Description
Book Synopsisaeo Offers a lively introduction to world population growth and the debates which surround it. aeo Original and provocative argument -- Furedi argues thatt he changing character of the population agenda is itself a problem worthy of investigation. aeo It challenges the basic assumptions of mainstream demographers and population professionals.
Trade Review"The book's main strength is the identification and careful consideration of the range of perspectives that have emerged on population growth - and control - in the postwar period ... There is much to be commended in Furedi's 'unpacking' of the population and development issue."
International Affairs Table of ContentsIntroduction.
1. The Numbers Game.
2. Does Population Growth Matter?.
3. Population and North-South Relations.
4. Forging the Connection between Population and Development.
5. Development and Population Growth.
6. Influencing Fertility: Modernization without Development.
7. Targeting Women.
8. Environmentalism to the Rescue.
9. Conclusions: Population and Development Discourse - the Parting of the Ways.
Notes.
Bibliography.
Index.
