Works of a general and comprehensive nature. Studies that are limited to well-defined problems of demography are cited under the relevant topic and are cross-referenced to this division, if appropriate.
Comprehensive, book-length surveys of the present status of demography and its principal branches, including the historical development of these studies, analytical studies of demography as a whole, and global population studies.
64:30001 Chasteland, Jean-Claude; Roussel,
Louis. The contours of demography: at the threshold of the
twenty-first century. [Les contours de la démographie: au
seuil du XXIe siècle.] ISBN 2-7332-4017-X. 1997. viii, 434 pp.
Institut National d'Etudes Démographiques [INED]: Paris, France;
Presses Universitaires de France: Paris, France. In Eng; Fre.
These
are the proceedings of an international conference held in Paris,
October 25-27, 1995, in celebration of the fiftieth anniversary of the
founding of the Institut National d'Etudes Demographiques (INED). The
contributions are divided into two sections. The papers in the first
section summarize the development of demography and of demographic
research in selected developed countries, including the United States,
France, Hungary, the Netherlands, Britain, the USSR, and Canada. Those
in the second section examine possible future trends in demography in
the same group of countries, but including Italy and excluding Canada.
There is also a section containing opening and closing remarks and some
comments on the state of demography.
Selected items will be cited in
this or subsequent issues of Population Index.
Correspondence:
Institut National d'Etudes Démographiques, 133 boulevard
Davout, 75980 Paris Cedex 20, France. E-mail: ined@ined.fr.
Location: Princeton University Library (SPR).
64:30002 Università degli Studi di Roma
La Sapienza. Dipartimento di Scienze Demografiche (Rome, Italy);
France. Institut National d'Etudes Démographiques [INED] (Paris,
France); Université Catholique de Louvain. Institut de
Démographie. Département des Sciences de la Population et
du Développement [SPED] (Louvain-la-Neuve, Belgium).
Demography: analysis and synthesis. The causes and consequences of
population trends, Volume 1. [Démographie: analyse et
synthèse. Causes et conséquences des évolutions
démographiques, Volume 1.] Materiali di Studi e di Ricerche, Sep
1997. x, 318 pp. Rome, Italy. In Eng; Fre; Ita.
These are part of
the proceedings of an international seminar entitled "Population
and demography: problems and policies", held in San Miniato,
Italy, December 17-19, 1997. This volume contains the 16 papers that
were available as of August 1997; the remaining papers were scheduled
for publication in two more volumes to be made available by December
1997 or soon after. The purpose of the meeting was to continue work
toward a general treatise on the methods and topics that make up the
discipline of demography; this enterprise was begun at a meeting held
in Siena in 1996.
Selected items will be cited in this or subsequent
issues of Population Index.
For the proceedings of the Siena meeting
in 1996, see 63:10818, 63:20480, and 63:30792.
Correspondence:
Università degli Studi di Roma La Sapienza, Via Nomentana
41, Rome 00161, Italy. Location: Princeton University Library
(SPR).
Short (fewer than 100 pages), general works on population and global population studies. Items on activities of research institutions in demography are also included.
64:30003 Chasteland, Jean-Claude; Roussel,
Louis. The future of demography in the industrialized
countries: some forward-looking reflections. [L'avenir de la
démographie dans les pays industriels: quelques
réflexions prospectives.] In: Les contours de la
démographie: au seuil du XXIe siècle, edited by
Jean-Claude Chasteland and Louis Roussel. 1997. 207-31 pp. Institut
National d'Etudes Démographiques [INED]: Paris, France; Presses
Universitaires de France: Paris, France. In Fre.
This essay is an
introduction to a collection of seven studies on probable future trends
in demographic studies in various developed countries. In addition to
basing their comments on these studies, the authors also take into
account what has been published elsewhere. They compare the different
views of the future of demography held by those from different regions,
contrasting the relative optimism among the Anglo-Saxons with the sense
of a need for change among European demographers. They conclude that,
on the eve of the twenty-first century, demography has evolved into a
mature and well-defined discipline.
Correspondence: J.-C.
Chasteland, Institut National d'Etudes Démographiques, 133
boulevard Davout, 75980 Paris Cedex 20, France. E-mail: ined@ined.fr.
Location: Princeton University Library (SPR).
64:30004 Dodgson, Richard; Gray, Tim.
An international environmental regime for population?: from
Bucharest to Cairo. Politics, Vol. 16, No. 2, May 1996. 95-101 pp.
Oxford, England. In Eng.
"Attempts by the international
community to establish a regime to deal with the problem [of
overpopulation] have led to the convening of three conferences,
Bucharest (1974), Mexico City (1984) and Cairo (1994). But despite
propitious signs of consensus during the run up period to each of these
conferences, no international regime has been created. This article
examines the reasons for both the initial consensus and the eventual
dissensus in each case, and concludes that several pre-conditions must
be met if a regime is to be established in the
future."
Correspondence: R. Dodgson, University of
Newcastle, Newcastle, NSW 2308, Australia. Location: Princeton
University Library (SPR).
64:30005 Maffioli, Dionisia.
Research centers and the teaching of demography. [Centri di
ricerca e di insegnamento della demographia.] In: Démographie:
analyse et synthèse. Causes et conséquences des
évolutions démographiques, Volume 1. Sep 1997. 291-310
pp. Università degli Studi di Roma La Sapienza, Dipartimento di
Scienze Demografiche: Rome, Italy; Institut National d'Etudes
Démographiques [INED]: Paris, France; Université
Catholique de Louvain, Institut de Démographie,
Département des Sciences de la Population et du
Développement: Louvain-la-Neuve, Belgium. In Ita.
This is a
general review of the development of the study of population since the
1930s, and of the various centers that have evolved around the world to
engage in demographic research. The study concludes with a general
overview of such centers based on data collected by CICRED, with a
special section on demographic research at
universities.
Correspondence: D. Maffioli,
Università degli Studi di Bari, Palazzo Ateneo, 70121 Bari,
Italy. Location: Princeton University Library (SPR).
64:30006 Paddock, William C. The
emasculation of the population movement. Population and
Environment, Vol. 19, No. 5, May 1998. 465-9 pp. New York, New York. In
Eng.
The author briefly reviews the rise and fall in popularity of
the population movement from 1970 to the present. The focus is on the
various population conferences, funding agreements, and religious
influences that have contributed to attitudes toward the population
issue.
Correspondence: W. C. Paddock, Box 2968, Palm Beach,
FL 33480. Location: Princeton University Library (SPR).
Discussions of the main principles of demography and population theory not applied to actual data, including such concepts as Malthusianism, the demographic transition, overpopulation, optimum population, and stable and stationary population models as distinct from methodological studies and models using data, which are classified under N. Methods of Research and Analysis Including Models.
64:30007 Bauer, Peter T.
Population growth: disaster or blessing? Independent Review,
Vol. 3, No. 1, Summer 1998. 67-76 pp. Oakland, California. In Eng.
The author argues that "population density and poverty are not
actually correlated. Poverty in the Third World is not caused by
population growth or pressure. Economic achievement and progress depend
on people's conduct, not on their numbers. Population growth in the
Third World is not a major threat to prosperity. The crisis is
invented. The central policy issue is whether the number of children
should be determined by the parents or by agents of the
state."
Correspondence: P. T. Bauer, London School of
Economics and Political Science, Centre for Economic Performance,
Houghton Street, Aldwych, London WC2A 2AE, England. Location:
Princeton University Library (SPR).
64:30008 Cavanaugh, Michael.
Global population equilibrium: a model for the twenty-first
century. Zygon, Vol. 32, No. 2, Jun 1997. 163-74 pp. Cambridge,
Massachusetts. In Eng.
In light of the need expressed by Loyal Rue
for bold new myths for consolidating contemporary culture, the author
proposes a model for global population equilibrium that could function
as a surrogate form of myth to motivate current and future ages.
"Fortunately, the model is not only powerful but achievable,
because policy makers have finally begun to realize how thoroughly the
human population impacts on other world dynamics. The problem is
reviewed, the relevance of scientific and theological studies bearing
on it is shown, and the new model is described. Above all, an effort is
made to show how global equilibrium can support Rue's twin requirements
for the myth he commissions: namely, a foundation in plausible
descriptions of reality, and a compelling normative
status."
Correspondence: M. Cavanaugh, 744 Dubois,
Baton Rouge, LA 70808. E-mail: MichaelCav@aol.com. Location:
Princeton University Library (SPR).
64:30009 Challier, Marie-Christine; Michel,
Philippe. Dynamic analysis of populations: demographic and
economic approaches. [Analyse dynamique des populations: les
approches démographiques et économiques.] ISBN
2-7178-3032-4. LC 96-203329. 1996. 215 pp. Economica: Paris, France. In
Fre.
Two approaches to the study of population are discussed: on
the one hand, the classical economic approach taken by Malthus and
others, in which population trends are closely linked to economic
factors; on the other, the study of statistics about people and the
relationships between demographic factors, developed by Lotka at the
beginning of the twentieth century, which grew into the science of
demography. After reviewing the elements and theories underlying
various models of population dynamics, the authors focus on integrating
the economic and demographic approaches by looking at endogenous
fecundity in an economic framework.
Correspondence:
Economica, 49 rue Héricart, 75015 Paris, France.
Location: Princeton University Library (SPR).
64:30010 Hull, David M. A
reconsideration of Galton's problem: (using a two-sex population).
Theoretical Population Biology, Vol. 54, No. 2, Oct 1998. 105-16 pp.
Orlando, Florida. In Eng.
"The main purposes of this paper are
to promote and expound the bisexual Galton-Watson branching process as
a relevant model for the consideration of Francis Galton's problem
regarding the extinction of surnames of `men of note'. A scheme for
adapting the bisexual process to consider Galton's problem is
introduced. A necessary and sufficient condition for the certain
extinction of a male-induced property in a two-sex species is
presented. An approach for calculating the extinction of a
male-generated characteristic in the two-sex species is proposed. That
approach is then used to find the probability of the extinction of
surnames in a bisexual population for Alfred Lotka's data based on a
United States Census. Finally, these results are then compared with the
classic extinction probabilities (from Lotka) associated with the
traditional Galton-Watson branching process using asexual
reproduction."
Correspondence: D. M. Hull, Valparaiso
University, Department of Mathematics and Computer Science, Valparaiso,
IN 46383. Location: Princeton University Library (SZ).
64:30011 Jones, Charles I.
Population and ideas: a theory of endogenous growth. NBER
Working Paper, No. 6285, Nov 1997. 27 pp. National Bureau of Economic
Research [NBER]: Cambridge, Massachusetts. In Eng.
"This paper
argues that endogenous fertility and increasing returns to scale are
the fundamental ingredients in understanding endogenous growth.
Endogenous fertility leads the scale of the economy to grow over time.
Increasing returns translates this increase in scale into rising per
capita income. A justification for increasing returns rather than
linearity in the equation for technological progress is the fundamental
insight of the idea-based growth literature according to this view.
Endogenous fertility together with the increasing returns associated
with the nonrivalry of ideas generates endogenous
growth."
Correspondence: National Bureau of Economic
Research, 1050 Massachusetts Avenue, Cambridge, MA 02138. Author's
E-mail: Chad.Jones@Stanford.edu. Location: Princeton
University Library (PF).
64:30012 Jones, Gavin W.; Douglas, R. M.;
Caldwell, John C.; D'Souza, R. M. The continuing
demographic transition. ISBN 0-19-829257-0. LC 97-26764. 1997. xi,
453 pp. Oxford University Press: New York, New York/Oxford, England. In
Eng.
The present volume arose from a meeting held in Canberra to
honor John C. Caldwell at the occasion of his formal retirement.
"The concept of demographic transition is a powerful one
encompassing the main concerns of the volume. As a stylized demographic
fact, it bears at least enough relation to the course of events over
much of the world, either earlier or later in the past 150 years, for
it to serve as a general organizing theme for papers which range very
widely over the determinants and consequences of fertility and
mortality levels and trends.... By choosing to use the term
`transition' in the title of this book, we do not intend to lend
credence to the sometimes misguided body of theory that has developed
around it.... Rather, we intend to let the term be `all things to all
people' and to let the various chapters get on with the job of
presenting their stimulating insights into what lies behind the broad
forces of demographic change."
Correspondence: Oxford
University Press, Great Clarendon Street, Oxford OX2 6DP, England.
Location: Princeton University Library (SPR).
64:30013 Lesthaeghe, Ron. On
theory development: applications to the study of family formation.
Population and Development Review, Vol. 24, No. 1, Mar 1998. 1-14, 197,
199 pp. New York, New York. In Eng. with sum. in Fre; Spa.
"In
the philosophy of science, several paths for...theory integration are
available, and the present essay makes use of two such approaches: Imre
Lakatos's program of `progressive problem shifts' and L. Jonathan
Cohen's `inductive knowledge of comparative reliability'. An
application is made to three theories of the so-called second
demographic transition, by showing that (1) these theories are by no
means mutually exclusive, (2) their mechanisms are often interrelated
and synergistic, and (3) the plausibility of a theory may depend on a
chosen subgroup or context in time or space. Given these properties,
such partial theories or separate narratives are prime candidates for
inclusion into a more overarching multiparadigmatic and multi-causal
theory."
Correspondence: R. Lesthaeghe, Vrije
Universiteit Brussel, Department of Demography, Pleinlaan 2, 1050
Brussels, Belgium. Location: Princeton University Library
(SPR).
Interdisciplinary studies of demographic problems and studies of the interaction of demography with other disciplines. This coding is also used for reports, studies, and surveys from other disciplines that include information of demographic interest.
64:30014 Fricke, Tom. Culture
theory and demographic process: toward a thicker demography. In:
Anthropological demography: toward a new synthesis, edited by David I.
Kertzer and Tom Fricke. 1997. 248-77 pp. University of Chicago Press:
Chicago, Illinois. In Eng.
"In this chapter, I suggest that
demography is in the midst of its own epistemological crisis, the seeds
of which have been recognized since at least Caldwell's turn to
anthropological concepts and methods some thirty years ago. Rather than
leading to a stable reformulation of the demographic tradition,
however, the borrowing from anthropology has had a more piecemeal
effect.... In what follows, I explore the nature of demography's crises
and its potential solution in cultural theories which link multiple
analytic levels of culture, society, and the individual. I draw out
some of the implications of this theoretical solution for method in
demography and provide examples of my reasoning from empirical research
into demographic and family transitions in
Nepal."
Correspondence: T. Fricke, University of
Michigan, Population Studies Center, 1225 South University Avenue, Ann
Arbor, MI 48104-2590. Location: Princeton University Library
(FST).
64:30015 Hammel, Eugene A.; Friou, Diana
S. Anthropology and demography: marriage, liaison, or
encounter? In: Anthropological demography: toward a new synthesis,
edited by David I. Kertzer and Tom Fricke. 1997. 175-200 pp. University
of Chicago Press: Chicago, Illinois. In Eng.
"In this chapter
we have explored the chances for interdisciplinary bliss that may lie
in some union or at least rapprochement between anthropology and
demography.... The first part of our effort was to examine the
historical differences between the two disciplines.... The second part
of our effort was to consider how concepts of culture fit into the
demographic enterprise.... Finally, we examined how working
ethnographers could help demography."
Correspondence:
E. A. Hammel, University of California, Department of Anthropology
and Demography, 2232 Piedmont Avenue, Berkeley, CA 94720. Location:
Princeton University Library (FST).
64:30016 Hill, Allan G.
"Truth lies in the eye of the beholder": the nature of
evidence in demography and anthropology. In: Anthropological
demography: toward a new synthesis, edited by David I. Kertzer and Tom
Fricke. 1997. 223-47 pp. University of Chicago Press: Chicago,
Illinois. In Eng.
"Although demography (a largely technical
subject) and social anthropology are hardly on the same level in terms
of their disciplinary standings, it is fair to compare the approaches
of anthropologists and demographers to similar problems. Here we focus
on joint attempts to account for variations in the levels and trends of
human fertility in different times and social contexts. We have chosen
to focus on fertility but in many ways the argument might apply equally
to attempts by both demographers and anthropologists to account for
variations and trends in the survival of adults and children as well as
to other demographic processes."
Correspondence: A. G.
Hill, Harvard University, School of Public Health, 9 Bow Street,
Cambridge, MA 02138. Location: Princeton University Library
(FST).
64:30017 Kertzer, David I.; Fricke,
Tom. Anthropological demography: toward a new
synthesis. ISBN 0-226-43195-9. LC 96-46664. 1997. ix, 294 pp.
University of Chicago Press: Chicago, Illinois/London, England. In Eng.
"The chapters in this volume are substantially revised
versions of papers originally presented at the Brown University
Conference on Anthropological Demography, November 3-5, 1994.... This
volume is motivated by a sense that the time is ripe for a
reconsideration and renewal of past achievements together with the
development of a new synthesis in the relationship between anthropology
and demography.... The contributions take various and not always
reconcilable points of view. The opening chapters, for example,
illustrate that the foundations of demographic engagement with
anthropology in issues of kinship, social organization, and the
formation of domestic groups are as alive and valid today as in the
past. Subsequent chapters expand on standard demographic concepts by
demonstrating the role of anthropology in rethinking their
cross-cultural validity. Some chapters more critically evaluate the
relationship between demography and anthropology with reference to
their epistemological roots, while others apply specific frameworks
from the general anthropological and theoretical literature to
demographic issues."
Selected items will be cited in this or
subsequent issues of Population Index.
Correspondence:
University of Chicago Press, 5801 South Ellis Avenue, Chicago, IL
60637. Location: Princeton University Library (FST).
64:30018 Kertzer, David I.; Fricke,
Tom. Toward an anthropological demography. In:
Anthropological demography: toward a new synthesis, edited by David I.
Kertzer and Tom Fricke. 1997. 1-35 pp. University of Chicago Press:
Chicago, Illinois. In Eng.
Before analyzing the current state of
relations between anthropology and demography, the editors "review
the roller-coaster history of the work done at the intersection of
these two fields. [They] then examine the forces within each field that
today stand in the way of progress in bringing anthropology and
demography together, and suggest how and why they should be overcome.
Finally, [they] take a look at the topics discussed in the various
chapters, before concluding with a query regarding demography's
disciplinary status."
Correspondence: D. I. Kertzer,
Brown University, Department of Anthropology, Providence, RI 02912.
Location: Princeton University Library (FST).
64:30019 Kreager, Philip.
Population and identity. In: Anthropological demography:
toward a new synthesis, edited by David I. Kertzer and Tom Fricke.
1997. 139-74 pp. University of Chicago Press: Chicago, Illinois. In
Eng.
The author "contrasts the quite different
conceptualizations of culture in demography and anthropology. He
recommends that demographic anthropologists give greater credence to
the focus on identity that constitutes the demographic emphasis, but
that they do so by emphasizing the process of identity construction
itself. In exploring the uses of identity as a fulcrum uniting the
differing emphases of anthropological and demographic thinking, [the
author] notes that a focus on identity construction provides working
solutions to the enduring problems of incorporating human agency into
culture. Importantly, the focus on identity also allows for the
integration of contemporary notions of culture into new and
theoretically more sophisticated analyses of existing demographic data
sets. Finally, [this] chapter shows the close relationship between
divergent disciplinary perspectives in the social sciences and the
twentieth-century efforts of the state to articulate its relationship
with increasingly varied constituent subpopulations. He illustrates
these points by examining British efforts in India at the beginning of
the twentieth century."
Correspondence: P. Kreager,
Oxford University, Pauling Centre for Human Sciences, Oxford, England.
Location: Princeton University Library (FST).
64:30020 Riley, Nancy E.
Similarities and differences: anthropological and demographic
perspectives on gender. In: Anthropological demography: toward a
new synthesis, edited by David I. Kertzer and Tom Fricke. 1997. 115-38
pp. University of Chicago Press: Chicago, Illinois. In Eng.
"The focus of this chapter is how work in anthropology can
enrich demography's research on gender. I begin by looking at the
status of gender studies in demography. I then explore developments of
gender research in anthropology, their relationships with feminist
theory generally, and the implications of this history and development
for demography. I end by examining how the structures, philosophies,
and methodologies of the two fields have contributed to the current
situation of gender studies in each."
Correspondence:
N. E. Riley, Bowdoin College, Department of Sociology and
Anthropology, Brunswick, ME 04011. Location: Princeton
University Library (FST).
64:30021 Scheper-Hughes, Nancy.
Demography without numbers. In: Anthropological demography:
toward a new synthesis, edited by David I. Kertzer and Tom Fricke.
1997. 201-22 pp. University of Chicago Press: Chicago, Illinois. In
Eng.
"I want to argue here for a particular methodology for an
anthropologically informed demography,...a `critical interpretive
approach'.... After a few words on the epistemological divide
separating objectivist/positivist approaches from critical/interpretive
approaches, I will take up an instance from my intermittent,
twenty-five-year study of infant mortality in northeast Brazil in order
to demonstrate what qualitative, interpretive, and meaning-centered
research--demography without or beyond numbers--can reveal about infant
mortality that strictly quantitative and positivist research
cannot."
Correspondence: N. Scheper-Hughes, University
of California, Department of Anthropology, Berkeley, CA 94720.
Location: Princeton University Library (FST).
Major demographic textbooks and teaching aids, general surveys and collections of readings that are particularly suitable as supplements to coursework, studies on the organization and coverage of training programs in demography, and selected items on population education.
64:30022 Allison, Paul D.
Survival analysis using the SAS system: a practical guide.
ISBN 1-55544-279-X. Mar 1997. viii, 292 pp. SAS Institute: Cary, North
Carolina. In Eng.
This textbook is about doing survival analysis
using the SAS system. "Written for the person with a modest
statistical background and minimal knowledge of SAS software, this book
teaches many aspects of data input and manipulation. Numerous examples
of SAS code and output make this an eminently practical book ensuring
that even the uninitiated becomes a sophisticated user of survival
analysis. The main topics presented include: censoring, survival
curves, Kaplan-Meier estimation, accelerated failure time models,
discrete-time analysis, unobserved heterogeneity, [and] proportional
hazards models. Also included are topics not usually covered such as
time-dependent covariates, competing risks, and repeated
events."
Correspondence: SAS Institute, SAS Campus
Drive, Cary, NC 27513. Location: Princeton University Library
(SPR).
64:30023 Bogue, Donald J.
Defining a new demography: curriculum needs for the 1990s and
beyond. Jan 1997. vii, 64 pp. Social Development Center: Chicago,
Illinois. In Eng.
"How serious is the mismatch between the
academic training demographers receive and the work they actually do as
professional specialists in population affairs? What corrective
actions, if any, need to be taken to revise training curricula to
alleviate the mismatch? This volume provides expert testimony and
advice concerning these questions.... [It contains papers presented at]
a session entitled `Defining a New Demography: Curriculum Needs for the
1990s and Beyond', [at the 1996] annual meeting of [the Population
Association of America]."
Correspondence: Social
Development Center, 1313 East 60th Street, Suite 121, Chicago, IL
60637. Location: Princeton University Library (SPR).
64:30024 Bueno Sánchez,
Eramis. The study of population and its methodology
(provisional edition). [Los estudios de población y su
metodología (edición provisional).] 1993. 98 pp.
Universidad de la Habana, Centro de Estudios Demográficos
[CEDEM]: Havana, Cuba. In Spa.
This is a general introduction to
the study of demography. There are chapters on theoretical aspects of
the study of population, the process of investigation in
socio-demographic studies, hypotheses and variables, and the defining
of the field and the selection of methods.
Correspondence:
Universidad de la Habana, Centro de Estudios Demográficos,
Avenida 41 Número 2003, Playa 13, Havana, Cuba. Location:
Princeton University Library (SPR).
64:30025 Jacobsen, Judith E.
Population growth. ISBN 0-935702-81-4. LC 95-061064. 1996. xi,
43 pp. University Science Books: Sausalito, California. In Eng.
This is a basic introductory text to population issues designed for
undergraduates not majoring in science but interested in environmental
issues. It contains sections on demographic basics, patterns of
population growth and fertility, determinants of fertility, policies
for encouraging smaller families, the future of world population, and
population in context.
Correspondence: University Science
Books, 55D Gate Five Road, Sausalito, CA 94965. Location:
Princeton University Library (SPR).
64:30026 Kaz'mina, O. E.; Puchkov, P.
I. Basic ethno-demography: a textbook. [Osnovy
etnodemografii: uchevnoe posovie.] ISBN 5-02-010840-5. 1994. 253 pp.
Nauka: Moscow, Russia. In Rus.
This is a basic textbook on ethnic
demography. It has chapters on introducing demography, basic
demographic indicators and censuses, ethnic demography as a bridge
between demography and ethnology, the ethnic structure of the global
population, ethnic aspects of fertility and mortality, and ethnic
processes as factors in the dynamics of a country's ethnic
characteristics. There are also chapters on ethnodemographic dynamics
in the Russian Federation and in the independent countries that were
formerly part of the USSR, as well as in Europe, Asia, Africa, the
Americas, and Oceania.
Correspondence: Nauka, 117864 GSP-7,
Profsoyuznaya ul. 90, Moscow V-485, Russia. Location:
Princeton University Library (SPR).
64:30027 Morgan, Leslie; Kunkel,
Suzanne. Aging: the social context. ISBN
0-8039-9087-1. LC 97-38527. 1998. xxvii, 488 pp. Pine Forge Press:
Thousand Oaks, California. In Eng.
The authors of this textbook
approach the study of aging from a sociological perspective. They
"present major theoretical and analytical frameworks from social
gerontology and the core disciplines which inform the field.
Theoretical perspectives throughout the text are connected to
age-related issues and problems such as retirement, health care, and
economic inequality. These analyses explicitly look at the varying
questions, assumptions, and conclusions that accompany different
theoretical viewpoints. [They] take a broad look at societal
institutions (such as the family, the economy, employment and
retirement, politics, and public policy, and social services and health
care) that affect older adults and are affected by the aging of our
society." The geographical focus is on the United
States.
Correspondence: Pine Forge Press, 2455 Teller Road,
Thousand Oaks, CA 91320. E-mail: sales@pfp.sagepub.com. Location:
Princeton University Library (SPR).
64:30028 Tapsoba, Sibry J. M.
Population education programmes in Africa: status, challenges and
prospects. Environment and Social Policy Working Paper Series, No.
ESP-22, Aug 1995. ii, 32 pp. African Development Bank: Abidjan, Ivory
Coast. In Eng.
This monograph uses African experiences to examine
the status, challenges, and prospects for population education
programs. The author concludes that population education activities
only make sense if they are part of general education efforts for
development as a whole, and if they consider the capacity of the
country concerned to institutionalize such
programs.
Correspondence: African Development Bank, B.P.
1387, Abidjan 01, Ivory Coast. Location: Princeton University
Library (SPR).
64:30029 Van Peer, Christine; Moors,
Hein. Young people's knowledge and perceptions of
population in Flanders and the Netherlands. [Kennis en percepties
van jongeren over bevolking in Vlaanderen en Nederland.] Bevolking en
Gezin, No. 2, 1997. 49-95 pp. Brussels, Belgium. In Dut. with sum. in
Eng.
"This article reflects the first results of a comparative
study among Flemish and Dutch young people on their knowledge of
demographic facts and processes and on their views about specific
population issues.... More than half of the pupils in both countries
have an insufficient demographic knowledge according to the criteria
adopted. Where possible, the results of research are considered in the
light of the hypothesis that there is a connection between knowledge
and opinions."
Correspondence: C. Van Peer, Centrum
voor Bevolkings- en Gezinsstudië, Markiesstraat 1, 1000 Brussels,
Belgium. Location: Princeton University Library (SPR).
