55:40001 Espenshade,
Thomas J.; Morgan, S. Philip; Ortona, Guido; Buttino, Marco; Pischel,
Enrica C.; Gallucci, Francesco; Gunasekaran, Subbiah; Sullivan, Gerard;
Castles, Stephen; Blangiardo, Gian C.; Gastaldo, Piero. To
live on the planet: the demographic future, migration, and ethnic
tensions. Volume 2: the United States, the USSR, and Asia and
Oceania. [Abitare il pianeta: futuro demografico, migrazioni e
tensioni etniche. Volume secondo: USA, URSS e aree asiatica e
australe.] ISBN 88-7860-025-3. 1989. vi, 306 pp. Edizioni della
Fondazione Giovanni Agnelli: Turin, Italy. In Ita.
This is the
second volume in a collective work by a group of Italian and
international scholars on aspects of contemporary and future global
population issues. The first part of this volume includes two studies
on the United States, focusing on demographic trends, immigration, and
ethnic diversity. The second part examines the situation in the Soviet
Union, emphasizing differences in population trends in the various
republics and among national groups. The third part contains papers on
the population of India from 1951 to 2021, migration from southeastern
Asia to Australia, demographic change and the growth of a
multi-cultural society in Australia, and demographic trends and
projections in Asia and Oceania as a whole. A final chapter examines
the political consequences of global demographic trends.
For Volume
1, by Marcello Pacini et al., also published in 1989, see elsewhere in
this issue.
Correspondence: Edizioni della Fondazione
Giovanni Agnelli, Via Giacosa 38, 10125 Turin, Italy.
Location: Princeton University Library (SPR).
55:40002 Ibanez,
Jose M.; Melnick, Sergio I.; Riesco, Ricardo; Simon, Julian L.
Population, development, future. [Poblacion, desarrollo,
futuro.] 1989. 160 pp. Editorial Andres Bello: Santiago, Chile. In Spa.
This book is based on four individual lectures given by the authors
in August 1985 at the Residencia Universitaria y Centro Cultural in
Santiago, Chile. The general theme of the papers concerns the benefits
of population growth. The first paper, by Ricardo Riesco, argues
against the need to control population growth in order to achieve
socioeconomic development. The second, by Julian L. Simon, looks at
the relationship between population and natural resources. The third
paper, by Sergio I. Melnick, examines these issues in the context of
Chile. The fourth paper, by Jose M. Ibanez, considers anthropological
aspects of the population-development
relationship.
Correspondence: Editorial Andres Bello, Av.
Ricardo Lyon 946, Santiago, Chile. Location: New York Public
Library.
55:40003 Kongstad,
Per; Sano, Hans O.; Westergard, Kirsten. Population policy
and migration in the third world. [Befolkningspolitik og
vandringer i Den Tredje Verden.] Den Ny Verden, Vol. 20, No. 4, ISBN
88-88467-48-1. 1987. 126 pp. Center for Udviklingsforskning:
Copenhagen, Denmark. In Dan.
This is a collection of recent
Scandinavian population studies of third world countries. The eight
articles consider population issues at the macrolevel and from case
studies of the forces influencing mobility and migration. Other topics
include the relationship between development and population policy,
migration, and the job market.
Correspondence: Center for
Udviklingsforskning, Ny Kongensgade 9, 1472 Copenhagen K, Denmark.
Location: World Bank, Joint Bank-Fund Library, Washington,
D.C.
55:40004 Pacini,
Marcello; Zolberg, Aristide R.; Golini, Antonio; Bonifazi, Corrado;
Alberti, Luca; Blangiardo, Gian C.; Di Comite, Luigi; Trifa, Chedli;
Tapinos, Georges. To live on the planet: the demographic
future, migration, and ethnic tensions. Volume 1: the Arab world,
Italy, and Europe. [Abitare il pianeta: futuro demografico,
migrazioni e tensioni etniche. Volume primo: il mondo arabo, l'Italia
e l'Europa.] ISBN 88-7860-022-9. 1989. x, 539 pp. Edizioni della
Fondazione Giovanni Agnelli: Turin, Italy. In Ita.
This is part of
a two-volume collective work by a group of Italian and international
scholars on aspects of contemporary and future global population
issues. This first volume includes introductory chapters on the
demographic transition, international migration, and population
dynamics and their cultural impact. It then focuses on demographic
trends in the Mediterranean region and the Arab world, in which each of
the countries of Northern Africa and Western Asia are considered
separately as well as together in a series of general papers on
population dynamics, data sources, and the demographic transition. The
final part includes papers on problems and political issues in the
European countries faced with these demographic trends, with individual
consideration given to the cases of Italy and France.
For Volume 2,
by Thomas J. Espenshade et al., also published in 1989, see elsewhere
in this issue.
Correspondence: Edizioni della Fondazione
Giovanni Agnelli, Via Giacosa 38, 10125 Turin, Italy.
Location: Princeton University Library (SPR).
55:40005 Greep, Roy
O. Association of birth rates with child health and human
welfare. A global view. Annals of the New York Academy of
Sciences, No. 549, Dec 30, 1988. 166-79 pp. New York, New York. In Eng.
The author asserts that the problem of rapid population growth is
far from being solved. Particular emphasis is given to population
growth in the developing world and to the growing gap between rich and
poor countries. The problems posed by declining fertility in the
developed world are also described. Contraceptive technology, China's
population policy, and support for reproductive research are briefly
reviewed.
Correspondence: R. O. Greep, 135 Oak Street,
Foxboro, MA 02035. Location: Princeton University Library
(SZ).
55:40006 Palomba,
R.; Menniti, A.; Mussino, A.; Moors, H. Attitudes towards
demographic trends and population policy. A comparative multi-variate
analysis of survey results from Italy and the Netherlands.
European Journal of Population/Revue Europeenne de Demographie, Vol. 4,
No. 4, Jul 1989. 297-313 pp. Amsterdam, Netherlands. In Eng. with sum.
in Fre.
"This paper reports on the results of a comparative
analysis of public opinion surveys held in Italy and the Netherlands.
The analysis focuses on two relationships: between knowledge about
population trends and the evaluation of these trends, and between
individual perception of the causes of the fertility decline and
acceptance of a government policy to influence current trends. The
central hypothesis is that the mechanisms which underlie the evaluation
of population trends and the opinions on what is desirable for the
future are very much alike in both
countries."
Correspondence: H. Moors, Netherlands
Interdisciplinary Demographic Institute, P.O. Box 11650, 2502 AR The
Hague, Netherlands. Location: Princeton University Library
(SPR).
55:40007 Cromm,
Jurgen. Population--individual--society: theories and
social dimensions of reproduction.
[Bevolkerung--Individuum--Gesellschaft: Theorien und soziale
Dimensionen der Fortpflanzung.] WV Studium, Vol. 152, ISBN
3-531-22152-3. 1988. 247 pp. Westdeutscher Verlag: Opladen, Germany,
Federal Republic of. In Ger.
In the first part of this book, an
anthropological approach is used to analyze the sociocultural
determinants of human reproduction. Factors discussed include values,
norms, religion, forms and rules of sexual relationships, the family,
population policy, and fertility control behavior. The second part of
the book provides an overview of theories concerning population
dynamics and reproductive behavior. The history of such theories is
outlined, and newer models and approaches in the areas of economics,
sociology, and psychology are discussed.
Correspondence:
Westdeutscher Verlag, Faulbrunnerstrasse 13, Postfach 5829, D-6200
Wiesbaden 1, Federal Republic of Germany. Location: Princeton
University Library (SPR).
55:40008 Hauser,
Jurg A. From the demographic to the demo-ecological
transition theory--an essayistic contribution. [Von der
demographischen zur demo-okologischen Transformationstheorie--ein
essayistischer Beitrag.] Zeitschrift fur Bevolkerungswissenschaft, Vol.
15, No. 1, 1989. 13-37 pp. Wiesbaden, Germany, Federal Republic of. In
Ger. with sum. in Eng; Fre.
The author presents a critique of
traditional demographic transition theory. In particular, he suggests
that two recent trends in the developing countries need to be taken
into account, namely, the lowering of the standard of living
associated with overexploitation and pollution of natural resources,
and the impact of AIDs on mortality. He outlines a new demographic
transition theory that takes ecological factors into
consideration.
Correspondence: J. A. Hauser, Tannenberg,
CH-6353 Weggis, Switzerland. Location: Princeton University
Library (SPR).
55:40009 Morales,
Vicente. Mean age and life expectancy at birth in
stationary populations: research note. Social Biology, Vol. 36,
No. 1-2, Spring-Summer 1989. 114 pp. Madison, Wisconsin. In Eng.
"The aim of this [one-page] note is to show the conditions under
which mean ages and life expectancies at birth in stationary
populations stay in different order."
Correspondence: V.
Morales, University of Barcelona, Institut d'Estudis Laborals, 585 Gran
Via de Las Cortes Catalanes, 08007 Barcelona, Spain. Location:
Princeton University Library (SPR).
55:40010 Subrtova,
Alena. History of population thought and population
theory. [Dejiny populacniho mysleni a populacnich teorii.] 1989.
xix, 691 pp. Ceskoslovenska Akademie Ved, Ustav Ceskoslovenskych a
Svetovych Dejin: Prague, Czechoslovakia. In Cze. with sum. in Eng; Fre.
This is an introduction to population theory. Chapter 1 describes
population theory from historic times to the Renaissance. Chapter 2
examines developments that took place during the period from the
fifteenth to the eighteenth century. Chapter 3 describes the theories
of Malthus and his followers. Chapter 4 is concerned with the
evolution of Marxist population theory. Chapter 5 focuses on the ways
that Western population theory has adapted to early twentieth-century
population trends. The final chapter examines trends in population
theory in the last 40 years.
Correspondence: Ceskoslovenska
Akademie Ved, Ustav Ceskoslovenskych a Svetovych Dejin, 128 26 Prague
2, Vysehradska 49, Czechoslovakia. Location: Princeton
University Library (SPR).
55:40011 Wunsch,
Guillaume. Generalized stable population theory: an
overview of current developments and applications. [Relations
generales entre mouvement et structure demographiques: synthese des
methodes et des applications recentes.] European Journal of
Population/Revue Europeenne de Demographie, Vol. 5, No. 1, Sep 1989.
71-89 pp. Amsterdam, Netherlands. In Fre. with sum. in Eng.
"This
article presents an overview of current developments and applications
in generalized stable population (or r-variable) theory. Though these
general relations aptly extend Lotka's formulations, their practical
advantages are not always clear. Firstly, most of these relations are
tautological and do not in this case improve upon the more usual
methods of calculation. Secondly, applications rely on intercensal
estimation of growth rates by age, which are often biased due to
defective data."
Correspondence: G. Wunsch, Universite
Catholique de Louvain, College J. Leclercq, 1 pl. Montesquieu, Bte. 17,
B-1348 Louvain-la-Neuve, Belgium. Location: Princeton
University Library (SPR).
55:40012 Zimmermann,
Klaus F. Economic theory of optimal population.
Microeconomic Studies, ISBN 3-540-50792-2. 1989. viii, 182 pp.
Springer-Verlag: New York, New York/Berlin, Germany, Federal Republic
of. In Eng.
This is a selection of 11 papers by various authors on
topics related to the concept of optimum population. The papers were
presented at a conference held in Bielefeld, West Germany. Following a
general introduction to the concept, the papers are divided into
topical sections on optimal size and growth rate of population,
technical progress and social security, limited resources, and
international economics.
Correspondence: Springer-Verlag
GmbH, Heidelberger Platz 3, 1000 Berlin 33, Federal Republic of
Germany. Location: Princeton University Library (SPR).
55:40013 Bowen,
William G.; Sosa, Julie A. Prospects for faculty in the
arts and sciences: a study of factors affecting demand and supply,
1987 to 2012. ISBN 0-691-04259-4. LC 89-34930. 1989. xvi, 225 pp.
Princeton University Press: Princeton, New Jersey. In Eng.
Academic
job markets in the United States over the next 25 years are analyzed.
The authors use demographic analysis to identify the prospective gap
between the number of faculty positions needed in the arts and sciences
and the number of individuals who will be qualified to fill them. They
project a substantial excess demand for faculty, particularly in the
humanities and social sciences, starting in the period around the turn
of the century.
Correspondence: Princeton University Press,
41 William Street, Princeton, NJ 08540. Location: Princeton
University Library (FST).
55:40014 Stycos, J.
Mayone. Demography as an interdiscipline. ISBN
0-88738-780-2. LC 88-34244. 1989. ix, 214 pp. Transaction Publishers:
New Brunswick, New Jersey/Oxford, England. In Eng.
This is a
collection of eight papers by different authors on interdisciplinary
aspects of demography. The papers apply demographic techniques to a
wide range of problems in related disciplines and concern both
developed and developing countries. These papers originally appeared
in a special issue of the journal Sociological Forum in 1987 and have
been cited individually in Population
Index.
Correspondence: Transaction Publishers, Rutgers--The
State University, New Brunswick, NJ 08903. Location:
Dartmouth College Library, Hanover, NH.
55:40015 Amegandjin,
Julien. Mathematical demography. [Demographie
mathematique.] Collection Economie et Statistiques Avancees, ISBN
2-7178-1696-8. 1989. 265 pp. Economica: Paris, France. In Fre.
This
is an introductory mathematical demography textbook based on courses
given at the Institut de Formation et de Recherche Demographiques
(IFORD) in Yaounde, Cameroon. It is designed to introduce the student
who is not originally a mathematician to the techniques of demographic
analysis. The primary focus is on the analysis of events occurring
over time, with particular emphasis on mortality. Consideration is
given to life tables and a range of population
models.
Correspondence: Economica, 49 rue Hericart, 75015
Paris, France. Location: Princeton University Library (SPR).
55:40016 Shelestov,
D. K. Historical demography. [Istoricheskaya
demografiya.] LC 88-103368. 1987. 286 pp. Vysshaya Shkola: Moscow,
USSR. In Rus.
This is a basic college-level textbook on historical
demography. The main focus is on the historical demography of the
Soviet Union, including data sources and relevant
studies.
Correspondence: Vysshaya Shkola, Izdatel'stvo, ul.
Neglinnaya 29/14, 103051 Moscow, USSR. Location: U.S. Library
of Congress, Washington, D.C.
