56:30001 Borisov, V.
A. World population: demographic reference book.
[Naselenie mira: demograficheskii spravochnik.] ISBN 5-244-00293-7.
1989. 478 pp. Mysl': Moscow, USSR. In Rus.
This reference book
contains population statistics for the USSR and selected other
countries throughout the world. Information is included on mortality,
fertility, marriage, age and sex distribution, life expectancy, family
characteristics, population policy, religion, ethnic groups, language,
and nationality.
Correspondence: Mysl', Leninskii Prospekt
15, 117071 Moscow, USSR. Location: Princeton University
Library (SPR).
56:30002 Gallant,
Roy A. The peopling of planet Earth: human population
growth through the ages. ISBN 0-02-735772-4. LC 89-34575. 1990. x,
163 pp. Macmillan: New York, New York; Collier Macmillan: London,
England. In Eng.
This is an overview of the history of world
population growth, beginning with an examination of theories and myths
of how and where human life began. The author then examines migration
patterns, agricultural development, and urbanization. He discusses the
interrelationships among population growth, food and energy supplies,
the environment, and quality of life. The book is designed for the
general reader.
Correspondence: Macmillan Publishing, 866
Third Avenue, New York, NY 10022. Location: Princeton
University Library (SPR).
56:30003 George,
Pierre. Humans on the earth. Changing geography.
[Les hommes sur la terre. La geographie en mouvement.] ISBN
2-232-10147-9. 1989. 222 pp. Editions Seghers: Paris, France. In Fre.
This work is concerned with world geography and with the impact of
current and future population growth. It includes chapters on regional
differences in rates of population growth, regional differences in
physical geography and their demographic consequences, inequalities in
development, migration, environmental issues, and the contribution of
geography to the study of such issues.
Correspondence:
Editions Seghers, 6 place Saint-Sulpice, 75006 Paris, France.
Location: Institut National d'Etudes Demographiques, Paris,
France.
56:30004 McNicoll,
Geoffrey. Concepts and frameworks needed for a better
understanding of socio-demographic processes. In: International
Population Conference/Congres International de la Population, New
Delhi, September/septembre 20-27, 1989. Vol. 3, 1989. 423-36 pp.
International Union for the Scientific Study of Population [IUSSP]:
Liege, Belgium. In Eng.
The author argues that the current
dissatisfaction with the field of demography "is a consequence of not
thinking through what demography ought now to be doing, and with what
tools. I begin with a brief backward look at the development of
demography and at the forces that have buffeted and shaped it along the
way, and speculate on what may be the problem-context in which
demography will find itself over the near- and medium-term future. The
broad premises thus established serve to frame and organise some
thoughts on how the discipline might better contribute to understanding
sociodemographic processes."
Correspondence: G. McNicoll,
Australian National University, Research School of Social Science,
Canberra ACT 2601, Australia. Location: Princeton University
Library (SPR).
56:30005 Namboodiri,
Krishnan. Distributions and other vector variables in
demographic research. In: International Population
Conference/Congres International de la Population, New Delhi,
September/septembre 20-27, 1989. Vol. 3, 1989. 451-63 pp. International
Union for the Scientific Study of Population [IUSSP]: Liege, Belgium.
In Eng.
A case is made for the increased investment of
investigative energy in the study of demographic vector variables and
the relationships involving them. The author encourages the use of
vector variables, such as income distribution, industrial composition
of the gross domestic product, and national budget makeup, in
empirical, theoretical, and cross-national
analyses.
Correspondence: K. Namboodiri, Ohio State
University, 190 North Oval Mall, Columbus, OH 43210.
Location: Princeton University Library (SPR).
56:30006 United
Nations Population Fund [UNFPA] (New York, New York). 1989
report by the Executive Director of the United Nations Population
Fund. Pub. Order No. 90/32001/E/8500. ISBN 0-89714-081-8. 1989. 78
pp. New York, New York. In Eng.
This report on the work of the
United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) contains a review by the
Executive Director of the state of world population. The review for
1989 focuses on issues concerning improvement in the status of women,
family planning programs, development programs, youth, aging, and
AIDS.
For a previous report concerning 1987, see 54:30001.
Correspondence: UNFPA, 220 East 42nd Street, New York, NY
10017. Location: Princeton University Library (SPR).
56:30007 Bejin,
Andre. Arsene Dumont and social capillarity. [Arsene
Dumont et la capillarite sociale.] Population, Vol. 44, No. 6, Nov-Dec
1989. 1,009-28 pp. Paris, France. In Fre. with sum. in Eng; Spa.
"The work of Arsene Dumont (1849-1902) and his term 'social
capillarity' which refers to the strong desire--reinforced by the very
principles of democracy--which induces couples to restrict the number
of their children is well known. The present article shows that Dumont
also associated the drop in the birth rate with other motives: a
selfish desire for security and leisure, individualism and, finally,
the desire to adopt the behaviour of a class which individuals were
trying to join. The paper also examines Dumont's reasons for opposing
the traditional explanations of the fall in the French birth rate,
which he considered to have been either mistaken or insufficient, as
well as his views on the psychological and sociological effects of an
ageing population."
Correspondence: A. Bejin, Centre
National de la Recherche Scientifique, 26 rue Boyer, F-75971 Paris
Cedex, France. Location: Princeton University Library (SPR).
56:30008 Gibson,
James R. Americans versus Malthus: the population debate
in the early republic, 1790-1840. Garland Studies in Historical
Demography, ISBN 0-8240-3360-4. LC 89-35581. 1989. 481 pp. Garland
Publishing: New York, New York/London, England. In Eng.
The author
describes the political, economic, and social debate begun in the
United States in the late eighteenth century over the theories of
Malthus. "The American attempt to replace Malthus with an equally
modern as well as scientific analysis and solution is explored here in
chronological/thematic chapters which display, simultaneously,
theoretical and policy discussions pertaining to population growth."
Historical and contemporary research and literature are
used.
Correspondence: Garland Publishing, 136 Madison
Avenue, New York, NY 10016. Location: Princeton University
Library (SPR).
56:30009 Kojima,
Hiroshi. A demographic evaluation of P. Bourdieu's
"fertility strategy" Jinko Mondai Kenkyu/Journal of Population
Problems, Vol. 45, No. 4, Jan 1990. 52-8 pp. Tokyo, Japan. In Jpn.
This is a critique of Bourdieu's population and fertility theory
and model.
Location: Princeton University Library (SPR).
56:30010 Lesthaeghe,
R.; Moors, G. Rationality, cohorts, and reproduction.
IPD Working Paper, No. 1990-1, 1990. 15 pp. Vrije Universiteit Brussel,
Interuniversity Programme in Demography: Brussels, Belgium. In Eng.
"In this paper we wish to outline both the philosophy and the
results of research on the ideational change (i.e. pertaining to the
meaning-giving system) and its impact on family formation and
reproduction....One of the strategies to capture the dynamics of such
cultural change consists of following successive cohorts....[We
consider] whether the findings in value research give any clue with
respect to the possible future evolution of demographic behaviour. It
is often argued that the most recent cohorts leaving their 'formative
years' have a more cautious and traditionalist outlook than their
predecessors of the 1960s and 1970s, which could conceivably lead to a
fertility rise in the 1990s. At this point, it becomes particularly
useful to confront this thesis based on the expressive type of
rationality, with the economic insights and forecasts based on the
instrumental type. Consequently, the paper will conclude with an
attempt to [synthesize] economic and sociological
models."
Correspondence: Vrije Universiteit Brussel, IPD,
Centrum voor Sociologie, Pleinlaan 2, B-1050 Brussels, Belgium.
Location: Princeton University Library (SPR).
56:30011 Nakanishi,
Yasuyuki. Malthus's Essay and Newton's Principia.
Jinkogaku Kenkyu/Journal of Population Studies, No. 12, May 1989. 37-43
pp. Tokyo, Japan. In Jpn.
The author examines a natural scientific
approach to demography using the example of Malthus's "Essay on the
Principle of Population." The work is analyzed and compared to
Newton's "Philosophiae Naturalis Principia
Mathematica."
Location: Princeton University Library
(Gest).
56:30012 United
Nations. Department of International Economic and Social Affairs (New
York, New York). Stable population age distributions.
2nd ed. No. ST/ESA/SER.R/98, 1990. xiii, 420 pp. New York, New York. In
Eng.
"This volume presents a set of model stable age distributions
and associated parameters based on the set of model life tables
developed at the United Nations [in 1982] and a series of intrinsic
growth rates ranging from 0 per cent per annum (the stationary
population) to 4 per cent per annum. Along with the stable age
distributions, the associated parameters included are the intrinsic
birth and death rates, percentage of population in the 15-49 and 15-59
age groups, and the child, elderly and total dependency rates." Tables
are presented for five model patterns of mortality for Latin America,
Chile, South Asia, Far East Asia, and a general pattern.
For the
first edition of this volume, published in 1982, see 48:40010.
Correspondence: U.N. Department of International Economic
and Social Affairs, United Nations Secretariat, New York, NY 10017.
Location: Princeton University Library (SPR).
56:30013 Eades,
Jeremy. Anthropologists and migrants: changing models and
realities. In: Migrants, workers, and the social order, edited by
Jeremy Eades. 1987. 1-16 pp. Association of Social Anthropologists
[ASA]: London, England; Tavistock Publications: New York, New
York/London, England. In Eng.
The author reviews past and current
literature concerning migration research in anthropology.
Consideration is given to changing patterns in migration research since
the nineteenth century; the political economy of migration, including
the effect of Marxism on the study of migration; and migration and
ideology.
Correspondence: J. Eades, University of Kent,
Canterbury, Kent CT2 7NZ, England. Location: Princeton
University Library (FST).
56:30014 Pethe,
Vasant P. Beyond demography. In: Population
transition in India, Volume 1, edited by S. N. Singh, M. K. Premi, P.
S. Bhatia, and Ashish Bose. 1989. 3-12 pp. B. R. Publishing: Delhi,
India. In Eng.
"The present paper attempts to delineate some of the
fundamental issues involved in [exploring the interdisciplinary
dimensions of demography], in the context of the state of the
population question with special reference to Less Developed Countries
(LDCs) and India." Consideration is given to specialization,
quantitative analysis, and the slow progress in social sciences as
compared with that of the science of
technology.
Correspondence: V. P. Pethe, Interdisciplinary
Centre for Population Sciences, Bharati Vidyapeeth, Pune, India.
Location: Princeton University Library (SPR).
56:30015
Roszkiewicz, Malgorzata. Mechanisms of demographic
behaviors. Reflections from a socio-biological point of view.
[Mechanizmy zachowan demograficznych. Rozwazania na marginesie
socjobiologii.] Studia Demograficzne, No. 3/97, 1989. 5-17 pp. Warsaw,
Poland. In Pol. with sum. in Eng; Rus.
A socio-biological approach
is used to analyze demographic behaviors, including mortality,
fertility, nuptiality, and migration, and to develop theories
explaining these behaviors.
Location: Princeton University
Library (SPR).
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