1st Edition
Population Growth In Latin America And U.S. National Security
Originally published in 1986, this volume deals with both population growth in Latin America and the possible consequences of this growth for the security of the USA. The text analyses the demographic dimensions of the phenomenon and then considers the consequences for US security. It was the first time that the interrelations between national security and population growth were systematically analyzed. The book predicts the raid population growth would have serious economic, social and strategic implications for the USA and rightly predicts the adoption of draconian measures to stem the flow of illegal migrants. Although some aspects of the political landscape have changed since original publication the issue of migration to the USA from Latin America has lost none of its relevance.
Part 1: Introduction 1. Population Growth, Population Pressure, and Political Stability in Latin America John W. DeWitt 2. Population, National Power, and Security: The United States and Latin America John Saunders Part 2: Demographic Dimensions 3. Medium Range Prospects for Fertility Reduction in Latin America J. Mayone Stycos 4. Population Growth and Labor Absorption in Latin America, 1970-2000 Murray Gendell 5. Population Growth and Emigration in Latin America: What is the Nature of the Problem Sergio Diaz-Briquets and John J. Macisco, Jr. 6. Food Supply and Latin American Population Growth: Is This the Right Question? Philip Musgrove 7. The Demographic Erosion of Development Efforts in Latin America: 1960-2000 Richard L. Clinton Part 3: Security Dimensions 8. Population, Internal Unrest and US Security in Latin America Howard J. Wiarda and Iêda Siqueira Wiarda 9. Population Growth and the Struggle for the Hearts and Minds of the Rural Population in Central America T. David Mason 10. U.S. Security, Labor-Force Absorption and the Food Supply in Latin America Daniel S. Papp 11. U.S. Security, Economic Growth and the Population Problem in Latin America Margaret Daly Hayes 12. U.S. Security and Latin America: Arms Transfers and Military Doctrine William J. Taylor, Jr.
Biography
John Saunders is Professor, Department of Sociology, Mississippi StateUniversity. He was formerly Head, Department of Sociology, MississippiState University; Professor of Sociology at the University of Florida; FordFoundation adviser in Lima, Peru; director of the Latin American Languageand Area Center at the University of Florida; Associate Professor of Sociologyand Chairman of the graduate program in Latin American Studies at Louisi-ana State University; Visiting Professor at Catholic University, Lima, Peru;Fulbright lecturer in Ecuador and Mexico; and has been on lecturing assign-ments for the Organization of American States in Mexico and elsewhere. Heis a former member of the executive council of the Latin American StudiesAssociation and of the Rural Sociological Society. He has been a consultant tothe World Bank, the Agency for International Development, the Ford Foun-dation, and other organizations. He is the author of Differential Fertility inBrazil; The Population of Ecuador: A Demographic Analysis; "Educationand Modernization in Brazil" a chapter in The Shaping of Modern Brazil',translator with Alfred Hower from the Portuguese of Marcore by AntonioOlavo Pereira; editor and contributor, Modern Brazil: New Patterns andDevelopment-, and the author of "Race, Color, and Prejudice: A BrazilianCounterpoint," a chapter in Racial Tensions and National Identity, "ThePopulation of the Brazilian Amazon Today," a chapter in Man in the Amazon-,and senior author of Rural Electrification and Development: Social andEconomic Impact in Colombia and Costa Rica. He also has published articlesin Latin American and United States journals.
