54:30001 United
Nations Population Fund [UNFPA] (New York, New York). 1987
report by the Executive Director of the United Nations Population
Fund. Pub. Order No. 88/32001/E/8000. ISBN 0-89714-058-3. [1988].
189 pp. New York, New York. In Eng.
This report on the work of the
United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA), previously called the United
Nations Fund for Population Activities, contains a review by the
Executive Director of the state of world population. The review for
1987 focuses on the degradation of the natural resource base and loss
of productive land and on the consequent need for environmentally safe
industrial development and a slower rate of population growth.
For a
previous report concerning 1986, see 53:30006.
Location:
Princeton University Library (SPR).
54:30002 Chasteland,
Jean-Claude. State of population research and research
needs as expressed at the International Conference on Population and at
its preparatory meetings. Population Bulletin of the United
Nations, No. 21-22, 1988. 1-16 pp. New York, New York. In Eng.
The
views expressed during preparatory meetings for the 1984 International
Conference on Population in Mexico concerning the appropriate focus for
research in demography form the basis of this review. "This article is
organized around three main themes. The first concerns current needs
in population research as perceived by Governments, and the extent to
which currently available knowledge is considered adequate. The second
concerns the main characteristics of current demographic research and
the extent to which it corresponds to the needs perceived by
Governments, as described in the first part of the article. The third
concerns priority. With limited human and financial resources,
particularly in the present world economic situation, on what basis
should we decide which population research projects we
pursue?"
Correspondence: J.-C. Chasteland, Population
Division, Department of International Economic and Social Affairs,
United Nations Secretariat, New York, NY 10017. Location:
Princeton University Library (SPR).
54:30003 Nam,
Charles B. Rupert B. Vance on population.
Sociological Inquiry, Vol. 58, No. 2, Spring 1988. 127-38 pp. Austin,
Texas. In Eng.
"Rupert B. Vance, a distinguished sociologist, was a
true Renaissance man whose writings spanned a variety of disciplines
and touched on many issues of public as well as professional interest.
As is typical of such scholars, his writings are published in a broad
range of books, journals, newspapers, and other outlets. Reed and
Singal (1982) brought together a selection of his writings on the South
as a region, but his works in other areas have not been synthesized.
The effort here is to assess his contributions to the field of
population. Although no great ideas in population analysis are
associated with his name, a review of his publications shows that he
often was ahead of his time in dealing with issues and his influence on
the field can be profoundly felt."
Correspondence: C. B.
Nam, Center for the Study of Population, Florida State University,
Tallahassee, FL 32306-4063. Location: Princeton University
Library (PR).
54:30004 Schmid,
Josef. What should be meant by "qualitative
demography"?! In: Au-dela du quantitatif: espoirs et limites de
l'analyse qualitative en demographie. Chaire Quetelet '85. 1988.
499-522 pp. Universite Catholique de Louvain, Institut de Demographie:
Louvain-la-Neuve, Belgium; CIACO Editeur: Louvain-la-Neuve, Belgium. In
Eng.
The author critically examines the qualitative approach to
demography based on the German approach to the philosophy of history
which implies assumptions about an adequate logic of social
development, and culminated in concepts developed by Max Weber. The
suggested ideal involves combining the sophisticated techniques of data
collection and analysis with the diagnosis and solution of practical
social problems.
Location: Princeton University Library
(SPR).
54:30005 United
Nations. Secretariat (New York, New York). Recent
developments in population trends and policies. Population
Bulletin of the United Nations, No. 21-22, 1988. 78-83 pp. New York,
New York. In Eng.
An overview of recent population developments and
policies worldwide is presented. Attention is given to population
growth, population structure, fertility, mortality, spatial
distribution and internal migration, international migration, social
and economic implications, and government policies affecting
population.
Location: Princeton University Library (SPR).
54:30006 Hill, Allan
G. On novelists, anthropologists and demographers: the
outcome of some recent micro-demographic research. In: Au-dela du
quantitatif: espoirs et limites de l'analyse qualitative en
demographie. Chaire Quetelet '85. 1988. 347-66 pp. Universite
Catholique de Louvain, Institut de Demographie: Louvain-la-Neuve,
Belgium; CIACO Editeur: Louvain-la-Neuve, Belgium. In Eng.
The
author summarizes some of the outstanding practical and theoretical
problems concerning both the qualitative and quantitative approaches to
demographic research. Topics covered include demography and problems
of scale, micro-demographic studies, fertility determinants, family
demography and household structure, and demographic impact analysis.
The author stresses the need to develop a set of common ideas that can
be applied in a number of different contexts, in which specific
micro-level studies can be evaluated, and from which some theoretical
conclusions of general value can be deduced.
Location:
Princeton University Library (SPR).
54:30007 Horvath,
Robert. A model of science theory on the formation of
demography as an autonomous science. [Egy tudomanyelmeleti modell
a demografia mint onallo tudomany kialakulasarol.] Demografia, Vol. 30,
No. 1, 1987. 27-51 pp. Budapest, Hungary. In Hun. with sum. in Eng;
Rus.
An attempt is made to harmonize the history of science and the
theory of science in order to study the development of demography as a
discipline. The focus is on the main steps in the development of
demographic theories from Graunt to the modern
era.
Location: Princeton University Library (SPR).
54:30008 Porta, Pier
L. Ferdinando Galiani on population and economic
growth. Economies et Societes, Vol. 21, No. 3, Mar 1987. 39-52 pp.
Grenoble, France. In Eng. with sum. in Fre.
The author discusses
the views of the eighteenth-century scholar Ferdinando Galiani on
population and growth, as published in the Dialogues in 1770. It is
claimed that Galiani anticipated features of Classical and Ricardian
economic theory.
Correspondence: P. L. Porta, University of
Milan, Via Festa del Perdono 7, 20122 Milan, Italy. Location:
Princeton University Library (FST).
54:30009 Rosset,
Edward; Billig, Wilhelm. The study of population
theory. [Studia nad teoriami ludnosciowymi.] Monografie i
Opracowania, No. 228, 1987. 142 pp. Szkola Glowna Planowania i
Statystyki, Instytut Statystyki i Demografii: Warsaw, Poland. In Pol.
with sum. in Eng; Rus.
This work is in two parts. The first, by
Edward Rosset, examines the development of demographic transition
theory in Polish and world literature. The author notes that the theory
evolved during the 1930s and 1940s, particularly through the work of
Landry, Thompson, and Notestein. Controversies associated with the
theory as well as differences in attitudes toward it by country are
explored, particularly between Western and Soviet demographers. The
second part, by Wilhelm Billig, interprets demographic processes from a
Marxist historical materialism perspective.
Correspondence:
Instytut Statystyki i Demografii, Szkola Glowna Planowania i
Statystyki, Al Niepodleglosci 162, Warsaw, Poland. Location:
Princeton University Library (SPR).
54:30010
Roszkiewicz, Malgorzata. The model of demographic
transformation--theoretical generalization and practical
implications. [Model transformacji demograficznej--teoretyczne
uogolnienia oraz praktyczne implikacje.] Monografie i Opracowania, No.
232, 1987. 132 pp. Szkola Glowna Planowania i Statystyki, Instytut
Statystyki i Demografii: Warsaw, Poland. In Pol. with sum. in Eng; Rus.
The author presents the demographic transition model in graph form
and analyzes it using graph theory. Stages of demographic transition
and methods of measuring them are explained. A new formulation of the
demographic transformation is outlined and applied to data for selected
countries.
Correspondence: Instytut Statystyki i
Demografii, Szkola Glowna Planowania i Statystyki, Al Niepodleglosci
162, Warsaw, Poland. Location: Princeton University Library
(SPR).
54:30011
Vishnevskii, A. G. Two historical types of
demographic behavior. [Dva istoricheskikh tipa demograficheskogo
povedeniya.] Sotsiologicheskie Issledovaniya, No. 6, Nov-Dec 1987.
78-88 pp. Moscow, USSR. In Rus.
Two alternative approaches to the
analysis of demographic behavior at the microlevel, the intrumental and
terminal approaches, are described. The instrumental approach assumes
that socioeconomic factors, such as the cost or value of a child, play
a major role in influencing decisions, particularly those affecting
fertility. The terminal approach excludes economic factors and is
affected primarily by social relationships among people. The author
provides reasons for supporting the latter
approach.
Location: Princeton University Library (PR).
54:30012 Boyarskii,
A. Ya.; Bakhmetova, G. Sh.; Kharchenko, L. P. Practical
guide to demography. [Praktikum po demografii.] LC 86-170070.
1985. 141, [3] pp. Mysl': Moscow, USSR. In Rus.
This is a textbook
on demography designed for students from various disciplines. The
focus is on the application of mathematical and statistical methods to
the study of demographic problems. Chapters are included on population
size and composition, demographic coefficients, standardization,
population reproduction, population projection, stable populations,
demographic losses from war, independent problem formulation and
solution, computer applications, and demographic
models.
Location: U.S. Library of Congress, Washington,
D.C.
54:30013 Regulska,
Joanna; Vural, Leyla. Population flows in an international
context. Journal of Geography, Vol. 86, No. 5, Sep-Oct 1987.
219-24 pp. Macomb, Illinois. In Eng.
The authors present a module
for teaching university-level students in geography about international
migration. The module focuses on the role of international migration
in shaping the modern world and on the critical role of the spatial
dimension. It also examines the economic, political, and social
consequences of migration.
Correspondence: J. Regulska,
Department of Geography, Rutgers University, New Brunswick, NJ 08904.
Location: Princeton University Library (PR).
54:30014 Shuvalov,
E. L. The geography of population. [Geografiya
naseleniya.] 2nd ed. LC 86-106976. 1985. 174 pp. Prosveshchenie:
Moscow, USSR. In Rus.
This is a textbook for students of geography.
It deals with the spatial distribution of population and settlements
around the world and their relationship to different social, political,
economic, and natural conditions. Special attention is given to issues
of population structure, density, and type of
settlement.
Location: U.S. Library of Congress, Washington,
D.C.
54:30015 Sullivan,
Teresa A. Making the demography curriculum explicit:
avoiding "hide the ball" professional socialization. Texas
Population Research Center Papers, Series 10: 1988, No. 10.02, Apr 15,
1988. 15, [1] pp. University of Texas, Texas Population Research
Center: Austin, Texas. In Eng.
"Graduate instruction in demography
faces two obstacles. The first obstacle, shared with graduate study in
other fields but rarely acknowledged, is that the enterprise of
graduate education is fundamentally different from that of
undergraduate education. The second obstacle is demography's
interdisciplinary nature, which creates some special difficulties in
graduate education. This paper begins by considering the more general
problem, and then considers special difficulties of
demography."
This paper was originally presented at the 1988 Annual
Meeting of the Population Association of America. For more detailed
information, see the abstracts of PAA papers at the beginning of this
issue.
Correspondence: Texas Population Research Center,
University of Texas, 1800 Main Building, Austin, TX 78712.
Location: Princeton University Library (SPR).
