International Migration

• Hardcover | Engels | International Studies in Demography
• This study offers a comprehensive, up-to-date survey of global patterns of international migration and the policies employed to manage the flows. It s... Lees meer

The Methods and Uses of Anthropological Demography (Isd)

• Hardcover | Engels | International Studies in Demography
• This volume takes stock of the current status of the comparatively new discipline of "Anthropological Demography," and discusses its major methods, it... Lees meer

Categories and Contexts

• Hardcover | Engels | International Studies in Demography
• Throughout its history as a social science, demography has been associated with an exclusively quantitative orientation for studying social problems. ... Lees meer

Network Epidemiology

Morris Martina

• Hardcover | Engels | International Studies in Demography
• Over the past two decades, the epidemic of HIV/AIDS has challenged the public health community to fundamentally rethink the framework for preventing i... Lees meer

Asian Population History

• Hardcover | Engels | International Studies in Demography
• This volume consists of three major sections on fertility, disease and mortality, and marriage and family, which together with five introductory chapt... Lees meer

Women's Education, Autonomy, and Reproductive Behaviour

Shireen J Jejeebhoy

• Hardcover | Engels | International Studies in Demography
• Women's access to education has been recognized as a fundamental right. At the national level, educating women results in improved productivity, incom... Lees meer

Prospective Community Studies in Developing Countries

• Hardcover | Engels | International Studies in Demography
• This is an overview of the leading prospective studies in developing countries on population and health research. Prospective community studies are co... Lees meer

Urbanization in Large Developing Countries

Visaria Jones

• Hardcover | Engels | International Studies in Demography
• This book examines the interactions between economic change and urbanization, in the form of structural shifts in employment, regional development pol... Lees meer

Gender and Family Change in Industrialized Countries

W T Mason, Mason

• Hardcover | Engels | International Studies in Demography
• In this book, distinguished demographers consider whether changes in women's roles are the cause of such changes in family life as rising divorce rate... Lees meer

Demographic Applications of Event History Analysis

• Hardcover | Engels | International Studies in Demography
• This study illustrates the use of new techniques for the analysis of individual life histories that contain dates of relevant demographic events such ... Lees meer

The Constitutional Right to a Speedy and Fair Criminal Trial

Warren Freedman

• Hardcover | Engels | International Studies in Demography
• Although the U.S. Constitution guarantees those accused of a crime the right to a speedy and fair trial, in practice the judicial system is increasing... Lees meer

Worlds in Motion

Douglas S Massey, Joaquin Arango, Graeme Hugo

• Paperback | Engels | International Studies in Demography
• The twentieth century has seen immense worldwide shifts in population. Whether it is Europe to North America, the Caribbean to the United Kingdom, or ... Lees meer

Sexual Cultures and Migration in the Era of AIDS

• Hardcover | Engels | International Studies in Demography
• Sexual Cultures and Migration in the Era of AIDS is the first demographic, anthropological study of what happens to sexual behavior and the rules of r... Lees meer

Fertility Transition in South Asia

• Hardcover | Engels | International Studies in Demography
• This compendium of nineteen chapters, written by South Asia scholars and international authorities in the field of population, provides an overview of... Lees meer

Population and Poverty in the Developing World

• Hardcover | Engels | International Studies in Demography
• This volume concentrates on all aspects of the population and poverty problem: what poverty is, what effects poverty has, what creates poverty, and wh... Lees meer

The Family, Market, and the State in Ageing Societies

• Hardcover | Engels | International Studies in Demography
• This study from the International Union for the Scientific Study of Population explores the interrelationships between economic pressures and demograp... Lees meer

Dynamics of Values in Fertility Change

• Hardcover | Engels | International Studies in Demography
• The move from large extended families towards the nuclear family already prevalent in the West is one of the most notable demographic trends of the 20... Lees meer

Women in the Labour Market in Changing Economies

John Langone

• Hardcover | Engels | International Studies in Demography
• Increased female participation in the labour market is a very significant feature of recent economic development. This volume analyzes how demographic... Lees meer

Famine Demography

• Hardcover | Engels | International Studies in Demography
• This book deals with the important subject of famine demography. It describes case studies of the demography of historical and more recent famines in ... Lees meer

Infant and Child Mortality in the Past

• Hardcover | International Studies in Demography
• An examination of the trends of early-age mortality. The approach is interdisciplinary, with contributions from demography, biology, medicine, and eco... Lees meer

Women, Poverty, and Demographic Change

• Hardcover | Engels | International Studies in Demography
• This book analyzes the specific demographic implications and conditioning factors of women's experience of poverty. By investigating the different exp... Lees meer

The Decline of Mortality in Europe

• Hardcover | Engels | International Studies in Demography
• This book examines the remarkable decline of mortality in Europe which began in the 19th century and continued in an uninterrupted fashion, into the e... Lees meer

Biomedical and Demographic Determinants of Reproduction

• Hardcover | International Studies in Demography
• Surveys the state of knowledge and research on the determinants of human reproduction. This book adopts an inter-disciplinary approach and integrates ... Lees meer

Cultural Perspectives on Reproductive Health

• Hardcover | Engels | International Studies in Demography
• This volume explores the connections between reproductive health and culture, focusing on two broad questions: How does culture shape the ways in whic... Lees meer