57:20001 Guerrand,
Roger-Henri; Ronsin, Francis. The taming of sex: Jeanne
Humbert and the struggle for birth control. [Le sexe apprivoise:
Jeanne Humbert et la lutte pour le controle des naissances.] Textes a
l'Appui/Serie Histoire Contemporaine, ISBN 2-7071-1941-5. 1990. 191 pp.
Editions La Decouverte: Paris, France. In Fre.
The authors describe
the life and work of Jeanne Humbert, a French pioneer of sexual
liberation and of women's right to control their fertility, over the
course of the twentieth century.
Correspondence: Editions
la Decouverte, 1 place Paul-Painleve, Paris 75005, France.
Location: Princeton University Library (SPR).
57:20002 Sharma, A.
K. Issues in social demography. ISBN 81-7099-093-9.
LC 89-906036. 1989. xii, 190 pp. Mittal Publications: Delhi, India. In
Eng.
This is an attempt to define and develop the concepts of
social demography, chiefly in the Indian context. The study combines
both quantitative and qualitative methods in order to tackle
substantive issues, theoretical perspectives, and research
methodologies from a sociological perspective. Chapters are included
on a comparative study of the work of Donald J. Bogue and P. A. Sorokin
in social demography, methods of social demography, the structure and
features of population in India, poverty and population, social issues
in population management, and urbanization and
migration.
Correspondence: Mittal Publications, 4528/12
Jaimata Market, Trinagar, Delhi 110 035, India. Location:
Princeton University Library (FST).
57:20003 Jacquard,
Albert. This is the time of the finished world.
[Voici le temps du monde fini.] Etudes, Vol. 372, No. 5, May 1990.
637-48 pp. Paris, France. In Fre.
The author develops the argument
that humanity has now completed the process of populating the earth,
and that this achievement involves a radical rethinking of our economic
and cultural values. He suggests that the lack of space for further
growth necessitates the adoption of economic and cultural objectives
that emphasize the preservation of a steady state on a planet with
finite room and resources.
Correspondence: A. Jacquard,
Universite de Geneve, 3 place de l'Universite, 1211 Geneva 4,
Switzerland. Location: New York Public Library.
57:20004 Khalatbari,
P. Population growth, problems in developing countries and
throughout the world. [Rost naseleniya, problemy
razvivayushchikhsya stran i tselostnogo mira.] Ekonomicheskie Nauki,
No. 2, 1990. 68-75 pp. Moscow, USSR. In Rus.
Problems of population
growth are examined from the perspective of population as a global
issue rather than one specific to developing countries. The author
states that given the limited resources of the planet, the problem can
be resolved only through a rapid stabilization of population numbers in
the context of successful socioeconomic development. The data for the
study are from published U.N. sources.
Correspondence: P.
Khalatbari, Humboldt Universitat zu Berlin, Sektion
Wirtschaftswissenschaften, Spandauer Strasse 1, Berlin 102, Germany.
Location: Princeton University Library (FST).
57:20005 Minkov,
Minko. Demographic development and way of life in the
countries of Eastern Europe against the background of modern world
developments. [Demografsko razvitie i nachin na zhivot v
iztochnoevropeiskite strani na fona na savremenniya svyat.] Naselenie,
Vol. 7, No. 4, 1989. 3-13 pp. Sofia, Bulgaria. In Bul. with sum. in
Eng; Rus.
The demographic transition in Eastern Europe is analyzed.
Results indicate that while developing countries go through the same
stages as developed countries, the process is accomplished in a much
shorter time period.
Location: Princeton University Library
(SPR).
57:20006 Daly,
Herman E. Population and economics: a bioeconomic
analysis. Population and Environment, Vol. 12, No. 3, Spring 1991.
257-63 pp. New York, New York. In Eng.
"The notion of optimal
population is recast as a problem of optimal scale (population times
per capita resource use). Bioeconomic limits to scale are considered,
drawing on concepts from A. J. Lotka and N. Georgescu-Roegen. The
ethical choice between many people at low resource use per capita
versus fewer people at higher resource per capita transcends
bioeconomics, but is unavoidable and highlights the issue of
sufficiency as well as efficiency. A policy of increasing resource
severance taxes and lowering income taxes, especially on lower incomes,
is suggested as a way of serving both efficiency and
sufficiency."
Correspondence: H. E. Daly, World Bank,
Environmental Department, Room S-3053, 1818 H Street NW, Washington,
D.C. 20433. Location: Princeton University Library (SPR).
57:20007 Kopchak, S.
I.; Piskunov, V. P. Population reproduction as a subject
of demography. [O vosproizvodstve naseleniya kak predmete
demografii.] Demograficheskie Issledovaniya, Vol. 14, 1990. 3-19 pp.
Kiev, USSR. In Rus. with sum. in Eng; Ukr.
"Two standpoints
on...population reproduction as...a subject of demography are
considered. According to the first one reproduction is identified with
natural movement, according to the second one, natural movement of the
population forms an abstract component [of]
reproduction."
Location: Princeton University Library
(SPR).
57:20008 Kornienko,
V. P. The law of common wealth reproduction and the law of
general reproduction. [Zakon vosproizvodstva obshchebogatstva i
zakon samovosproizvedeniya narodonaseleniya.] Demograficheskie
Issledovaniya, Vol. 14, 1990. 20-34 pp. Kiev, USSR. In Rus. with sum.
in Eng; Ukr.
"A correlation between the fundamental economic law of
socialism and fundamental law of population is established. The common
wealth is the main economic category of socialism....The fundamental
economic law of socialism consists in retention and reproduction of the
common wealth--multiplication of the social wealth and expansion of the
people's power to dispose of the growing wealth. The law of population
in socialism is the law of general
self-reproduction."
Location: Princeton University Library
(SPR).
57:20009 Piche,
Victor; Poirier, Jean. Theories of demographic transition:
toward a certain convergence? [Les theories de la transition
demographique: vers une certaine convergence?] Sociologie et Societes,
Vol. 22, No. 1, Apr 1990. 179-92 pp. Montreal, Canada. In Fre. with
sum. in Eng; Spa.
"The aim of this paper is to present, in their
points of convergence and opposition, the main theoretical currents
which have arisen around the concept of demographic transition in its
application to Third World countries. Four currents are identified:
structural functionalism, culturalism, Marxism and feminism. The
authors identify two main trends in recent debates surrounding the
question of transition in demography: on the one hand, convergence of
macro-structural approaches and, on the other, greater opposition
between the latter and those which favor cultural
factors."
Correspondence: V. Piche, Universite de Montreal,
Departement de Demographie, C.P. 6128, Succursale A, Montreal, Quebec
H3C 3J7, Canada. Location: New York Public Library.
57:20010 Gray,
Ronald H. Epidemiologic methods and case-control studies
of mortality and morbidity. In: Measurement and analysis of
mortality: new approaches, edited by Jacques Vallin, Stan D'Souza, and
Alberto Palloni. 1990. 64-83 pp. Oxford University Press: New York, New
York/Oxford, England. In Eng.
"This brief review has presented
arguments for the integration of epidemiologic case-control studies
into demographic research on mortality." The focus is on "studies of
infant and childhood mortality or morbidity in developing countries,
since this is the area in which an integration of disciplinary
approaches may be most productive....The case-control approach offers
some unique advantages, and suffers disadvantages analogous to other
non-experimental research methods. Although scepticism of the
case-control method persists, the widespread use of this approach in
epidemiologic research and the confirmation of case-control findings by
subsequent cohort or experimental studies supports the validity of this
method...."
Correspondence: R. H. Gray, Johns Hopkins
University, School of Hygiene and Public Health, 615 North Wolfe
Street, Baltimore, MD 21205. Location: Princeton University
Library (SPR).
57:20011 Uche,
Chukwudum. Anthropological approaches for the study of
mortality and morbidity. In: Measurement and analysis of
mortality: new approaches, edited by Jacques Vallin, Stan D'Souza, and
Alberto Palloni. 1990. 84-98 pp. Oxford University Press: New York, New
York/Oxford, England. In Eng.
"This chapter reviews recent work by
medical anthropologists and medical sociologists in the area of
mortality and morbidity. The chapter is not exhaustive but attempts to
maximize coverage of studies by non-demographers with the aim of
highlighting significant methodologies and findings that may be of
interest to demographers....Section 1 is a critical review of
anthropological methodology in this field. Section 2 discusses the
classification of diseases, while Section 3 is on the types of therapy
available. Section 4 deals with the determinants of so-called 'help
seeking' behaviour. Section 5 considers the environment of high
morbidity and mortality, and Section 6 is concerned with
multi-disciplinary aspects of morbidity and mortality." The focus is
on developing countries.
Correspondence: C. Uche,
University of Benin, Department of Sociology and Anthropology, Benin
City, Nigeria. Location: Princeton University Library (SPR).
57:20012 Zubrow,
Ezra. The depopulation of native America. Antiquity,
Vol. 64, No. 245, Dec 1990. 754-65 pp. Cambridge, England. In Eng.
Some issues concerning the depopulation of native North America
that occurred following the European contact and subsequent settlement
are considered. The author suggests that "the replacement, for the
most part, of native American populations by immigrants in the
centuries after 1492 is one of the great demographic shifts of the
modern world. It is fundamental for American archaeology, of course,
and makes the background for acute moral and ethical issues, which will
become more visible as the 500th anniversary of the Columbus landfall
nears."
Correspondence: E. Zubrow, State University of New
York, Department of Anthropology, 380 MFAC, Buffalo, NY 14261.
Location: Princeton University Library (SA).
57:20013 Di Comite,
Luigi; Chiassino, Giuseppe. The elements of
demography. [Elementi di demografia.] 1990. 184 pp. Cacucci
Editore: Bari, Italy. In Ita.
This is a basic introductory textbook
to the study of demography based on courses that the authors give at
the University of Bari. Chapters are included on the definition of a
Lexis diagram, demographic data, population characteristics, mortality,
life tables, fertility, infant mortality, nuptiality, migration,
population theories, stationary and stable population concepts, and
projections and forecasts. The primary emphasis is on the demography
of Italy.
Correspondence: Cacucci Editore, Via Cairoli 140,
70122 Bari, Italy. Location: Princeton University Library
(SPR).
57:20014 Franck
Cadier, Christiane. Demography. Volume 1: demographic
phenomena. [Demographie. Tome 1: les phenomenes demographiques.]
Collection Exercices et Cas, No. 7, ISBN 2-7178-1783-2. 1990. 292 pp.
Economica: Paris, France. In Fre.
This is the first volume of a
two-volume work presenting 42 exercises in demography for students in
sociology or economics. The first volume is concerned with demographic
variables. Methods of analysis, including Lexis diagrams, tables, and
rates, are introduced and applied to the study of mortality and
fertility in both developed and developing countries. The emphasis is
on the transformation of data into indicators, the interpretation of
results, and the relationship between demographic and economic
factors.
For Volume 2, also published in 1990, see elsewhere in this
issue.
Correspondence: Economica, 49 rue Hericart, 75015
Paris, France. Location: Princeton University Library (SPR).
57:20015 Franck
Cadier, Christiane. Demography. Volume 2:
population. [Demographie. Tome 2: la population.] Collection
Exercices et Cas, No. 8, ISBN 2-7178-1840-5. 1990. 168 pp. Economica:
Paris, France. In Fre.
This is the second volume of a two-volume
work presenting 42 exercises in demography for students in sociology or
economics. The second volume is concerned with population
characteristics, such as age and sex distribution, and population
dynamics in both developed and developing countries. The tools of
analysis, such as age pyramids, dependency ratios, sex ratios, and
growth rates, are illustrated with examples from both young and aging
populations. Aspects considered include how the structure of a
population affects the development of its characteristics, the process
of demographic transition, and the linkage between demographic and
economic factors. Particular attention is given to the economically
active population.
For Volume 1, also published in 1990, see
elsewhere in this issue.
Correspondence: Economica, 49 rue
Hericart, 75015 Paris, France. Location: Princeton University
Library (SPR).
57:20016 Henderson,
Euan; Kinzett, Steve; Lockwood, Fred. Developing POPTRAN,
a population modelling package. British Journal of Educational
Technology, Vol. 19, No. 3, Oct 1988. 184-92 pp. London, England. In
Eng.
"Collaboration between subject matter specialists, computer
programmers and educational technologists has resulted in the
reproduction of POPTRAN, a computer assisted learning package designed
to teach the basic concepts of population studies. Its evaluation in
developing countries, with both naive and specialist users, and
subsequent revision, has produced a package of both academic quality
and teaching effectiveness."
Correspondence: E. Henderson,
Open University, Walton Hall, Milton Keynes, MK7 6AA Buckinghamshire,
England. Location: University of Pennsylvania Library,
Philadelphia, PA.
57:20017 Namboodiri,
Krishnan. Demographic analysis: a stochastic
approach. ISBN 0-12-513830-X. LC 90-742. 1991. xii, 370 pp.
Academic Press: San Diego, California/London, England. In Eng.
"This book is a [textbook concerned with] the descriptive and
explanatory analyses of the everchanging size and makeup of
populations....A general introduction to the use of rates in
demographic analysis is given in Chapter 2. Single- and
multiple-decrement life tables are dealt with in Chapters 3 and 4,
respectively. One chapter (5) is devoted to Markov processes and the
movements of people among a multitude of states (e.g., single, married,
divorced, widowed, dead). A number of specific models, including the
stable population model, are discussed in Chapter 6. Chapter 7 is
devoted to compositional analysis....The subject matter of Chapter 8
[is bioecological and geographical approaches to spatial
distributions]. Chapter 9 is devoted to the recent literature on
heterogeneity and provides a historical background for the discussion.
Each chapter ends with 'problems and complements' and bibliographic
notes." The geographical scope is
worldwide.
Correspondence: Academic Press, 1250 Sixth
Avenue, San Diego, CA 92101. Location: Princeton University
Library (SPR).
