Population and demography

Aging is inevitable: this is gerontological dogma.

Population health is complex and multileveled, encompassing dynamic interactions between cells, societies, and everything in between.

Until the early to mid-1970s, social scientists in the fields of population and development were largely going their own ways.

Recently, policy debate and comparative research on old-age pensions have focused on the financial sustainability of pension systems in the face of demographic change.

The effect of demography on economic performance has been the subject of intense debate in economics for nearly two centuries.

This reader on the history of demography and historical perspectives on "e;population"e; in the twentieth century features a unique collection of primary sources from around the globe, written by scholars, politicians, journalists, and activists.

This title takes an in-depth look at the mathematics in the context of voting and electoral systems, with focus on simple ballots, complex elections, fairness, approval voting, ties, fair and unfair voting, and manipulation techniques.

The origins of this book lie in a project of the International Geographical Union Study Group on the Geography of Sustainable Tourism.

Volume 2 provides an overview of specialties within sociology and interdisciplinary studies that is both comprehensive and up to date.

Diether Kramer befasst sich mit dem Rückgang und dem damit einhergehenden Wandel der Sterblichkeit in der Steiermark – dem sogenannten epidemiologischen Übergang.

This volume presents a collection of studies focussing on population and settlement patterns in the Roman empire in the perspective of the economic development of the Mediterranean world between 100 BC and AD 350.

This book examines the processes for social integration and social cohesion among young people, drawing on data collected from the International Self-Report Delinquency (ISRD) study, which covered 35 studies.

The Affective Agency of Public Space explores the pivotal role that public spaces play in fostering social inclusion and community cohesion within various settings, including Europe and the United States.

Because of federalism, Medicaid takes very different forms in different places.

Historische Demographie im Spannungsfeld zwischen Politik und Wissenschaft.

In Europa schrumpft die Mittelschicht, was für eine Reihe von EU-Mitgliedsländern bislang kaum untersucht wurde.

Using as his example post-World War I Italy and the government's interest in the size, growth rate, and "e;vitality"e; of its national population, David Horn suggests a genealogy for our present understanding of procreation as a site for technological intervention and political contestation.

This book examines the effects of health interventions on infant and child mortality.

Because the number of options is often limited, small island states tend to find it uncommonly difficult to strike a balance between population, envi- ronment, and development.

Demographic study and the idea of a population was developed and modified over the course of the twentieth century, mirroring the political, social, and cultural situations and aspirations of different societies.

This project offers a comprehensive look at aging policies across East Asia, where a demographic dividend fuelled rapid growth and is now aging into a lower-speed economy.

The book aims to clarify from a demographic and geographical perspective how population trends of the Tohoku Region were changed as a result of the GEJED.

The diversification in family practices constitutes a major theme of research in the field of population studies.

This book examines the emergence of a culture of migration through outward migration as a country-specific phenomenon and analyzes it from different perspectives, covering various aspects such as the history of a country, its migration flows, migration push factors, social, economic, and political issues, as well as individual values.

This study systematically investigates the development process, major characteristics and weak links of China's poverty alleviation experience and conducts a comparative analysis of poverty alleviation cases.

An ambitious global history that fundamentally alters our understanding of MalthusThe New Worlds of Thomas Robert Malthus is a sweeping global and intellectual history that radically recasts our understanding of Malthus's Essay on the Principle of Population, the most famous book on population ever written or ever likely to be.

Comment des agents rationnels peuvent-ils échouer à prendre une décision souhaitable pour le bien commun et rendue nécessaire par les circonstances ?

This book provides a comprehensive and updated review of the concepts, models, and interventions related to the process of adjustment to life course transitions.

Sex, smoking, and social stratification are three very different social phenomena.

Lisa Döring untersucht Mobilitätsbiografien von 1911 bis 2000 Geborenen mittels Standard-Kohorten-Tabellen und Markov Modellen.

This book discusses what is often called the "e;Great Leap Famine"e;, which occurred in China during the years from 1959 to 1961.

This book provides state-of-the-art information on ambient assisted living (AAL), and focuses on technologies, services, living spaces, policies, and interventions to promote health, improve quality of life, and active aging.

With almost two hundred pages of original demographic and health-related maps that display county-by-county and regional information covering everything from the distribution of pharmacies, trauma centers, and emergency rooms to the number of lung, colon, and breast cancer patients in major metropolitan areas (by ZIP code), theTexas Health Atlasprovides an indispensable tool for healthcare providers and planners, risk managers, public officials and policymakers, public health workers, and university researchers and students.

This book examines how COVID-19 has often enhanced social and economic marginalisation in different places and societies around the world.

The book introduces the concept of encounter CONNECT-ED from the practice of working with the elderly to impart media skills and presents empirical data on the social participation and quality of life of the participants.

The book consists of five parts and a concluding chapter.

The Chinese economy is undergoing dramatic changes and the world is watching and changing along with it.

This textbook explores recent research on the topics of gender inequalities, intergenerational support, and family in select East Asian societies, including China, Hong Kong, Taiwan, and Japan.

This upper level textbook provides a coherent introduction to the economic implications of individual and population ageing.

One of the most important demographic issues of our time is the increasing age of women at motherhood.

This is a fully-updated version of the first full-scale, one-volume survey of the demographic history of the United States from preconquest to the present day.

Innovative exploration of the theoretical and methodological issues in reconstructing demographic structure from archaeological populations.

Up-to-date and comprehensive, this book is an integration of the biological, cultural and historical dimensions of population movement.

Kinderlose – Die neuen Sündenböcke der NationSie werden als "Sozialschmarotzer" beschimpft und für den drohenden Untergang Deutschlands verantwortlich gemacht.

This book calls upon us to rethink and reboot the European Union.