55:20001 Sauvy,
Alfred; Hirsch, Anita. Europe submerged. South to North
in 30 years. [L'Europe submergee. Sud-nord dans 30 ans.] L'Oeil
Economique, ISBN 2-04-016472-3. LC 88-154299. 1987. xi, 279 pp. Dunod:
Paris, France. In Fre.
The authors analyze the consequences of
current differences in the demographic trends in developed and
developing countries, with particular reference to the situation in
Europe over the next 30 years. The main premise is that demographic
aging and population decline in the developed world, coupled with the
growth of a young and vigorous population in the developing world, will
lead to irresistible pressures for migration from developing to
developed countries. This in turn will threaten the cultural and
ethnic characteristics of the developed
world.
Correspondence: Dunod, 17 rue Remy-Dumoncel, B.P.
50, 75661 Paris Cedex 14, France. Location: Princeton
University Library (SPR).
55:20002 Chasteland,
Jean-Claude. State of population research and research
needs as expressed at the Mexico Conference and at the preparatory
expert group meetings. [Etat et besoins de la recherche
demographique dans la perspective des recommandations de la Conference
de Mexico et de ses reunions preparatoires.] Les Dossiers du CEPED, No.
4, ISBN 2-87762-003-4. Oct 1988. 43 pp. Centre Francais sur la
Population et le Developpement [CEPED]: Paris, France. In Fre. with
sum. in Eng.
Current demographic research and research needs as
identified at the 1984 International Conference on Population in
Mexico, and the preparatory meetings held prior to it, are summarized.
Topics covered include the relationships among socioeconomic
development, the environment, and population; the status of women; the
development of population policies; morbidity and mortality;
procreation and the family; and international
migration.
Correspondence: CEPED, 15 rue de l'Ecole de
Medecine, 75270 Paris Cedex 06, France. Location: Princeton
University Library (SPR).
55:20003 Lisina, N.
V.; Ruzavina, E. I. Methodological aspects of a
political-economic analysis of population. [Metodologicheskie
aspekty politiko-ekonomicheskogo analiza naseleniya.] Demograficheskie
Issledovaniya, 1988. 4-18 pp. Moscow, USSR. In Rus.
The authors
examine the role of political and economic factors in the study of
population issues, with a focus on the relationship between demographic
factors and the standard of living of a society. Attention is paid to
the division of the population into the economically active and the
inactive.
Location: Princeton University Library (SPR).
55:20004 Morrison,
Peter A. Applied demography: its current scope and future
direction in the United States. Rand Paper, No. P-7496, Oct 1988.
iii, 17 pp. Rand Corporation: Santa Monica, California. In Eng.
The
author examines the field of applied demography in the United States,
its "current scope, evolution, and prospective future course." The
main topics include the field's evolution as it mirrors contemporary
issues, current employment opportunities for applied demographers, and
factors that have fostered the recent growth of the field, including
advances in microdata collection and
analysis.
Correspondence: Rand Corporation, 1700 Main
Street, P.O. Box 2138, Santa Monica, CA 90406-2138. Location:
Princeton University Library (SPR).
55:20005 Petersen,
William. What will demography be in 1996? Canadian
Studies in Population, Vol. 15, No. 1, 1988. 17-23 pp. Edmonton,
Canada. In Eng. with sum. in Fre.
The author reports on the
discussion that took place at a luncheon roundtable held at the 1986
Annual Meeting of the Population Association of America on prospective
topics of concern to demographers in 1996.
Correspondence:
W. Petersen, 24900 Pine Hills Drive, Carmel, CA 93923.
Location: Princeton University Library (SPR).
55:20006 Rakhmanova,
G. V. Some methodological aspects of the development of
scientific demographic knowledge. [Nekotorye metodologicheskie
problemy stanovleniya nauchnogo demograficheskogo poznaniya.]
Demograficheskie Issledovaniya, 1988. 34-44 pp. Moscow, USSR. In Rus.
The author traces the development of demographic research, with a
focus on specific characteristics that led to demography's emergence as
a distinctive scientific discipline.
Location: Princeton
University Library (SPR).
55:20007 Charbit,
Yves. Plato: forerunner of demographic thinking?
[Platon: precurseur de la pensee demographique?] European Journal of
Population/Revue Europeenne de Demographie, Vol. 4, No. 2, 1988. 157-73
pp. Amsterdam, Netherlands. In Fre. with sum. in Eng.
The author
examines the work of Plato as an early contribution to demographic
thinking. He concludes that Plato's demographic contribution has been
slight, since his focus was on the city as an ideal concept and on
concrete social organization, and that any consideration of demographic
issues was incidental.
Correspondence: Y. Charbit, Institut
National d'Etudes Demographiques, 27 rue du Commandeur, 75675 Paris
Cedex 14, France. Location: Princeton University Library
(SPR).
55:20008 Demetrius,
Lloyd. Growth rate, population entropy, and perturbation
theory. Mathematical Biosciences, Vol. 93, No. 2, Apr 1989. 159-80
pp. New York, New York. In Eng.
"This paper is concerned with the
connection between two classes of population variables: measures of
population growth rate--the Malthusian parameter, the net reproduction
rate, the gross reproduction rate, and the mean life expectancy; and
measures of demographic heterogeneity--population entropy. It is shown
that the entropy functions predict the response of the growth rate
parameters to perturbations in the age-specific fecundity and mortality
schedule. These results are invoked to introduce the notion of
environmental intensity. The intensity function, expressed in terms of
the entropy parameters, is applied to give a comparative study of the
effect of environmental factors on the dynamics of Swedish and French
populations."
Correspondence: L. Demetrius, Max Planck
Institut fur Biophysikalische Chemie, 3400 Gottingen, Federal Republic
of Germany. Location: Princeton University Library (SM).
55:20009 Hammond, P.
J. Consequentialist demographic norms and parenting
rights. Social Choice and Welfare, Vol. 5, No. 2-3, 1988. 127-45
pp. New York, New York. In Eng.
"This paper extends the author's
recent work on dynamically consistent consequentialist social norms for
an unrestricted domain of decision trees with risk to trees in which
the population is a variable consequence--i.e., endogenous. Given a
form of ethical liberalism and ethical irrelevance of distant
ancestors, classical utilitarianism is implied (provided also that a
weak continuity condition is met). The 'repugnant conclusion' that
having many poor people may be desirable can be avoided by denying that
individuals' interests extend to the circumstances of their birth. But
it is better avoided by recognizing that potential parents have
legitimate interests concerning the sizes of their
families."
Correspondence: P. J. Hammond, Economics
Department, Stanford University, Stanford, CA 94305-6072.
Location: Princeton University Library (PF).
55:20010 Hodgson,
Dennis. Orthodoxy and revisionism in American
demography. Population and Development Review, Vol. 14, No. 4, Dec
1988. 541-69, 760-2 pp. New York, New York. In Eng. with sum. in Fre;
Spa.
"From the vantage point of the late 1980s, what passes for
orthodoxy in American demography is a perspective founded on two basic
assumptions: rapid population growth in nonindustrial societies is a
significant problem, and providing contraceptives to peasant couples
can lower fertility prior to industrialization. The emergence of this
perspective within American demography during the 1950s and the rise of
revisionist views more recently are examined. Orthodoxy's emergence is
attributed to two sets of factors: first, the inability of demographic
transition theory to explain several postwar demographic trends;
second, the manner in which the Cold War, decolonization, and the
influx of funds for fertility control changed American demographers'
approach to the study of population trends. The recent rise of
revisionism is attributed both to orthodoxy's difficulty in digesting
the favorable economic and demographic trends of the 1970s and to the
changes in the political and funding environments within which American
demographers work."
This is a revised version of a paper originally
presented at the 1988 Annual Meeting of the Population Association of
America (see Population Index, Vol. 54, No. 3, p.
457).
Correspondence: D. Hodgson, Department of Sociology,
Fairfield University, Fairfield, CT 06430. Location:
Princeton University Library (SPR).
55:20011 Schmid,
Josef. Demography between individual rationality and the
requirements of a political-social system.
[Bevolkerungswissenschaft zwischen individueller Rationalitat und
staatlich-gesellschaftlichem Systemerfordernis.] In: Demographie in der
Bundesrepublik Deutschland: vier Jahrzehnte Statistik, Forschung und
Politikberatung. Festschrift fur Karl Schwarz, edited by Charlotte
Hohn, Wilfried Linke, and Rainer Mackensen. Schriftenreihe des
Bundesinstituts fur Bevolkerungsforschung, Vol. 18, 1988. 187-96 pp.
Boldt-Verlag: Boppard am Rhein, Germany, Federal Republic of. In Ger.
The conflict between the individual and the society as a whole is
discussed in relation to the field of demography. Attention is given
to the destruction of "demographic homeostasis" during the modern
industrial era and to fertility and policy in post-industrial societies
such as the Federal Republic of Germany.
Location:
Princeton University Library (SPR).
55:20012 Stark,
Oded. Altruism and the quality of life. Migration and
Development Program Discussion Paper, No. 41, Dec 1988. 14 pp. Harvard
University, Center for Population Studies, Migration and Development
Program: Cambridge, Massachusetss. In Eng.
This is a theoretical
paper on the impact of altruism on the quality of life. The author
uses the example of altruism in the case of remittance agreements
between migrants and their families who remain in the country of
origin.
Correspondence: Migration and Development Program,
Center for Population Studies, Harvard University, 9 Bow Street,
Cambridge, MA 02138. Location: Princeton University Library
(SPR).
55:20013 Zimmermann,
Klaus F. Roots of modern population economics in German
literature around 1900. [Wurzeln der modernen okonomischen
Bevolkerungstheorie in der deutschen Forschung um 1900.] Jahrbucher fur
Nationalokonomie und Statistik, Vol. 205, No. 2, Aug 1988. 116-30 pp.
Stuttgart, Germany, Federal Republic of. In Ger. with sum. in Eng.
"The economic theory of the family developed by Becker makes use of
the microeconomic decision model of the rational agent and the
distinction between quantity and quality of children. This theory
provides a substantial contribution to the explanation of fertility
decline in developed countries. The paper shows that all relevant
elements of this theory and important statistical findings were already
suggested and published between 1901 and 1910 by Brentano and Mombert
in Germany."
Correspondence: K. F. Zimmermann, Universitat
Mannheim, Fakultat fur Volkswirtschaftslehre und Statistik,
Seminargebaude A 5, D-6800, Mannheim 1, Federal Republic of Germany.
Location: Princeton University Library (PF).
55:20014 Maleva, O.
M. Some methodological aspects of applying
interdisciplinary approaches to population studies. [Nekotorye
metodologicheskie aspekty primeneniya mezhdistsiplinarnogo podkhoda k
izucheniyu narodonaseleniya.] Demograficheskie Issledovaniya, 1988.
27-34 pp. Moscow, USSR. In Rus.
The author examines how an
interdisciplinary approach can best be adapted to the study of
population issues. The need for methods and definitions specific to
demographic studies is noted, rather than using those developed for
other disciplines.
Location: Princeton University Library
(SPR).
55:20015
Wierzchoslawski, Stanislaw. Multidisciplinary and
interdisciplinary approaches to the study of demographic
phenomena. [Wielodyscyplinarnosc i interdyscyplinarnosc badan
zjawisk demograficznych.] Studia Demograficzne, No. 4/94, 1988. 3-15
pp. Warsaw, Poland. In Pol. with sum. in Eng; Rus.
The author
discusses questions concerning collaboration among scientific
disciplines in the study of demographic phenomena. In the course of
reviewing trends in contemporary demographic research, some
consequences of the interdisciplinary approach are identified. The
author also describes the different forms that interdisciplinary
research can take. He concludes with a summary of the results of this
approach concerning both macro- and micro-level
studies.
Location: Princeton University Library (SPR).
55:20016 Biswas,
Suddhendu; Sehgal, Vijay K. Stochastic processes in
demography and applications. ISBN 81-224-0061-2. 1988. xvi, 359
pp. Wiley Eastern: New Delhi, India. In Eng.
This textbook attempts
to fill a "gap in the research and pedagogy of Mathematical Demography
and other related topics in Survival Analysis by focussing intensively
on a wide range of traditional as well as new inputs using a modern
Stochastic Process and Renewal Theory oriented approach. Special topics
such as Martingales theory, Cox's regression model, Parametric and
Non-parametric techniques in Survival theory together with a full
chapter on the adjustment techniques for the deficiencies of vital
statistics in India have been appended."
Correspondence:
Wiley Eastern Ltd., 4835/24 Ansari Road, Daryaganj, New Delhi 110 002,
India. Location: Princeton University Library (SPR).
55:20017 Nazareth,
J. Manuel. The principles and methods of analysis of
Portuguese demography. [Principios e metodos de analise da
demografia portuguesa.] Coleccao Metodos, No. 27, 1988. 323 pp.
Editorial Presenca: Lisbon, Portugal. In Por.
This is a general
Portuguese-language textbook on demography. Developments in population
theory are first reviewed, from antiquity to modern times.
Contemporary demographic trends are then reviewed, with particular
attention to the development of the population of Portugal in the
twentieth century. Methods of demographic analysis are then
introduced, with consideration given to the collection of data, data
quality, the general principles of demographic analysis, and the
special features involved in the analysis of mortality, fertility,
nuptiality, and migration.
Correspondence: Editorial
Presenca, Rua Augusto Gil 35-A, 1000 Lisbon, Portugal.
Location: Princeton University Library (SPR).
55:20018 Smith,
Clifford T. Population and development in Peru. Case
Studies in the Developing World, ISBN 0-7195-4363-0. 1988. vi, 58 pp.
John Murray: London, England. In Eng.
This textbook for advanced
high-school students and beyond "sets a systematic account of the
population geography of Peru against the background of Peruvian
physical, social and economic environments to illuminate the general
techniques, principles and models of population geography, using a
selection of examples and case studies. Wherever appropriate,
techniques and models are introduced and examined in the light of
Peruvian experience...." Chapters are included on the historical
context of population composition; population characteristics such as
age and sex distribution, natural increase, fertility, and mortality;
population growth and the demographic transition; regional patterns of
spatial distribution and population change; and internal migration,
including urban and rural movements, migrant characteristics, and the
impact of migration. Assignments and questions for study purposes are
included at the end of each chapter.
Correspondence: John
Murray Ltd., 50 Albemarle Street, London W1X 4BD, England.
Location: Princeton University Library (SPR).
55:20019 United
Nations. Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific
[ESCAP] (Bangkok, Thailand). Training in the use of
microcomputers in the field of population. Pub. Order No.
ST/ESCAP/675. 1988. 16 pp. Bangkok, Thailand. In Eng.
The contents
of this training manual are a summary of the results of a series of
workshops organized by the ESCAP Population Division on the use of
microcomputers in the field of population. Sections are included on
the philosophy of training, general software, and specialized
software.
Correspondence: ESCAP, United Nations Building,
Rajadamnern Nok Avenue, Bangkok 10200, Thailand. Location:
Princeton University Library (SPR).
