58:40001 El-Badry,
M. A. The growth of world population: past, present and
future. In: Consequences of rapid population growth in developing
countries. 1991. 15-40 pp. Taylor and Francis: New York, New
York/London, England. In Eng.
"This paper aims at incorporating and
summarizing the work that has already been done on estimating the
population of the world and its major geographic areas at different
times in history. The presentation is divided into the following
stages: (a) ancient times, from the beginning of agriculture to the
middle of the eighteenth century; (b) more modern times, from the
middle of the eighteenth century to the middle of the twentieth
century; (c) the second half of the twentieth century; and (d) the
twenty-first century."
Correspondence: M. A. El-Badry, U.N.
Secretariat, Department of International Economic and Social Affairs,
Population Division, 2 United Nations Plaza, New York, NY 10017.
Location: Princeton University Library (SPR).
58:40002 Espenshade,
Thomas J. Time and trajectory of convergence to population
stationarity with immigration and low fertility. Janasamkhya, Vol.
8, No. 1, Jun 1990. 1-33 pp. Kerala, India. In Eng.
"Recent
research aimed at extending classical stable population theory to
include immigration has shown that a stationary population is the
long-term equilibrium outcome if, starting from any initial
configuration, a population is projected forward under conditions of
constant below-replacement fertility, constant mortality, and a
constant annual number of immigrants whose age-sex composition is also
fixed. This paper addresses two related questions: (1) What path does
the projected population follow on its way to a long-term stationary
population equilibrium? and (2) How long does it take for a stationary
population to be achieved? To answer these questions a formal theory
of population dynamics in the below replacement case is developed and
then illustrated with a projection of the 1980 U.S.
population."
Correspondence: T. J. Espenshade, Princeton
University, Office of Population Research, 21 Prospect Avenue,
Princeton, NJ 08544-2091. Location: Princeton University
Library (SPR).
58:40003 Folbre,
Nancy. "The improper arts": sex in classical political
economy. Population and Development Review, Vol. 18, No. 1, Mar
1992. 105-21, 205-8 pp. New York, New York. In Eng. with sum. in Fre;
Spa.
"This essay explores the discourse on sexuality in classical
British political economy. Bernard Mandeville, Adam Smith, and Robert
Malthus accepted conventional standards of family law and sexual
morality. They underestimated the influence of rational self-interest
on the practice of sexual intercourse, and in some cases argued against
its application there. Yet at least some political economists contested
prevailing social norms and religious views. Jeremy Bentham defended
the legitimacy of nonprocreative sexuality and protested the
persecution of homosexuals, and Francis Place actively promoted
contraception. These dissenters, advocates of 'improper arts,' deserve
more recognition than they have traditionally received. By insisting
that rational self-interest should rule reproduction as well as
production, they expanded the scope of political
economy."
Correspondence: N. Folbre, University of
Massachusetts, Department of Economics, Amherst, MA 01003.
Location: Princeton University Library (SPR).
58:40004 Hauser,
Jurg A. Population, ecology and the new economics:
guidelines for a steady-state economy. Futures, Vol. 24, No. 4,
May 1992. 364-87 pp. Oxford, England. In Eng.
"This article is
concerned with the necessity of modifying the well known classical
theory of demographic transition because of recent developments,
particularly in the worldwide ecological situation. It affects
statements about developing as well as industrialized countries and is
urgently needed in view of the dominant role transition theory plays in
practice, planning and forecasting. The basic idea of a demoecological
transition theory is developed. The final part is a draft, with
necessary consequences, of the new guidelines for economic action, that
is alternatives and room to manoeuvre within a steady-state
economy."
Correspondence: J. A. Hauser, Tannenberg, CH-6353
Weggis, Switzerland. Location: Princeton University Library
(PR).
58:40005 Kono,
Shigemi. The theory of demographic transition
revisited. Jinko Mondai Kenkyu/Journal of Population Problems,
Vol. 48, No. 1, Apr 1992. 1-15 pp. Tokyo, Japan. In Jpn. with sum. in
Eng.
The author presents a brief discussion of the theory of
demographic transition using data for Japan for the 1940s, 1950s, and
1960s. The conclusion is that "cultural differences gave rise to
appreciable changes in fertility, but economic status differences did
not cause much variation in fertility. This also...[indicates] that
cultural factors through which fertility decline has been diffusing
[among] classes are important in determining fertility behaviour in
Japan."
Location: Princeton University Library (SPR).
58:40006 Low, Bobbi
S.; Clarke, Alice L.; Lockridge, Kenneth A. Toward an
ecological demography. Population and Development Review, Vol. 18,
No. 1, Mar 1992. 1-31, 204, 206 pp. New York, New York. In Eng. with
sum. in Fre; Spa.
"An innovative way of looking at demographic
patterns is based on paradigms from the fields of behavioral and
evolutionary ecology. Just as the analytic techniques of demography
have been important to biological investigations, the theoretical
advances of the last 25 years in biology may offer important
perspectives on central problems in demography and provide paths to
fruitful, ecologically informed solutions. The authors summarize the
pertinent theory in behavioral ecology, highlight two important
differences in the way biologists and demographers partition problems,
and illustrate how behavioral ecology might contribute to a new
understanding of several important issues in classical demography,
namely natural versus controlled fertility, population regulation, and
allocation of resources to offspring."
Correspondence: B.
S. Low, University of Michigan, School of Natural Resources, Ann Arbor,
MI 48109. Location: Princeton University Library (SPR).
58:40007 Malthus,
Thomas R.; Winch, Donald. An essay on the principle of
population. Cambridge Texts in the History of Political Thought,
ISBN 0-521-41954-9. LC 91-38432. 1992. 392 pp. Cambridge University
Press: New York, New York/Cambridge, England. In Eng.
This edition
of Malthus's basic work on the relationship between population growth
and natural resources is based on the text of the 1803 edition as
prepared in 1990 by Patricia James for the Royal Economic Society of
London, showing the additions and corrections made to the 1806, 1807,
1817, and 1826 editions. The introduction and accompanying notes are
"aimed specifically at a modern student audience interested in how
Malthusianism impinges on the history of political
thought."
Correspondence: Cambridge University Press, Pitt
Building, Trumpington Street, Cambridge CB2 1RP, England.
Location: Princeton University Library (SPR).
58:40008
Schmertmann, Carl P. Immigrants' ages and the
structure of stationary populations with below-replacement
fertility. Demography, Vol. 29, No. 4, Nov 1992. 595-612 pp.
Washington, D.C. In Eng.
"A sustained regime of low fertility plus
immigration yields an unusual kind of stationary population. The
author demonstrates that all stationary populations have a common
structure, and that the familiar replacement-level fertility population
is the youngest among the many stationary populations corresponding to
a particular life table. This finding has important consequences for
policy because although fertility increase and immigration are equally
effective at halting population decline, immigration is inferior as a
means of rejuvenating low-fertility populations. In fact, an
immigration-based policy could make a low-fertility population older
rather than younger. The paper includes examples using U.S. and West
German vital rates."
Correspondence: C. P. Schmertmann,
Florida State University, Center for the Study of Population,
Tallahassee, FL 32306-4063. Location: Princeton University
Library (SPR).
58:40009 Song, Rui
lai. Spontaneous and induced demographic change.
Chinese Journal of Population Science, Vol. 3, No. 4, 1991. 295-305 pp.
New York, New York. In Eng.
Differences between spontaneous and
planned demographic transitions are discussed. The author states that
"the main difference between spontaneous and induced demographic change
is the addition of a set of social intervention variables, causing the
macroscopic socioeconomic development variable and microcosmic
demographic change to present a diversified, irregular relationship."
Implications for population policies are also
discussed.
Correspondence: R. l. Song, Chinese Academy of
Social Sciences, Population Research Institute, 5 Jianguomen Nei Da Jie
5 Hao, Beijing, China. Location: Princeton University Library
(SPR).
58:40010 Valentei,
D. I. Systems of knowledge of population growth.
[Sistema znanii o narodonaselenii.] ISBN 5-06-001867-9. 1991. 255 pp.
Vysshaya Shkola: Moscow, USSR. In Rus.
This work, which is the
product of a team of demographers working under the auspices of the
Center for Population Studies of the Department of Economics at Moscow
University, is concerned with population theory. It includes sections
on general population theory; the system of demographic sciences;
statistical and mathematical methods of demographic analysis; new
trends in economic, geographic, ecological, and genetic demography; and
population forecasting and policy.
Correspondence: Vysshaya
Shkola, ul. Neglinnaya 29/14, GSP-4, Moscow 101430, Russia.
Location: Princeton University Library (SPR).
58:40011
Wertheimer-Baletic, Alica. Determinants of the
post-transitional stage in demographic development. [Problemi
determinacije posttranzicijske etape u razvoju stanovnistva.]
Stanovnistvo, Vol. 28-29, No. 3-4/1-2, Jul-Dec/Jan-Jun 1990-1991. 45-55
pp. Belgrade, Yugoslavia. In Scr. with sum. in Eng.
"The subject of
this paper is...how to determine the beginning of the posttransitional
stage according to the commonly accepted [demographic] transition
theory, and the demographical statistical criterion, i.e. the criterion
which relates characteristic numerical levels of crude birth and death
rates to determine the posttransitional stage. Besides numerical
indicators of vital rates, some additional criteria are presented as
necessary ones, like the level and structure of the economy and
socio-economic structure of population. The importance of specific
conditions of development and environment...is emphasized...." The
geographical scope is worldwide.
Correspondence: A.
Wertheimer-Baletic, Sveucilista u Zagrebu Ekonomski Fakultet, Trg
Marsala Tita 14, POB 815, 4100 Zagreb, Croatia. Location:
Princeton University Library (SPR).
58:40012 Zvereva,
N. A. V. Chayanov on family size and the peasant
household. [A. V. Chayanov o razmere sem'i i krest'yanskogo
domokhozyaistva.] Vestnik Statistiki, No. 7, 1991. 47-53 pp. Moscow,
USSR. In Rus.
The author describes the life and works of A. V.
Chayanov, an agricultural economist in the USSR. His works emphasized
the link between the size of peasant families and their economic
status, and he concluded that the larger the family, the more
prosperous the household. The author suggests that Chayanov's
methodology for analyzing the demographic development of peasant
families and households is still viable today.
Location:
Princeton University Library (SPR).
58:40013 Holzer,
Jerzy Z. Brief characteristics of demographic research
projects carried out in Poland, 1976-1990. Studia Demograficzne,
No. 3/105, 1991. 139-50 pp. Warsaw, Poland. In Eng.
The author
briefly reviews interdisciplinary studies that were conducted from 1975
to 1990 and concern demographic processes in
Poland.
Correspondence: J. Z. Holzer, Szkola Glowna
Handlowa, Al. Niepodleglosci 162, 02-554 Warsaw, Poland.
Location: Princeton University Library (SPR).
58:40014 Dumont,
Gerard-Francois. Demography: population analysis and
economic demography. [Demographie: analyse des populations et
demographie economique.] Economie Module, ISBN 2-10-001563-X. 1992.
xii, 244 pp. Dunod: Paris, France. In Fre.
This is a textbook on
demography aimed at students in the social sciences. In the first
part, the author introduces methods for the analysis of population
statistics and demographic trends, including the use of data from
censuses and surveys, spatial distribution, age and sex distribution,
migration, fertility, mortality, nuptiality, natural increase,
demographic indicators, and population projections. The second part,
which is concerned with economic demography, examines the evolution of
population theory since Malthus and the relationship between population
factors and economic growth. The geographical focus is worldwide, with
particular attention given to France.
Correspondence:
Dunod, 17 rue Remy-Dumoncel, B.P. 50, 75661 Paris Cedex 14, France.
Location: Princeton University Library (SPR).
58:40015 Estall,
Robert. Population change: the American South. Case
Studies in the Developed World, ISBN 0-7195-4498-X. 1989. vii, 63 pp.
John Murray: London, England. In Eng.
"Over the past 30 years the
southern states of the U.S.A. have experienced massive economic growth
and population gain....[This textbook] examines the dynamics of this
population change. It looks at birth and death rates and net migration
from the early nineteenth century to the present time, investigating
the contrasting experiences of black and white populations. It then
relates these experiences to changes in economic life and geographical
distribution of the population, focusing finally on two case studies,
Florida and Mississippi....Questions and assignments at the end of each
chapter encourage students to use the data
provided."
Correspondence: John Murray, 50 Albermarle
Street, London W1X 4BD, England. Location: Princeton
University Library (SPR).
58:40016 Heer, David
M.; Grigsby, Jill S. Society and population. Prentice
Hall Foundations of Modern Sociology Series, 3rd ed. ISBN
0-13-819707-5. LC 91-25782. 1992. xii, 127 pp. Prentice Hall: Englewood
Cliffs, New Jersey. In Eng.
This is a revised and updated version
of a basic introductory textbook on the study of demography. It
includes chapters on the growth of world population, the geographical
distribution of population, human societies and their environmental
constraints, mortality, fertility, migration, age and sex composition,
population and economic development, population and political power,
and population legislation and policy.
For the second edition,
published in 1975, see 41:3051.
Correspondence: Prentice
Hall, Englewood Cliffs, NJ 07632. Location: Princeton
University Library (SPR).
