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Title:
Handbook of population
Series:
Handbooks of sociology and social research
Publication Information:
New York, NY : Springer, 2005
ISBN:
9780306477683

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This comprehensive handbook provides an overview and update of the issues, theories, processes, and applications of the social science of population studies. The volume's 30 chapters cover the full range of conceptual, empirical, disciplinary, and applied approaches to the study of demographic phenomena. This book is the first effort to assess the entire field since Hauser and Duncan's 1959 classic, The Study of Population. The chapter authors are among the leading contributors to demographic scholarship over the past four decades. They represent a variety of disciplines and theoretical perspectives as well as interests in both basic and applied research.


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Editors Poston (sociology, Texas A&M Univ.) and Micklin (National Institutes of Health) have made a valiant effort to review the entire field of demography, the first such attempt since Philip Hauser and Otis Duncan's 1959 classic, The Study of Population. This new book covers conceptual, empirical, disciplinary, and applied approaches of demographic inquiry. Although organized for classroom or reference use, it is better suited to the latter. The individual chapters give literature reviews and overviews, rather than focusing in depth on a few empirical studies. (In addition, the book's cost would be prohibitive for most graduate students.) Each chapter is diligent in its attempt to cover all relevant issues; the bibliographies provide listings of important (and, in most cases, up-to-date) articles and books that make up the foundations of these subfields. Many of the 28 chapters follow a comprehensive outline of substantive concerns, theoretical issues, methods and measures, empirical findings, and research directions, providing a clear summary of each topic and making it possible to compare each section across topics. Although some demographers might complain that certain topics or geographical areas are not given their due, this is overall an excellent resource for demographers and others interested in learning about the field. ^BSumming Up: Highly recommended. All academic libraries. E. J. Schatz University of Colorado


Table of Contents

Age and Sex
Population Distribution and Suburbanization
Marriage and Family
Demography of Gender
Demography of Aging
Demography of Race and Ethnicity
Labor Force
Fertility
Infant Mortality
Adult Mortality
Internal Migration
International Migration
Demography of Social Stratification
Sociological Demography
Organizational and Corporate Demography
Urban and Spatial Demography
Anthropological Demography
Economic Demography
Historical Demography
Ecological Demography
Biodemography
Mathematical Demography
Political Demography
Fertility Planning
Small Area and Business Demography
Health Demography
The Demography of Population Health
Population Policy
Needed Research in Demography