Demography Books

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1. Elder Law

   By John Williams

   This book looks at the historical background to the law's approach to ageing, focusing on questions such as: Has the law promoted ageism? How well has the law protected older people against discrimination, abuse and social exclusion? How effective will new prohibitions on age...

   December 2010 | 978-1-85941-922-9 | Paperback (Routledge)

2. Multiculturalism

   Edited by Gerd Baumann, Steven Vertovec

   Edited by two leading scholars in the field, this new title in Routledge’s Major Works series, Critical Concepts in Sociology, is a four-volume collection of canonical and cutting-edge research. Serious work on multiculturalism flourishes as never before, and this ‘mini library’ meets the need for...

   November 2010 | 978-0-415-48608-8 | Hardback (Routledge)

3. Population, Health and Nutrition in the Sahel: Issues in the Welfare of Selected West African Communities

   Edited by Allan G. Hill

   This collection of studies, first published in 1985, describes some contemporary problems of selected pastoral and agro-pastoral communities of the West African Sahel. Several important features of the Sahel are illustrated: the significance of seasonal factors in causing periodic stress amongst...

   November 2010 | 978-0-415-59285-7 | Hardback (Routledge)

4. Womens' Roles and Population Trends in the Third World

   Edited by Richard Anker, Marya Buvinic, Nadia H. Youssef

   First published in 1982, this collection was the result of an ambitious and wide-ranging, inter-disciplinary research programme conducted by the International Labour Office (ILO) on the relationship between women’s roles and demographic change, with a view to influencing contemporary government and...

   November 2010 | 978-0-415-59284-0 | Hardback (Routledge)

5. Population and Development: High and Low Fertility in Poorer Countries

   Edited by Geoffrey Hawthorn

   First published in 1978, this book explores the vital global issue of high and low fertility in poorer countries through a series of case studies by contemporary experts in the fields of development and demography. These studies examine such issues as: the relations between fertility rates and...

   November 2010 | 978-0-415-59283-3 | Hardback (Routledge)

6. The Politics of Family Planning in the Third World

   Edited by T. E. Smith

   First published in 1973, this book is an attempt to examine the political determinants (as opposed to the more usual emphasis upon consequences) of contemporary population policy formation and action in developing countries, with particular reference to policy relating to family limitation....

   November 2010 | 978-0-415-59291-8 | Hardback (Routledge)

7. International Indebtedness and the Developing Countries

   By George Abbott

   First published in 1979, this study focuses upon two of the major economic problems faced by developing countries: massive foreign debts and the shortage of foreign funds offered on concessional terms for development purposes. The relationship between the two is highlighted in the effect that debt...

   November 2010 | 978-0-415-59437-0 | Hardback (Routledge)

8. Circulation in Third World Countries

   Edited by R Mansell Prothero, Murray Chapman

   Circulation is common in Third World countries and involves reciprocal flows of people, goods and ideas. The essays in this volume, first published in1985, discuss concepts associated with circulation in its various forms, and they present empirical evidence based on field work from holistic,...

   November 2010 | 978-0-415-59496-7 | Hardback (Routledge)

9. Urbanisation in the Developing World

   Edited by David Drakakis-Smith

   First published in 1986, this reissue is concerned with the increased social problems, regional imbalances, and economic dislocation resulting from the alarming growth rate of cities in the developing world. It considers theoretical questions and contains wide-ranging case studies to support the...

   November 2010 | 978-0-415-59497-4 | Hardback (Routledge)

10. Urbanisation, Housing and the Development Process

    By David Drakakis-Smith

    Initially published in 1981, this book examines the problems of housing provision for the urban poor in developing countries, within the context of the development process as a whole. The investigation concentrates on the political economy of housing investment and illustrates how programmes and...

    November 2010 | 978-0-415-59499-8 | Hardback (Routledge)