Binding: Paperback
Description: This exciting new book presents the field of social demography animating the study of population with a vibrant sociological imagination. Gregg Lee Carter provides multiple demonstrations of how taking a demographic perspective can give us a better understanding of social phenomena once thought to be largely the products of culture politics or the economy. Five key chapters concentrate on (1) the social and individual determinants of fertility mortality and migration; (2) the social and individual impacts of changing levels of fertility mortality and migration; and (3) the impacts of overpopulation on the environment and how changes in the environment in turn impact the human condition especially regarding migration. What gives these analyses coherence is how each emphasizes the ways in which demographic forces both reflect and limit individual choices. Written in a straightforward and engaging style and without getting bogged down in academic debates this concise book is the ideal introduction and primer for courses in social demography and population and society.
Title: Population And Society An Introduction
Author(s): Carter Gregg Lee Ph. D. (Bryant University)
Publisher: John Wiley And Sons Ltd
Barcode: 9780745668383
Pages: 256 Pages
Publication Date: 3/21/2016
Category: Population & Demography