland argues that the consequences of this promise to be calamitous. Labour shortages, pensions crises, ballooning debt: what is currently happening in South Korea which faces population decline of more than 85% within just two generations - threatens to engulf us all, and sooner than we think. In the developed world we may be able temporarily to stave off the worst of its effects with immigration, but many countries, including those the immigrants come from, will get old before they get rich. No One Left charts this future, explains its causes and suggests what might be done. Unless we radically change our attitudes towards parenthood and embrace a new progressive pro-natalism, argues Morland, we face disaster.

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Book SynopsisShowcasing ways in which the theory of the lifecourse has been applied in demographic research, this innovative Handbook uses key datasets to offer a deeper understanding of the causes and consequences of demographic change across the lifecourse. This Handbook features contributions from leading international demographers and social scientists, covering a range of substantive areas such as employment, health, migration, social security, family formation, housing and inequality to give substance to investigations into the individual's lifecourse. Chapters highlight major theoretical and methodological advances in lifecourse research and present research that sheds light on family dynamics, health and mobility over the lifecourse, illustrating the implications of lifecourse research for policy and reform. Comprehensive and cutting-edge, this Handbook will be crucial reading for students and researchers of demography, social policy, sociology and gerontology at all levels looking to enhance their own research agendas. Policy makers and practitioners of demographic research will also benefit from its insights into the key methodological avenues for advanced investigations. Contributors include: K. Barclay, M. Benzeval, L. Bernardi, A. Berrington, A. Börsch-Supan, P. Bridgen, P. De Jong, H. De Valk, T. Emery, M. Evandrou, A. Evans, L. Fadel, J. Falkingham, A.E. Fasang, A. Findlay, I. Garfinkel, A.H. Gauthier, A. Goodman, E. Graham, J. Holmes, J. Huinink, K. Keenan, K. Kiernan, S. Kim, D. Kneale, M. Kolk, H. Kulu, M. Lyons-Amos, K.U. Mayer, D. McCollum, S. McLanahan, A. McMunn, T. Meyer, J. Mikolai, M. Qin, A. Sabater, L. Sariscsany, R.A. Settersten, C. Van Mol, L. Vargas, A. Villadsen, A. Vlachantoni, J. Waldfogel, M. WrightTable of ContentsContents: 1. Introduction to the Handbook on Demographic change and the Lifecourse Maria Evandrou, Jane Falkingham and Athina Vlachantoni PART I: THEORETICAL & METHODOLOGICAL ADVANCES IN LIFECOURSE RESEARCH 2. Linking Demographic Change and the Life Course: Insights from the “Life Course Cube” Laura Bernardi, Johannes Huinink and Richard A. Settersten, Jr. 3. Life Course and Social Inequality Anette Eva Fasang and Karl Ulrich Mayer 4. Studying individuals across the life course: A review of longitudinal methods Júlia Mikolai and Mark Lyons-Amos PART II: DATA & INNOVATION IN LIFECOURSE RESEARCH 5. Current and future contributions of the Generations and Gender Programme to life course research Luisa Fadel, Tom Emery and Anne H. Gauthier 6. Life history analyses with SHARE Axel Börsch-Supan 7. The contribution of the 1958 and 1970 British Cohort Studies to lifecourse research on family transitions Aase Villadsen, Ann Berrington, Alissa Goodman and Dylan Kneale 8. Understanding families’ lives across the life course: the value of panel studies. Understanding Society: the UK Household Longitudinal Survey Michaela Benzeval PART III: FAMILY DYNAMICS AND LIVING ARRANGEMENTS OVER THE LIFECOURSE 9. Unmarried families in the UK and the US Kathleen Kiernan, Sara McLanahan, John Holmes and Melanie Wright 10. Ethnic fertility and ethnic intermarriage in Australia Ann Evans 11. Demographic Perspectives on Population Change and Housing across the Life Course Elspeth Graham and Albert Sabater PART IV: HEALTH OVER THE LIFECOURSE 12. Birth spacing and health outcomes: differences across the lifecourse and developmental contexts Kieron Barclay and Martin Kolk 13. Work, family and health over the life course: Evidence from the British birth cohort studies Anne McMunn PART V: MIGRATION & MOBILITY OVER THE LIFECOURSE 14. The case for a life course perspective on mobility and migration research David McCollum, Katy Keenan and Allan Findlay 15. Family Changes, Housing Transitions, and Residential Mobility Júlia Mikolai and Hill Kulu 16. Migration, welfare and the lifecourse in the context of the European Union: A case study of the Netherlands Petra de Jong, Christof Van Mol, Helga De Valk PART VI: POLICY 17. The American Welfare State in the Economic Lives of Children Irv Garfinkel, Laurel Sariscsany and Laura Vargas 18. Elder Care and the Role of Paid Leave Policy Soohyun Kim and Jane Waldfogel 19. The poverty risks of migrants who retire in their host country. Evidence from the first post-war wave of migration into Europe. Paul Bridgen and Traute Meyer 20. Employment history and later life satisfaction among three cohorts in the UK: Unravelling the mediating pathways of pension security, housing tenure and health Jane Falkingham, Maria Evandrou, Min Qin and Athina Vlachantoni Index

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Book Synopsis Children are Everywhere engages with how demographic anxieties and reproductive regimes emerge as forms of social inclusion and exclusion in a low fertility Western European context. This book explores everyday experiences of parenting and childlessness of ‘ethnic’ Germans in Berlin, who came of age around the fall of the Berlin Wall, and brings them into conversation with theories on parenting, waithood, non-biological intimacies, and masculinities. This is the first ethnographic work by a South Asian author on demographic anxieties and reproduction in Germany and reverses the anthropological gaze to study Europe as the ‘Other.’Trade Review “There are some unique and important discussions [in this book] that I have not seen elaborated elsewhere and certainly not brought together in one place.” • Heide Castañeda, University of South FloridaTable of Contents Dedication List of Illustrations Acknowledgments Introduction Chapter 1. Raum and Ruhe: Creating “Child-Friendly” Spaces in “Child-Unfriendly” Berlin Chapter 2. Let Me through, I am the Kinderwagenmafia: “Swabian Mothers” and Conspicuous Reproduction in Reunified Berlin Chapter 3. Constituting the Childless: Narratives of Reproductive Exclusions, and Belonging in Reunified Berlin~ Chapter 4. Becoming Fathers in a Child-Friendlier Germany: Active Fatherhood, Male Infertility and the Labor of Paternity Conclusion Bibliography Index

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Book SynopsisExploring tailored family planning strategies for marginalized groups, this work delves into comparative insights from Asian contexts, providing actionable approaches to empower and transform communities, foster sustainable development and improve reproductive health outcomes.

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Book SynopsisDesigning Public Space for an Ageing Population examines the barriers older people face by being a pedestrian in the built environment and demonstrates how to overcome them. Drawing on research carried out across the globe, and framed around Bourdieu's theory of capitals, this book establishes how to overcome restrictions and barriers to mobility including: - Infrastructure capital, such as technology, services, roads, pavements, finance and economics - Social capital, for example friends, family, neighbourhood and community - Cultural capital (norms, expectations, rules, laws) - Individual capital (skills, abilities, resilience, adaptation and desire and willingness to change) The book demonstrates that the public realm must be safe and accessible, but also attractive and desirable to an ageing population. The book includes case studies presenting solutions around CABE's objectives of urban design, notably: safe and accessible space including ease of movement; legible space, including adaptability, diversity and choice and; distinctive and aesthetically pleasing space, including character, continuity and quality.Table of ContentsChapter 1. Introductions Chapter 2. Methodological considerations in understanding pedestrian behaviour in later life Chapter 3. Conceptual models of walking Chapter 4. Designing streets for walking Chapter 5. Different contexts Chapter 6. Conclusions

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Book SynopsisPopulation is a dangerous political category. It is not separable from the racist and class-based valorisation and devaluation of different lives. From global contraceptive implant programmes to right wing anti-immigration discourses, demographic interpretations of multiple current crises legitimise the states' grip on childbearing and mobility. The results are complex dimensions of reproductive racism and restrictive border regimes. Meanwhile, global social inequalities and racial capitalist extractivism stay out of the game. The book analyses how demographic knowledge production and states’ grip to the variable of population intertwine. It introduces the concept of the Malthusian matrix in order to understand how class-selective and racist hierarchies within population narratives are combined with gendered policies of reproductive bodies and behaviours. Several chapters explore current reproductive racism, establishing a hierarchy between the birth of desirable and undesirable people. An upward redistributive family policy in Germany is promoting births within the privileged middle classes. And international population programs revive targets in order to increase the use of long-acting contraceptives in the Global South, within a market-oriented setting of Big Pharma promotion. Reproductive racism is also effective in migration policy strategies: narratives about "migrant birth rates" circulate among ultra-right forces as well as seemingly apolitical demographic policy consultancy. The last sections discuss state-theoretical approaches and the intersectional feminist concept of reproductive justice in order to provide tools for critique and resistance.Trade Review“This book makes a compelling case for the centrality of population policies and ideologies to ra-cism, coloniality and global capitalism. Crucially, it demonstrates how the openly Malthusian agen-das of today’s ascendant far-right are inextricable from a long and complex history of neoliberal populationism. Yet the book also offers reasons to hope, through listening to feminist activists in Brazil who are reimagining concepts of reproductive justice”—Kalpana Wilson, Department of Geography, Birkbeck, University of London.“Susanne Schultz brings to light the processes through which statistic and demographic rationalities have become central to government policymaking in Germany and beyond. This illuminating case exemplifies how population knowledge, racism, border policy and family planning are deeply entangled—and how they structure local, transnational and ultimately global political systems” — Jade S. Sasser, PhD, Associate Professor, Gender & Sexuality Studies, University of California, Riverside.“Drawing on extensive empirical fieldwork and a rich theoretical apparatus, Susanne Schultz follows the manifold trajectories of demographic rationalities, investigating how they inform governmental strategies and intersect with matters of race, gender and class. Reproductive Racism: Migration, Birth Control and The Specter of Population is not only an essential contribution to critical state theory but also offers important insights into how to question and oppose practices of demographization” —Thomas Lemke, Goethe Universität Frankfurt am Main.“This timely book reveals the dangerous reach of reproductive racism. Schultz carefully analyzes how it distorts reproductive politics, migration policies and projections of population aging. Drawing from feminist praxis, she counters reproductive racism with reproductive justice articulations of hope and struggle"—Anne Hendrixson, Senior Policy Analyst, Challenging Population Control, Collective Power for Reproductive Justice.In this exceptional book, Susanne Schultz offers an unsparing analysis of the specter of population, and how it shapes conjunctures of nationalism, reproductive racism, migration, and border regimes, as a method of neoliberal capitalism. This is an invaluable call against and beyond the logics of population, for anyone struggling towards building local and global eco-feminist, anti-racist, and anti-capitalist futures —Vanessa E. Thompson, Assistant Professor, Distinguished Professor in Black Studies and Social Justice, Department of Gender Studies, Queen’s University, Canada Table of ContentsIntroduction; Acknowledgments; Part I Blaming ‘Population’ for Multiple Crises; 1.Exploring the Multidimensional Concept of Demographization: The Case of Germany; Part II Projecting Migration: Dangerous Statistical Narratives; 2.Demographic Futurity: On the Power of Statistical Assumption Politics; 3.‘Too High’ or ‘Too Low’? Segregated Migrants’ Birth Rates as Common Ground for Völkisch and Utilitarian Nationalisms; Part III Averting Births: Political Economy and Statehood; 4.Transnational Antinatalism : Simplistic Narratives and Big Pharma Interests 99 in Collaboration with Daniel Bendix; 5.Theorizing processes of NGOization and the State :The Case of the Cairo Consensus; Part IV Resisting: Reproductive Justice; 6.Intersectional Convivialities : Brazilian Black and Popular Feminist Approaches to the Justiça Reprodutiva Framework; Epilogue: Opposing the Malthusian Matrix; Notes on Author and Collaborator; Index

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Book SynopsisWhilst all of the major industrialized countries are currently experiencing population ageing, Japan is at the forefront of this demographic trend. This important new book explores the serious economic and social challenges that a rapidly ageing Japanese economy will have to overcome in the first half of the 21st century. Following a comprehensive review of the economics of ageing both in general and in Japan, the authors present a range of future scenarios produced using an integrated economic-demographic model. This unique model integrates demography and the macro-economy, paying special attention to pensions, health care, and long-term care. The results reveal that, even if future demographic trends are more favourable than predicted, Japan will still experience a slowdown of economic growth, reduced savings, and rising costs of pensions, health care and long-term care. However, with appropriate policy measures and rapid implementation, the authors believe that a situation in which both young and old continue to experience long-term improvements in well-being remains possible.This book is arguably the best available English language survey on the economic implications of population trends in Japan. It will be widely read by researchers of economics, demography, public policy and public finance, and will also provide useful supplemental reading for graduate or upper undergraduate courses in economics, social policy, and Asian studies.Trade Review'. . . an excellent synthesis of the economics of population aging in high-income countries, with a focus on the unique situation of Japan.' -- Population and Development Review'This book should serve to guide future discussion about the relationship between population aging and its economic effects in Japan.' -- Miki Arimori, Journal of Pension Economics and Finance'. . . a thorough and insightful analysis of the challenges posed by population ageing. Important to those interested in the future of Japan and the other industrialized countries of the world.' -- Andrew Mason, East-West Center and University of Hawaii, US'This insightful book sets an economic policy agenda that can help guarantee the long-term viability of a society whose age structure is heavily weighted towards the old.' -- Paul Demeny, Population Council, USTable of ContentsContents: Preface 1. The Economics of Population Ageing 2. Population Ageing in Japan 3. An Economic–Demographic Simulation Model for Japan 4. Economic Impacts of Alternative Demographic Scenarios Afterword References Index

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Book SynopsisWritten specifically for classroom and student use, with over 35 tables and figures, this book sets out the political demographics of the Arab countries. In this revised and expanded second edition, the author updates all the data; adds analysis on North African countries; and discusses the phenomenon of intra-Arab labour migration and its socioeconomic-political impacts.Trade Review"This volume should be required reading for understanding the demographic challenges the Arab World confronts to achieve much desired long-term economic growth and political stability..." -- Regional Studies."This volume makes a valuable contribution to the Arab population policy literature by tracing the evolution of population policies in the Arab countries and by describing the factors that led to changes in these policies..." -- Studies in Family Planning."Onn Winckler has been for a number of years a leading light in the field of demographic studies on particular Arab countries..." -- David W Lesch, Professor of Middle East History, Trinity University, Texas."The book offers an excellent analysis of the dismal state of data in Arab countries, and how they are manipulated for political and/or economic benefit..." -- Population, Space and Place.Table of ContentsIntroduction -- The Methodological Framework of Arab Political Demography; Sources for Demographic Research of the Arab States; Beyond Expectations: Arab Population Growth in Retrospect; "Jobs for the Boys (& Girls)": The Emergence of the Employment Dilemma; The "New Arab Demographic Order": The Intra-Arab Labour Migration; Between Pro-Natalism & Anti-Natalism in the Arab Countries; Summary & Conclusions: The Emergence of the "Arab Demographic Catch 22".

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Book SynopsisWritten specifically for classroom and student use, with over 35 tables and figures, this book sets out the political demographics of the Arab countries. In this revised and expanded second edition, the author updates all the data; adds analysis on North African countries; and discusses the phenomenon of intra-Arab labour migration and its socioeconomic-political impacts.Trade Review"This volume should be required reading for understanding the demographic challenges the Arab World confronts to achieve much desired long-term economic growth and political stability..." -- Regional Studies."This volume makes a valuable contribution to the Arab population policy literature by tracing the evolution of population policies in the Arab countries and by describing the factors that led to changes in these policies..." -- Studies in Family Planning."Onn Winckler has been for a number of years a leading light in the field of demographic studies on particular Arab countries..." -- David W Lesch, Professor of Middle East History, Trinity University, Texas."The book offers an excellent analysis of the dismal state of data in Arab countries, and how they are manipulated for political and/or economic benefit..." -- Population, Space and Place.Table of ContentsIntroduction -- The Methodological Framework of Arab Political Demography; Sources for Demographic Research of the Arab States; Beyond Expectations: Arab Population Growth in Retrospect; "Jobs for the Boys (& Girls)": The Emergence of the Employment Dilemma; The "New Arab Demographic Order": The Intra-Arab Labour Migration; Between Pro-Natalism & Anti-Natalism in the Arab Countries; Summary & Conclusions: The Emergence of the "Arab Demographic Catch 22".

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Book SynopsisThe Arab Spring exposed the fundamental weakness of the non-oil Arab economies, namely, the imbalance between population growth and the labour market, resulting in the emergence of structural unemployment among young adults. By the early 2000s these economies faced impossible circumstances: in order to achieve substantial economic growth they had to reduce subsidies and increase privatisation -- economic policies that led to a deterioration of the living standards of the vast majority of the population. The Arab Spring created a new category in the region, that of "failed Arab state", characterised by a fallen "old regime" without a competent new regime to replace it. Civil wars resulted, along lines of religious or ethnic division, as in Syria (Alawites against Sunnis), Iraq (Shi'is against Sunnis and Kurds against Arabs) and in Yemen (Shiis against Sunnis). Regional divisions accounted for the civil war in Libya. The other side of the "new Arab map" is the Arabian Gulf oil states which continue to function as before, both politically and socioeconomically. Chapter 1 places Arab countries in the global demographic picture. Chapter 2 examines the quantity of the demographic records of Arab countries. Chapter 3 deals with patterns of population growth of Arab countries. Chapter 4 analyses the emergence of employment pressure. Chapter 5 discusses intra-Arab labour migration. Chapter 6 analyses natalist policies. The Concluding Chapter examines the "demographic fingerprint" of the Arab Spring which not only was the "core" of the revolution, but also its main consequence in the form of drawing the new political map of the Arab region according to an ethno-religious composition.Trade ReviewFrom a review of the second edition: This volume makes a valuable contribution to the Arab population policy literature by tracing the evolution of population policies in the Arab countries and by describing the factors that led to changes in these policies. --Studies in Family Planning

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Book SynopsisThe Arab Spring exposed the fundamental weakness of the non-oil Arab economies, namely, the imbalance between population growth and the labour market, resulting in the emergence of structural unemployment among young adults. By the early 2000s these economies faced impossible circumstances: in order to achieve substantial economic growth they had to reduce subsidies and increase privatisation -- economic policies that led to a deterioration of the living standards of the vast majority of the population. The Arab Spring created a new category in the region, that of "failed Arab state", characterised by a fallen "old regime" without a competent new regime to replace it. Civil wars resulted, along lines of religious or ethnic division, as in Syria (Alawites against Sunnis), Iraq (Shi'is against Sunnis and Kurds against Arabs) and in Yemen (Shiis against Sunnis). Regional divisions accounted for the civil war in Libya. The other side of the "new Arab map" is the Arabian Gulf oil states which continue to function as before, both politically and socioeconomically. Chapter 1 places Arab countries in the global demographic picture. Chapter 2 examines the quantity of the demographic records of Arab countries. Chapter 3 deals with patterns of population growth of Arab countries. Chapter 4 analyses the emergence of employment pressure. Chapter 5 discusses intra-Arab labour migration. Chapter 6 analyses natalist policies. The Concluding Chapter examines the "demographic fingerprint" of the Arab Spring which not only was the "core" of the revolution, but also its main consequence in the form of drawing the new political map of the Arab region according to an ethno-religious composition.Trade ReviewFrom a review of the second edition: This volume makes a valuable contribution to the Arab population policy literature by tracing the evolution of population policies in the Arab countries and by describing the factors that led to changes in these policies. --Studies in Family Planning

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Book SynopsisThis volume provides an important collection of recent papers on the macroeconomic effects of population ageing. The articles are focused into three categories which cover the main channels through which population ageing affects national living standards: productivity and growth; consumption and saving; and labour market and fiscal effects. The papers have been selected for their clear and valuable contributions to this field of study. The book will be an essential reference volume for academic and public sector economists, policy makers and demographers.Table of ContentsContents: Acknowledgements Introduction John Creedy and Ross Guest PART I PRODUCTIVITY AND GROWTH 1. Avner Ahituv (2001), ‘Be Fruitful or Multiply: On the Interplay Between Fertility and Economic Development’ 2. Gary S. Becker and Robert J. Barro (1988), ‘A Reformulation of the Economic Theory of Fertility’ 3. Gary S. Becker, Kevin M. Murphy and Robert Tamura (1990), ‘Human Capital, Fertility, and Economic Growth’ 4. Carl-Johan Dalgaard and Claus Thustrup Kreiner (2001), ‘Is Declining Productivity Inevitable?’ 5. David de la Croix and Matthias Doepke (2003), ‘Inequality and Growth: Why Differential Fertility Matters’ 6. Ronald Lee (2003), ‘The Demographic Transition: Three Centuries of Fundamental Change’ 7. Charles I. Jones (2002), ‘Sources of U.S. Economic Growth in a World of Ideas’ 8. David Lam (1989), ‘Population Growth, Age Structure, and Age-Specific Productivity: Does a Uniform Age Distribution Minimize Lifetime Wages?’ 9. Mehmet Serkan Tosun (2003), ‘Population Aging and Economic Growth: Political Economy and Open Economy Effects’ PART II CONSUMPTION AND SAVING 10. Alan J. Auerbach and Laurence J. Kotlikoff (1992), ‘The Impact of the Demographic Transition on Capital Formation’ 11. Robin Brooks (2003), ‘Population Aging and Global Capital Flows in a Parallel Universe’ 12. David M. Cutler, James M. Poterba, Louise M. Sheiner and Lawrence H. Summers (1990), ‘An Aging Society: Opportunity or Challenge?’ 13. Douglas W. Elmendorf and Louise M. Sheiner (2000), ‘Should America Save for its Old Age? Fiscal Policy, Population Aging, and National Saving’ 14. Ross S. Guest and Ian M. McDonald (2004), ‘Effect of World Fertility Scenarios on International Living Standards’ 15. W. Jos Jansen (2000), ‘International Capital Mobility: Evidence from Panel Data’ 16. Turalay Kenc and Serdar Sayan (2001), ‘Demographic Shock Transmission from Large to Small Countries: An Overlapping Generations CGE Analysis’ 17. David Miles (1999), ‘Modelling the Impact of Demographic Change Upon the Economy’ 18. David N. Weil (1999), ‘Population Growth, Dependency, and Consumption’ 19. Matthew Higgins (1998), ‘Demography, National Savings, and International Capital Flows’ 20. Allen C. Kelley and Robert M. Schmidt (1996), ‘Saving, Dependency and Development’ PART III LABOUR AND FISCAL EFFECTS OF POPULATION AGEING 21. James M. Poterba (2001), ‘Demographic Structure and Asset Returns’ 22. Willem H. Buiter (1997), ‘Generational Accounts, Aggregate Saving and Intergenerational Distribution’ 23. Jørgen Elmeskov (2004), ‘Aging, Public Budgets, and the Need for Policy Reform’ 24. Martin Flodén (2003), ‘Public Saving and Policy Coordination in Aging Economies’ 25. Ronald Lee and Ryan Edwards (2002), ‘The Fiscal Effects of Population Aging in the U.S.: Assessing the Uncertainties’ 26. Tetsuo Ono (2003), ‘Social Security Policy with Public Debt in an Aging Economy’ 27. Efraim Sadka and Vito Tanzi (2002), ‘Increasing Dependency Ratios, Pensions and Tax Smoothing’ 28. F. Landis MacKellar (2000), ‘The Predicament of Population Aging: A Review Essay’ 29. Robert K. von Weizsäcker (1996), ‘Distributive Implications of an Aging Society’ Name Index

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Book Synopsis The temptations of a new genetically informed eugenics and of a revived faith-based, world-wide political stance, this study of the interaction of science, religion, politics and the culture of celebrity in twentieth-century Europe and America offers a fascinating and important contribution to the history of this movement. The author looks at the career of French-born physician and Nobel Prize winner, Alexis Carrel (1873-1944), as a way of understanding the popularization of eugenics through religious faith, scientific expertise, cultural despair and right-wing politics in the 1930s and 1940s. Carrel was among the most prestigious experimental surgeons of his time who also held deeply illiberal views. In Man, the Unknown (1935), he endorsed fascism and called for the elimination of the "unfit." The book became a huge international success, largely thanks to its promotion by Readers' Digest as well as by the author's friendship with Charles Lindbergh. In 1941, he went into the service of the French pro-German regime of Vichy, which appointed him to head an institution of eugenics research. His influence was remarkable, affecting radical Islamic groups as well Le Pen’s Front National that celebrated him as the "founder of ecology."Trade Review “In this exemplary biography of the Nobel prize–winning surgeon Alexis Carrel, Andres Reggiani manages to provide a balanced account of a man whose life had much about it that was unsavory.” · Bulletin of the History of Medicine “This is a valuable study, then, for anyone interested in the histories of medicine and social policy, as well as the history of Vichy. But one of its chief attributes is to distance itself from the polemical comment which has labelled Carrel as a servant of Nazism and to locate the FFEPH more firmly within the history of social and economic planning in France.” · Modern and Contemporary France "…this book is very good scholarship: thoroughly researched, well-placed in a broader in a historical context, full of curious incidents and contacts (Lindbergh was a close friend)." · Robert Paxton, Columbia University "This is a good and important piece of work that brilliantly brings together the social histories of an individual life, of science, and of ultra-right public policy. Also because of Carrel’s unique careers in the US and France, this work does justice to the international connections of medicine, science, and public social policy." · Herman Lebovics, SUNY, Stony BrookTable of Contents Foreword Herman Lebovics Preface Acknowledgements List of Abbreviations Introduction: Alexis Carrel, an Ever-Present Past Chapter 1. Medicine, Miracles, and Politics Chapter 2. The Making of a Scientific Celebrity Chapter 3. The Best-Selling Eugenicist Chapter 4. Charles Lindbergh and the Institute of Man Chapter 5. The Commitment to Vichy Chapter 6. Wartime France as Human Laboratory Chapter 7. Reinventing the Eugenicist as a Humanist Conclusion: Alexis Carrel as a lieu de mémoire Sources and Bibliography

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Book Synopsis Human biological fertility was considered a important issue to anthropologists and colonial administrators in the first part of the 20th century, as a dramatic decline in population was observed in many regions. However, the total demise of Melanesian populations predicted by some never happened; on the contrary, a rapid population increase took place for the second part of the 20th century. This volume explores relationships between human fertility and reproduction, subsistence systems, the symbolic use of ideas of fertility and reproduction in linking landscape to individuals and populations, in Melanesian societies, past and present. It thus offers an important contribution to our understanding of the implications of social and economic change for reproduction and fertility in the broadest sense.Trade Review “…provides a significant contribution to our knowledge of changes in fertility through its well-described historical and demographic sections, which in anthropological studies of reproduction are usually missing or lacking in depth… [The volume] successfully display[s] the richness of fertility concepts, practices and solutions in the Melanesian area and their relevance for unmasking some of the historical and contemporary myths on kinship demographic changes.” • Bijdragen. Journal of the Humanities and Social Sciences of Southeast Asia and OceaniaTable of Contents List of Figures and Tables List of Contributors Introduction: Population Change, Social Reproduction and Local Understandings of Fertility in Melanesia Stanley J. Ulijaszek Chapter 1. Fertility and the Depopulation of Melanesia: Childlessness, Abortion and Introduced Disease in Simbo and Ontong Java, Solomon Islands Tim Bayliss-Smith Chapter 2. The Impacts of Colonialism on Health and Fertility: Western New Britain 1884–1940 C. Gosden Chapter 3. Purari Population Decline and Resurgence across the Twentieth Century Stanley J. Ulijaszek Chapter 4. Migration and Fertility of a Small Island Population in Manus: a Long-term Analysis of its Sedentes and Migrants Yuji Ataka and Ryutaro Ohtsuka Chapter 5. Fertility and Social Reproduction in the Strickland-Bosavi Region Monica Minnegal and Peter D. Dwyer Chapter 6. ‘Emptiness’ and Complementarity in Suau Reproductive Strategies Melissa Demian Chapter 7. Cognitive Aspects of Fertility and Reproduction in Lak, New Ireland Sean Kingston Chapter 8. History Embodied: Authenticating the Past in the New Guinea Highlands Michael O’Hanlon Chapter 9. Variations on a Theme: Fertility, Sexuality and Masculinity in Highland New Guinea Pascale Bonnemère Chapter 10. Fertility among the Anga of Papua New Guinea: a Conspicuous Absence Pierre Lemonnier Index

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Book Synopsis The first German women’s movement embraced the belief in a demographic surplus of unwed women, known as the Frauenüberschuß, as a central leitmotif in the campaign for reform. Proponents of the female surplus held that the advances of industry and urbanization had upset traditional marriage patterns and left too many bourgeois women without a husband. This book explores the ways in which the realms of literature, sexology, demography, socialism, and female activism addressed the perceived plight of unwed women. Case studies of reformers, including Lily Braun, Ruth Bré, Elisabeth Gnauck-Kühne, Helene Lange, Alice Salomon, Helene Stöcker, and Clara Zetkin, demonstrate the expansive influence of the discourse surrounding a female surfeit. By combining the approaches of cultural, social, and gender history, The Surplus Woman provides the first sustained analysis of the ways in which imperial Germans conceptualized anxiety about female marital status as both a product and a reflection of changing times.Trade Review “Dollard’s work makes important contributions to German cultural history, social history, and gender history, focusing attention on the construction of the stereotype of single women as abnormal, a problem to be solved, in Imperial Germany, and the way that the German women’s movement co-opted this icon for its own purposes of reform. She also brings to attention several lesser-known German female activists who have often been overlooked.” · German Studies Review “[This book] is a considerable achievement. The Surplus Woman is essential reading not only for feminist historians but also for anyone with an interest in gender politics and culture and deserves a wide audience.” · Reviews in History “Dollard’s insightful analysis of the centrality of the female surplus to women’s rights activists is all the more provocative given that she so convincingly demonstrates in her first chapter that the surplus was a myth.” · Journal of Modern History "...transcends the usual analytical approach of earlier work...[and] examines a very broad spectrum of reformist, conservative, academic, socialist, feminist, and religious writers...It represents a new contribution to our understanding of the German women's movement." · Nancy Reagin, Department of Women's and Gender Studies, Pace University “…the book is engaging, exciting and challenging to read because it provides a new framework for known material. It is also well written and at times poignant, examining the contradictory worlds of single women as construct and reality and showing their place in women activists’ diverse efforts to challenge and reform their society.” · English Historical ReviewTable of Contents Acknowledgements Abbreviations Introduction: Single Women in Imperial Germany PART I: DER FRAUENÜBERSCHUß - THE FEMALE SURPLUS Chapter 1. The Alte Jungfer Chapter 2. Sexology and the Single Woman Chapter 3. Imagined Demography Chapter 4. The Maternal Spirit PART II: ALLEINSTEHENDE FRAUEN - WOMEN STANDING ALONE Chapter 5. Moderate Activism: Helene Lange and Alice Salomon Chapter 6. Radical Reform: Helene Stöcker, Ruth Bré, and Lily Braun Chapter 7. Socialism and Singleness: Clara Zetkin Chapter 8. Spiritual Salvation: Elisabeth Gnauck-Kühne Conclusion: The Surplus Woman Bibliography Index

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Book Synopsis In 1926/27 the Soviet Central Statistical Administration initiated several yearlong expeditions to gather primary data on the whereabouts, economy and living conditions of all rural peoples living in the Arctic and sub-Arctic at the end of the Russian civil war. Due partly to the enthusiasm of local geographers and ethnographers, the Polar Census grew into a massive ethnological exercise, gathering not only basic demographic and economic data on every household but also a rich archive of photographs, maps, kinship charts, narrative transcripts and museum artifacts. To this day, it remains one of the most comprehensive surveys of a rural population anywhere. The contributors to this volume – all noted scholars in their region – have conducted long-term fieldwork with the descendants of the people surveyed in 1926/27. This volume is the culmination of eight years’ work with the primary record cards and was supported by a number of national scholarly funding agencies in the UK, Canada and Norway. It is a unique historical, ethnographical analysis and of immense value to scholars familiar with these communities’ contemporary cultural dynamics and legacy.Trade Review “The contributors have made excellent use of recently opened archives and interviews with descendants of the people surveyed to provide a uniquely human portrait of this seminal project. While the chapters focus most thoroughly on the Nenets, Khanty, and Yakut, the analysis is of broader relevance to an understanding of Siberian peoples during the first stages of the sovietization of the Far North. This book will prove of unique value to historians of the Soviet period as well as to cultural anthropologists specializing in polar peoples. Highly recommended.” • Choice “All in all, this book is an important contribution to our knowledge about the ethnography and ethnohistory of the indigenous peoples of this region as well as about the immense work undertaken during the very early years of the Soviet Union in an effort to understand the demography and livelihoods of these peoples. The volume belongs on the shelves of all researchers working on these issues.” • Polar Research “This a much-welcome addition to the modern English-language reference library on Siberian indigenous people and the first book-size effort to address their plight and status from the perspective of the Russian archival statistical and documentary records of the early 1900s. It is an outcome of a monumental collaborative project.” • Igor Krupnik, Smithsonian InstitutionTable of Contents List of Figures List of Tables Acknowledgments Note on Cyrillic Transliteration Chapter 1. The Polar Census and the Architecture of Enumeration David G. Anderson Chapter 2. Seasonal Mobility and Sacred Landscape Geography among Northern Hunter-Gatherer Peter Jordan Chapter 3. The Interpretation of Nenets Demography in the First Third of the 20th Century Elena Volzhanina Chapter 4. Undaunted Courage: the Polar Census in the Obdor Region Elena Glavatskaya Chapter 5. Household Structure in the Multi-Ethnic Barents Region – A Local Case Study Gunnar Thorvaldsen Chapter 6. Statistical Surveys of the Kanin Peninsula and the Samoed Question Igor Semenov Chapter 7. The Sustaining Landscape and the Arctic Fox Trade in the European North of Russia 1926-1927 Konstantin Klokov Chapter 8. The Origin of Reindeer Herding as ‘Sector’ on the Kanin Peninsula Stanislav Kiselev Chapter 9. The Spatial Demography of the ‘Outer Taiga’ of the Zhuia River Valley, Eastern Siberia David Anderson, Evgenii Ineshin, John Ziker Chapter 10. Identity, Status, and Fish among Essei Iakuts Tatiana Argounova-Low Chapter 11. Subsistence and Residence in the Putoran Uplands and Taimyr Lowlands John Ziker Appendices Appendix I:The Manuscript Archives of the Polar Census Expeditions Appendix II: Table of Measures Bibliographic and Archival References Notes on the Contributors

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Book SynopsisFocuses on the lives and labour of the men and women who work in Nairobi's publicly operated, privately owned minibus taxis, matatu.

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Book SynopsisPopulation aging is a global phenomenon that influences not only the industrialized countries of Asia and the West, but also many middle- and low- income countries that have experienced rapid fertility decline and achieved long life expectancies. This book explores how workers and consumers are responding to population aging and examines how economic growth, generational equity, trade and international capital flows are influenced by population aging. The contributors draw on the experience of the developing and industrialized worlds and on countries in Asia, North America, and Europe. They offer new evidence about micro-level responses of labor force participation, earnings, and savings to actual and/or perceived demographic change. Their broad perspective on population aging spans the entire demographic transition and demonstrates the importance of effective policy response in the early stages of population aging. Also included are policy analyses that explore the use of tax policy, financial reform, and policies targeting immigration and procreation. This insightful study will prove invaluable to students and scholars of population economics, public sector economics, welfare economics, social economics, and public finance. Pension analysts and government policymakers will find the material of great practical use.Table of ContentsContents: Preface PART I: INTRODUCTION 1. Economic and Policy Implications of Population Aging Robert Clark, Andrew Mason and Naohiro Ogawa PART II: POPULATION AGING AND LABOR MARKETS 2. Population Aging, Changing Retirement Policies and Lifetime Earnings Profiles in Japan Robert Clark, Naohiro Ogawa and Rikiya Matsukura 3. Firm Productivity, Work-force Age and Educational Structure in Austrian Industries in 2001 Alexia Prskawetz, Bernhard Mahlberg and Vegard Skirbekk 4. The Effect of Subjective Survival Probabilities on Retirement and Wealth in the United States David E. Bloom, David Canning, Michael Moore and Younghwan Song PART III: SAVING AND WEALTH 5. Modeling the Effects of Population Aging on Consumption in the Presence of Intergenerational Transfers Heinrich Hock and David N. Weil 6. Transfers, Capital and Consumption Over the Demographic Transition Andrew Mason and Ronald Lee 7. Effects of Age Structure on Investment, Saving and Trade Thomas Lindh and Bo Malmberg 8. Population Aging and Health Care Spending in Japan: Public- and Private-sector Responses Naohiro Ogawa, Andrew Mason, Maliki, Rikiya Matsukura and Kazuro Nemoto PART IV: POLICY 9. Procreation, Migration and Tradable Quotas David de la Croix and Axel Gosseries 10. Australia’s Future Fund: A Social Welfare Analysis Ross Guest 11. Is Asia Prepared for an Aging Population? Peter S. Heller Index

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Book SynopsisThis highly topical book explores key issues in evaluating the long-run implications of population ageing for pensions, taxation, intergenerational equity and social welfare.Societies face long-term phenomena, such as demographic change and climate change that impose costs and benefits far into the future. These present challenges for policymakers in planning intertemporal consumption paths that balance the goals of efficiency and equity. An exploration of these issues, with respect to population ageing in particular, is the primary motivation for this book. John Creedy and Ross Guest evaluate these problems with a particular focus on the role of concepts, assumptions and value judgements.This book will be a fascinating read for researchers interested in the social evaluation of population ageing and climate change. Public policy makers and advisers will find the analysis of practical policy questions such as alternative regimes for taxing public pensions of special interest. Graduate students of macroeconomics and public economics will also find helpful discussions of social discounting, the efficiency and equity effects of tax smoothing, and potential new effects of population ageing on labour productivity.Trade Review'This is a useful book that presents a number of important ideas and results. Creedy and Guest's discussion of the assumptions and value choices required in these models is thoughtful and interesting. Their overall conclusion that population ageing is unlikely to significantly reduce living standards is important for policymakers and the general public, many of whom are still under the sway of "crisis" rhetoric. . . this will likely be a valuable book for economists or economic policy researchers interested in the macroeconomic implications of population ageing. The careful discussion of the models involved will be useful for both graduate students and experienced researchers in this field.' -- Martin Cooke, Canadian Studies in PopulationTable of ContentsContents: Part I: Introduction 1. Introduction Part II: Discounting and Time Preference 2. Discounting and Time Preference 3. The Elasticity of Marginal Valuation 4. Sustainable Preferences 5. Representative Agent and Social Planner Part III: Pensions and Taxation 6. Pension Tax, Savings and Labour Supply 7. Private Pensions and Savings Part IV: Population Ageing 8. Tax Smoothing and Population Ageing 9. Demographic Change in OECD Countries 10. Capital Intensity and Productivity 11. Extensions and Sensitivity Analyses Bibliography Index

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Book SynopsisIn this important collection, Professor Hugo draws together key articles and papers by leading scholars and agencies which investigate the current and future effects of climate change on migration. Topics covered include the impact of climate change on the movement of people within and across countries, the economic and social effects of the forced displacement and resettlement of migrants, the flows of migration resulting from environmental disasters, the risks of conflict and the implications of climate change for vulnerable areas e.g deltas, atolls and coastal regions. The title concludes with an examination of what the policy responses of governments and international agencies are and should be.Trade Review‘Graeme Hugo assembled an excellent collection of previously published articles on all aspects of the connection between migration of people and climate change. . . . those included here would be an excellent place to state if someone wanted to cover most of the important topics and researched areas in the overlap between migration and climate change during the last 20 years. This collection provides a good mixture of theoretical and empirical studies, with several articles combining both theory and data.’ -- Bill Marr, Canadian Studies in PopulationTable of ContentsContents: Acknowledgements Introduction Graeme Hugo PART I ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGE AND MIGRATION 1. Tamer Afifi and Koko Warner (2008), ‘The Impact of Environmental Degradation on Migration Flows Across Countries’ 2. Graeme Hugo (1996), ‘Environmental Concerns and International Migration’ 3. Astri Suhrke (1994), ‘Environmental Degradation and Population Flows’ 4. Lori M. Hunter (2005), ‘Migration and Environmental Hazards’ 5. Sabine L. Perch-Nielsen, Michèle B. Bättig and Dieter Imboden (2008), ‘Exploring the Link between Climate Change and Migration’ 6. Susana B. Adamo (2008), ‘Addressing Environmentally Induced Population Displacements: A Delicate Task’ 7. Myron P. Gutmann and Vincenzo Field (2010), ‘Katrina in Historical Context: Environment and Migration in the U.S.’ PART II DEFINITIONS AND CONCEPTS 8. Norman Myers (1993), ‘Environmental Refugees in a Globally Warmed World’ 9. Stephen Castles (2002), ‘Environmental Change and Forced Migration: Making Sense of the Debate’ 10. Oli Brown (2007), ‘Climate Change and Forced Migration: Observations, Projections and Implications’ 11. Etienne Piguet (2008), ‘Climate Change and Forced Migration’ 12. Elisabeth Meze-Hausken (2008), ‘On the (Im-)possibilities of Defining Human Climate Thresholds’ PART III DISPLACEMENT AND RESETTLEMENT 13. Camillo Boano, Roger Zetter and Tim Morris (2008), Environmentally Displaced People: Understanding the Linkages Between Environmental Change, Livelihoods and Forced Migration 14. Michael Cernea (1997), ‘The Risks and Reconstruction Model for Resettling Displaced Populations’ 15. Sarah Rogers and Mark Wang (2006), ‘Environmental Resettlement and Social Dis/Re-articulation in Inner Mongolia, China’ 16. Informal Group on Migration/Displacement and Climate Change (2008), ‘Climate Change, Migration and Displacement: Who Will Be Affected?’ PART IV MIGRATION AS ADAPTATION 17. Cecilia Tacoli (2009), ‘Crisis or Adaptation? Migration and Climate Change in a Context of High Mobility’ 18. R. McLeman and B. Smit (2006), ‘Migration as an Adaptation to Climate Change’ 19. W.N. Adger, S. Agrawala, M.M.Q. Mirza, C. Conde, K. O’Brien, J. Pulhin, R. Pulwarty, B. Smit and K. Takahashi (2007), ‘Assessment of Adaptation Practices, Options, Constraints and Capacity’ 20. Douglas K. Bardsley and Graeme J. Hugo (2010), ‘Migration and Climate Change: Examining Thresholds of Change to Guide Effective Adaptation Decision-making’ 21. John Connell (2003), ‘Losing Ground? Tuvalu, the Greenhouse Effect and the Garbage Can’ PART V VULNERABILITY AND RESILIENCE 22. Nick Brooks, W. Neil Adger and P. Mick Kelly (2005), ‘The Determinants of Vulnerability and Adaptive Capacity at the National Level and the Implications for Adaptation’ 23. Robert A. McLeman and Lori M. Hunter (2010), ‘Migration in the Context of Vulnerability and Adaptation to Climate Change: Insights from Analogues’ 24. W. Neil Adger, P. Mick Kelly, Alexandra Winkels, Luong Quang Huy and Catherine Locke (2002), ‘Migration, Remittances, Livelihood Trajectories, and Social Resilience’ 25. Robert McLeman (2010), ‘Impacts of Population Change on Vulnerability and the Capacity to Adapt to Climate Change and Variability: A Typology Based on Lessons from “a Hard Country”’ PART VI ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL IMPLICATIONS 26. Sara Curran (2002), ‘Migration, Social Capital, and the Environment: Considering Migrant Selectivity and Networks in Relation to Coastal Ecosystems’ 27. John Connell (1999), ‘Environmental Change, Economic Development, and Emigration in Tuvalu’ 28. Claudia Radel, Birgit Schmook and Susannah McCandless (2010), ‘Environment, Transnational Labor Migration, and Gender: Case Studies from Southern Yucatán, Mexico and Vermont, USA’ PART VII LINKS WITH DISASTER RESPONSE 29. Bimal Kanti Paul (2005), ‘Evidence against Disaster-induced Migration: The 2004 Tornado in North-Central Bangladesh’ 30. Jeffrey A. Groen and Anne E. Polivka (2010), ‘Going Home after Hurricane Katrina: Determinants of Return Migration and Changes in Affected Areas’ 31. Elizabeth Fussell (2009), ‘Hurricane Chasers in New Orleans: Latino Immigrants as a Source of a Rapid Response Labor Force’ 32. Christina Finch, Christopher T. Enrich and Susan L. Cutter (2010), ‘Disaster Disparities and Differential Recovery in New Orleans’ 33. Alice Fothergill (1996), ‘Gender, Risk, and Disaster’ PART VIII CLIMATE CHANGE, MIGRATION AND CONFLICT 34. Jon Barnett and W. Neil Adger (2007), ‘Climate Change, Human Security and Violent Conflict’ 35. Rafael Reuveny (2007), ‘Ecomigration and Violent Conflict: Case Studies and Public Policy Implications’ 36. Ashok Swain (1996), ‘Displacing the Conflict: Environmental Destruction in Bangladesh and Ethnic Conflict in India’ PART IX METHODOLOGIES 37. Etienne Piguet (2010), ‘Linking Climate Change, Environmental Degradation and Migration: A Methodological Overview’ 38. Scott Edwards (2008), ‘Computational Tools in Predicting and Assessing Forced Migration’ PART X HOT SPOT AREAS OF CLIMATE CHANGE IMPACT AND MIGRATION 39. Jason P. Ericson, Charles J. Vörösmarty, S. Lawrence Dingman, Larry G. Ward and Michel Meybeck (2006), ‘Effective Sea-Level Rise and Deltas: Causes of Change and Human Dimension Implications’ 40. Jon Barnett and W. Neil Adger (2003), ‘Climate Dangers and Atoll Countries’ 41. Gordon McGranahan, Deobarah Balk and Bridget Anderson (2007), ‘The Rising Tide: Assessing the Risks of Climate Change and Human Settlements in Low Elevation Coastal Zones’ PART XI POLICY RESPONSES 42. Fabrice Renaud, Janos J. Bogardi, Olivia Dun and Koko Warner (2007), Control, Adapt or Flee: How to Face Environmental Migration? 43. Frank Biermann and Ingrid Boas (2007), ‘Preparing for a Warmer World: Towards a Global Governance System to Protect Climate Refugees’ 44. Koko Warner (2010), ‘Global Environmental Change and Migration: Governance Challenges’

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Book SynopsisThis comprehensive two volume set includes the most important articles and papers on the subject written since World War II. The main emphasis is on the effects of demographic change but the key modern writings on the determinants of population change are also included.The opening section of Volume I traces the development of modern thought on the connections between population growth and economic development. The following section looks in particular at the effect of population density on agricultural practices, and the final section deals with population growth and the availability of natural resources.Volume II opens with a further section on the effects of population density, including its impact on infrastructure and on the size and productivity of cities, and its consequences in the Third World. There follows a brief section on formal theories, including models of technical progress. Finally the determinants of population growth are explored in various studies on the economics of mortality and the correlation between economic conditions and fertility.Trade Review'Although many of the articles are well known and easily available, it is convenient for reference purposes to have them brought together.' -- William A. Jackson, Economic JournalTable of ContentsContents: Volume I: Introduction Part I: Empirical Work and Analysis on General Consequences of Population Part II: Food and Land Part III: Natural Resources Name Index • Volume II: Introduction Part I: Other Consequences of Density Part II: Modern Formal Theory Part III: The Determinants of Population Growth and Density Name Index

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Book SynopsisThe fundamental role of individual ageing is something that everyone is necessarily aware of, and the division of the life cycle into a number of distinct stages has been recognised for many centuries.This volume collects 32 articles concerned with a variety of economic aspects of individual and population ageing. They have been arranged under four main headings as follows: individual ageing and the life cycle; population ageing; ageing and social insurance; and macroeconomic effects. The editor has prepared a fresh introduction to accompany the piece which aims to set the context and discuss some of the major issues.Trade Review'. . . it is a marvellous idea to publish a collection of the most influential articles in a specific field. The series could become an important first reference for students and young teachers who turn to a new research area.' -- Hans Fehr, KyklosTable of ContentsCONTENTS ACKNOWLEDGMENTS INTRODUCTION PART I INDIVIDUAL AGEING AND THE LIFE CYCLE 1. Harold Lydall (1955), ‘The Life Cycle in Income, Saving, and Asset Ownership’ 2. Yoram Ben-Porath (1967), ‘The Production of Human Capital and the Life Cycle of Earnings’ 3. John Creedy (1974), ‘Income Changes over the Life Cycle’ 4. James L. Medoff and Katharine G. Abraham (1980), ‘Experience, Performance, and Earnings’ 5. Edward P. Lazear (1979), ‘Why Is There Mandatory Retirement?’ 6. A. B. Atkinson (1971), ‘The Distribution of Wealth and the Individual Life-Cycle’ 7. A. F. Shorrocks (1975), ‘The Age-Wealth Relationship: A Cross-Section and Cohort Analysis’ 8. Thad W. Mirer ((1980), ‘The Dissaving Behavior of the Retired Aged’ PART II POPULATION AGEING 9. Alfred Sauvy (1948), ‘Social and Economic Consequences of the Ageing of Western European Populations’ 10. William J. Serow (1976), ‘Slow Population Growth and the Relative Size and Productivity of the Male Labor Force’ 11. David M. Cutler, James M. Poterba, Louise M. Sheiner and Lawrence H. Summers (1990), ‘An Aging Society: Opportunity or Challenge?’ 12. Finis Welch (1979), ‘Effects of Cohort Size on Earnings: The Baby Boom Babies’ Financial Bust’ 13. Christopher A. Pissarides (1989), ‘Unemployment Consequences of an Aging Population: An Application of Insider-Outsider Theory’ 14. Brian S. Ferguson (1986), ‘Labour Force Substitution and the Effects of an Ageing Population’ 15. Jane Falkingham (1989), ‘Dependency and Ageing in Britain: A Re-Examination of the Evidence’ PART III AGEING AND SOCIAL INSURANCE 16. Paul A. Samuelson (1958), ‘An Exact Consumption-Loan Model of Interest with or without the Social Contrivance of Money’ 17. Henry Aaron (1966), ‘The Social Insurance Paradox’ 18. Paul A. Samuelson (1975), ‘Optimum Social Security in a Life-Cycle Growth Model’ 19. P. A. Diamond (1977), ‘A Framework for Social Security Analysis’ 20. Michael J. Boskin (1977), ‘Social Security and Retirement Decisions’ 21. Martin Feldstein (1974), ‘Social Security, Induced Retirement, and Aggregate Capital Accumulation’ 22. Joseph J. Spengler (1978), ‘Population Aging and Security of the Aged’ 23. A. R. Prest (1970), ‘Some Redistributional Aspects of the National Superannuation Fund’ 24. Barbara Boyle Torrey (1982), ‘Guns vs Canes: The Fiscal Implications of an Aging Population’ 25. William A. Halter and Richard Hemming (1987), ‘The Impact of Demographic Change on Social Security Financing’ 26. Robert Clark (1977), ‘Increasing Income Transfers to the Elderly Implied by Zero Population Growth’ 27. John A. Turner (1984), ‘Population Age Structure and the Size of Social Security’ 28. John Creedy and Richard Disney (1992), ‘Financing State Pensions in Alternative Pay-As-You-Go Schemes’ 29. Robert K. von Weizsäcker (1990), ‘Population Aging and Social Security: A Politico-Economic Model of State Pension Financing’ PART IV MACROECONOMIC EFFECTS 30. F. A. Cowell (1975), ‘Income Tax Incidence in an Ageing Population’ 31. Paul R. Masson and Ralph W. Tryon (1990), ‘Macroeconomic Effects of Projected Population Aging in Industrial Countries’ 32. Ray C. Fair and Kathryn M. Dominguez (1991), ‘Effects of the Changing U. S. Age Distribution on Macroeconomic Equations’

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Book SynopsisHow many cassette tapes do you still own? In one hundred years, how many TikTok videos or Instagram posts will still be accessible? Yet much of today's news and mass culture is produced and disseminated via transient means. Just as in previous eras.Hispanic popular cultures of previous centuries, once intended for a broad audience, can now only be glimpsed in fragile, and frequently overlooked, media such as chapbooks, newspapers, journals and early sound recordings. This bilingual collection explores aspects of the ephemeral cultures of Spain and Latin America between the sixteenth and twentieth centuries, taking advantage of the recent digital turn in the humanities. The first section examines the varied audiences for mass literature in Spain and the authorities' attempts to censor and control it. The second looks at pliegos sueltos, songbooks and collections of popular poetry in Argentina, Mexico and Chile. The third section concentrates on questions of performance, studying placards which originally accompanied oral readings of pliegos sueltos, news ballads and zarzuelas. The volume concludes with a focus on three case studies: the travels of an eighteenth-century giant and the reception of his self-fashioning in Spain, the diffusion of the works of a Spanish pulp novelist in Portugal and Brazil and the revival of a Peruvian festival of popular music in the early twentieth century. Throughout, the chapters show how the increasing digitisation of library and archival collections has enabled much of this ephemeral material to be 'discovered', analysed and compared, leading to new understandings of how popular culture developed and migrated and, indeed, what is meant by 'popular'.

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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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