57:10001 Hazeu,
Cornelius A.; Frinking, Gerard A. B. Emerging issues in
demographic research. ISBN 0-444-88763-6. LC 90-3747. 1990. ii,
314 pp. Elsevier Science Publishers: New York, New York/Amsterdam,
Netherlands. In Eng.
"Far-reaching changes are emerging in the
industrialized world. Changes which include an aging population, a
decrease in the numbers of young people and changes in the composition
of households. To understand the background and social consequences of
these changes an interdisciplinary study of population issues is
necessary. This book contains a comprehensive presentation and
discussion of relevant issues in demographic research, as reported by
an international group of experts during a two-day workshop [held in
the Netherlands in September 1989]." The studies focus on the
Netherlands but have application to other developed
countries.
Selected items will be cited in this or subsequent issues
of Population Index.
Correspondence: Elsevier Science
Publishers, Sara Burgerhartstraat 25, P.O. Box 211, 1000 AE Amsterdam,
Netherlands. Location: Princeton University Library (SPR).
57:10002 Keyfitz,
Nathan; Flieger, Wilhelm. World population growth and
aging: demographic trends in the late twentieth century. ISBN
0-226-43237-8. LC 90-11015. 1990. viii, 608 pp. University of Chicago
Press: Chicago, Illinois/London, England. In Eng.
This book
presents a selection of data from official sources intended to
illustrate population trends in the regions and countries of the world.
The data, which include estimates for the period 1950-1985 and
projections up to the year 2020, are provided for regions and
separately for each of 152 countries with populations over 300,000.
They include estimates of total population; density; dependency ratios;
vital rates by sex; infant mortality and life expectancy by sex;
general fertility, total fertility, and gross reproduction rates; net
maternity function; urban population; and age
distribution.
Correspondence: University of Chicago Press,
Chicago, IL 60637. Location: Princeton University Library
(SPR).
57:10003 McGraw,
Eric. Population: the human race. ISBN
1-85219-032-9. 1990. 141 pp. Bishopsgate Press: London, England. In
Eng.
This is a general introduction to global population issues
designed for the lay person. It contains four substantive chapters on
the multiplication of numbers, planning for people, challenges for our
time, and a plan of action.
Correspondence: Bishopsgate
Press, 37 Union Street, London SE1 1SE, England. Location:
Princeton University Library (SPR).
57:10004 Preston,
Samuel H. World population: approaching the year
2000. Annals of the American Academy of Political and Social
Science, Vol. 510, ISBN 0-8039-3598-6. LC 89-60870. Jul 1990. 221 pp.
Sage Publications: Newbury Park, California/London, England. In Eng.
"This volume is designed to introduce to a broad audience some of
the best contemporary research on population issues in the world's
major regions." The 11 papers included consist of review-type articles
as well as the presentation of new information and analyses of specific
topics. Aspects considered include population policy, family planning
programs, mortality, and international migration, as well as studies
concerning China, Bangladesh, East Asia, Sub-Saharan Africa, Latin
America, the United States, and the USSR.
Selected items will be
cited in this or subsequent issues of Population
Index.
Correspondence: Sage Publications, 2111 West
Hillcrest Drive, Newbury Park, CA 91320. Location: Princeton
University Library (FST).
57:10005 Vallin,
Jacques. The world population. [La population
mondiale.] La Collection Reperes, No. 45, ISBN 2-7071-1621-1. 1989. 128
pp. Editions La Decouverte: Paris, France. In Fre.
This is a
revised edition of a general introduction to global population issues.
It contains chapters on the current demographic situation, the factors
behind current trends, the historical background to the present
situation, future prospects, and the relationship between population
and development.
For the previous edition, published in 1986, see
52:40005.
Correspondence: Editions La Decouverte, 1 place
Paul Painleve, 75005 Paris, France. Location: Princeton
University Library (SPR).
57:10006 Sagrera,
Martin. Sex, population and politics. ISBN
84-404-7822-4. 1990. 96 pp. Editorial Fundamentos: Madrid, Spain. In
Eng.
This work consists of three short summaries of books
previously published by the author in Spanish on topics related to sex
and population. The summaries concern the sociology of sexuality and
population, sex and religion in history, and world population
inflation. A manifesto on birth control and revolution is also
included.
Correspondence: Editorial Fundamentos, Caracas
15, 28010 Madrid, Spain. Location: Princeton University
Library (SPR).
57:10007 Hollander,
Samuel. Diminishing returns and Malthus's first essay on
population: theory and application. Economies et Societes, Vol.
23, No. 6, Jun 1989. 11-39 pp. Grenoble, France. In Eng. with sum. in
Fre.
"This paper argues that Malthus's famous geometrical and
arithmetical ratios do not necessarily imply diminishing returns. That
average product would not necessarily fall with increased population
density is immaterial to the polemical purpose of the Essay on
Population which is satisfied by demonstrating the necessity for a
reduction of the population growth below its maximum potential. But I
do not deny the presence of the diminishing returns principle in the
first Essay. Indeed, here is found the origin of Malthus's later
land-scarcity based growth model involving a declining path of real
wages in consequence of a decelerating rate of growth of labour
demand." The author also considers Malthus's analysis of the situation
in Britain in 1798.
Correspondence: S. Hollander,
University of Toronto, Department of Economics, 150 Saint-George
Street, Toronto, Ontario M5S 1A1, Canada. Location: Princeton
University Library (FST).
57:10008 Hammel, E.
A. A theory of culture for demography. Population and
Development Review, Vol. 16, No. 3, Sep 1990. 455-85, 609, 611 pp. New
York, New York. In Eng. with sum. in Fre; Spa.
"In this essay I
attempt to sketch out the various senses in which the concept of
culture has been and can be understood in anthropology and discuss its
utility for the study of demographic behavior. My categorization is
not the standard one of 'schools of thought,' but relies on the logical
functions of the concept of culture as a tool in thinking about
behavior. I seek to justify and rationalize some of the approaches to
culture taken by demographers, approaches that I see as
important...but...often theoretically insufficient or insensitive to
recent developments in anthropological theories of culture....Much of
my intent is to reduce the apparently antithetical stance of cultural
explanation with respect to rational maximization models. I then offer
some suggestions on how a cultural approach to demography, or indeed to
social analysis in general, might be pursued, both in theoretical and
practical terms."
Correspondence: E. A. Hammel, University
of California, Program in Population Research, Graduate Group in
Demography, 2232 Piedmont Avenue, Berkeley, CA 94720.
Location: Princeton University Library (SPR).
57:10009 Siegers,
Jacques J. Towards the construction of interdisciplinary
theoretical models to explain demographic behaviour. In: Emerging
issues in demographic research, edited by Cornelius A. Hazeu and Gerard
A. B. Frinking. 1990. 181-217 pp. Elsevier Science Publishers: New
York, New York/Amsterdam, Netherlands. In Eng.
The construction of
interdisciplinary theoretical models to explain demographic behavior is
discussed. "I will first give you a concise evaluation of the economic
theory of fertility....One of the three conclusions based on my
evaluation will be that the economic approach should be extended with
relevant factors which do not belong to the field of traditional
economics. I will then outline a general theoretical framework, the
rational-choice framework, from which interdisciplinary theoretical
models can be derived to explain demographic behaviour. Next, I will
put forward some proposals for further research in which the
theoretical approach propagated can be applied to explain a number of
demographic phenomena which seem to deserve priority from a societal
point of view." Comments are included by John F. Ermisch (p. 197) and
Siegwart M. Lindenberg (pp. 199-217).
Correspondence: J. J.
Siegers, University of Utrecht, Economic Institute, Centre for
Interdisciplinary Research on Labour Market and Distribution Issues,
Heidelberglaan 8, POB 80125, 3508 TC Utrecht, Netherlands.
Location: Princeton University Library (SPR).
57:10010 Jones,
Huw. Population geography. 2nd ed. ISBN
1-85396-071-3. 1990. x, 321 pp. Paul Chapman: London, England. In Eng.
The second edition of this undergraduate textbook has been
completely rewritten and extended, with increased emphasis on
population dynamics. "It concentrates on evolving patterns of
fertility, mortality and migration, the spatial and temporal processes
that fashion them, and the resultant problems and remedial policies. A
major theme is the spatial expression of cause-and-effect links between
demographic change and the socio-economic transformation of societies.
A particular strength is the very wide range of case studies drawn from
all parts of the developed and less developed world."
For the first
edition, published in 1981, see 49:10018.
Correspondence:
Paul Chapman Publishing, 144 Liverpool Road, London N1 1LA, England.
Location: Princeton University Library (SPR).
