A Dictionary Of Demography And Human Development

Author : Parvesh K. Chopra
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 276 pages
File Size : 44,6 Mb
Release : 2010-04
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 1842900803

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A Dictionary of Demography and Human Development by Parvesh K. Chopra Pdf

The dictionary is the unique in its own way. Perhaps it si the first dictionary of its genre that combines the two inter-related disciplines if Demography and the Human Development into its umbrella. All entries are made very precise, clear and straightforward without any rigmarole. Different demographic theories and concepts have been preciesly dealt with the covers the whole range of terms used in pure and applied demography. The language udes does not intimidate or complexify things but is reader-friendly. An invaluable and essential refernce books for all the students and proffesionals of demography and human beings, and ideal for general readers who are not specialised in demography but need to know about the people and population as social beings. Around 1200 clearly written entries on population dynamics and human devolpment.Reflects and covers the recently coined and used terms and concepts. Its coverage is wide and comprehensive. Differnt demographic theories and concepts have been preciesly dealt with. Also inculdes many terms from the allied fields of sociology, economics, geography, biology and bionomics. Whenever necessary, cross- references have been provided and diagrams, charts graphs and simple mathematics are used for the convenience of the reader. B.N. Ghosh, PhD (India), M.CIM (UK), GFCR (Harvard), is currently a Professor of Economics, Eastern Mediterranean University, North Cyprus. A specialist in Human resource Development and Political Economy, he has published extensively in refereed journals. His books are published, among others, by Arnold Heinemann, Longman, Macmillan, Routledge, Nova Science Publications of New York, Ashgate Publishing and Wisdom House of England. He has undertaken short-term consultancies for various organizations including the University Grants Commission and the United Nations Development Programme. Professor Ghosh is the Director (Hon.) of the Centre for the Study of Human Development in Leeds (England), and the Editor of International Journal of Human Development, Leeds (England). Professor Ghosh's research has ranged over a number of areas including political economy, human resource development, economics, sociology, and anthropology. Some of his recent publications include: Global Financial Crises and Reforms (ed.), (Routledge, London and New York, 2001); Privatisation: The ASEAN Connection (Nova Science Publications, New York, 2000); Gandhian Political Economy (Ashgate Publishing, London, 2006); Contemporary Issues in Development Economics (Routledge, London and New York); Economic Theories: Past and Present (Wisdom House, England, 2001); Contemporary Issues in Modern Macroeconomic Management ((Wisdom House, England, 2005) and Globalization and the Third World (co-ed.), (Macmillan, London and New York. 2006). Professor Ghosh is the recipient of the Emerald Award (UK) for 2005.Chopra, Parvesh K.PhD (England), PhD (India), M. Phil. (Economics), PG D. Statistics, M.A (Economics), B.A. (Honours), is currently a Senior Research Economist for the Centre for the Study of Human Development, Leeds, England (UK). He has taught Economics at different levels for many years before joining the Department of Economics, School of Business Studies, The University of Leeds, England as a Doctoral Researcher. He was awarded his second PhD from the University of Leeds, England. He has published research papers extensively in refereed international journals of repute and has authored singly or jointly more than 12 research books. His recent research book Poverty As Human Contestability Failure was published in the year 2007. Dr. Chopra research has ranged over a number of areas including poverty and inequality, gender issues human resource development, economics of pharmaceutical products, rural development, globalization and health economics. Dr. Chopra is actively associated with the International Journal of Human Development as its Managing Editor and is a member of the Royal Economic

Author : William Petersen,Renee Petersen
Publisher : Greenwood
Page : 572 pages
File Size : 52,6 Mb
Release : 1986
Category : Social Science
ISBN : UCSD:31822003971041

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Dictionary of Demography by William Petersen,Renee Petersen Pdf

Encyclopaedia, demography - lists international organizations and national associations. Bibliography.

Author : William Petersen,Renee Petersen
Publisher : Greenwood
Page : 664 pages
File Size : 44,7 Mb
Release : 1985
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : STANFORD:36105129778812

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Dictionary of Demography: A-L by William Petersen,Renee Petersen Pdf

Author : William Petersen,Renee Petersen
Publisher : Westport, Conn. : Greenwood Press
Page : 756 pages
File Size : 47,8 Mb
Release : 1985
Category : Demographers
ISBN : UOM:39015078239673

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Dictionary of Demography: M-Z by William Petersen,Renee Petersen Pdf

Author : William Petersen,Renee Petersen
Publisher : Greenwood
Page : 640 pages
File Size : 50,8 Mb
Release : 1986-12-03
Category : Social Science
ISBN : STANFORD:36105129726134

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Dictionary of Demography [2 Volumes] by William Petersen,Renee Petersen Pdf

Encyclopaedia, demography - lists international organizations and national associations. Bibliography.

Author : Roland Pressat,Christopher Wilson
Publisher : Wiley-Blackwell
Page : 243 pages
File Size : 52,5 Mb
Release : 1985
Category : Demography
ISBN : 0631155791

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Author : William Petersen,Renee Petersen
Publisher : Greenwood
Page : 302 pages
File Size : 44,6 Mb
Release : 1985
Category : Demography
ISBN : UCSD:31822003971108

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Dictionary of Demography by William Petersen,Renee Petersen Pdf

With the collaboration of an international panel of fifty-seven experts, authors William Petersen and Renee Petersen have compiled a glossary of more than 400 key demographic terms. The glossary begins with a translation from English into each of the world's principal research languages: French, Spanish, Italian, German, Japanese, Chinese, and Russian. The translations from each of these languages into English follow the same order. When a word in any language can be ambiguous, it is marked with adj. for adjective, f. for female or feminine, m. for male or masculine, n. for noun, pl. for plural, and v. for verb.

Author : Wolfgang Sachs
Publisher : Zed Books
Page : 324 pages
File Size : 45,9 Mb
Release : 1992
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 1856490440

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The Development Dictionary by Wolfgang Sachs Pdf

In this pioneering collection, some of the world's most eminent critics of development review the key concepts of the development discourse in the post-war era. Each essay examines one concept from a historical and anthropological point of view and highlights its particular bias. Exposing their historical obsolescence and intellectual sterility, the authors call for a bidding farewell to the whole Eurocentric development idea. This is urgently needed, they argue, in order to liberate people's minds - in both North and South - for bold responses to the environmental and ethical challenges now confronting humanity. These essays are an invitation to experts, grassroots movements and students of development to recognize the tainted glasses they put on whenever they participate in the development discourse.

Author : Vandana Desai,Robert B Potter
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 698 pages
File Size : 46,5 Mb
Release : 2013-01-22
Category : Science
ISBN : 9781444169843

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The Companion to Development Studies, 2nd Edition by Vandana Desai,Robert B Potter Pdf

The Companion to Development Studies is an essential one-stop reference for anyone with an interest in development studies. Over 100 international experts have been brought together to present a comprehensive overview of the key theoretical and practical issues dominating contemporary development studies. Building on the success of the first edition, the second edition of the Companion has been thoroughly revised and updated and includes new chapters on a range of topics, including ageing, culture and development, corruption and development and global terrorism. Each chapter summarises current debates and provides guidance for further reading and research. The Companion to Development Studies is indispensable for students of development studies at all levels, from undergraduate to postgraduate and beyond, in departments of development studies, geography, politics, international relations, sociology, social anthropology and economics.

Author : Jo. M. Martins,Fei Guo,David A. Swanson
Publisher : Springer
Page : 358 pages
File Size : 51,9 Mb
Release : 2018-04-12
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9783319773629

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Global Population in Transition by Jo. M. Martins,Fei Guo,David A. Swanson Pdf

This book deals with macro and micro aspects of population change and their inter-face with socio-economic factors and impact. It examines theoretical notions and pursues their empirical manifestations and uses multidisciplinary approaches to population change and diversity. It investigates the organic nature of the relationships between socio-economic factors and population change and the feedback loops that affect socio-economic organisation and behaviour. The book brings together material often scattered in a number of sources and disciplines that helps to understand population change and their socio-economic aspects. In addition to dealing with the more conventional factors in population dynamics in the form of fertility, mortality and migration, the book examines socio-economic forces that influence them. It discusses population evolving attributes that affect population characteristics and social and behaviour and impact on the environment. Further, it deals with social organisation and pathways that lead to different social and economic development and standards of living of diverse populations.

Author : Ian Whyte
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
Page : 590 pages
File Size : 47,5 Mb
Release : 2013-05-21
Category : History
ISBN : 9780857722201

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A Dictionary of Environmental History by Ian Whyte Pdf

Increasing awareness of the extent and cause of environmental problems has fuelled the emergence of a new and timely discipline: environmental history. An exciting blend of geography, history, archaeology, anthropology, landscape, environment and science, it seeks to reveal how human activity has affected the environment in the past and how we, in turn, have been affected by that environment. How did people use and transform their environment? What problems of pollution and resource depletion occurred? What has been the impact of industrialisation and urbanisation? How have people's perceptions of nature and the environment changed over time? Environmental historians are revealing how and why our environment changed in the past, they are providing key insights into the mechanisms that influence environmental change today, and are helping to make informed decisions on crucial environmental concerns such as deforestation, desertification, pollution, global warming and climate change. Professor Whyte's A Dictionary of Environmental History provides in a single volume a comprehensive reference work covering the past 12,000 years of the Earth's environmental history. An introduction to the discipline is followed by almost 1,000 entries covering key terminology, events, places, dates, topics, as well as the major personalities in the history of the discipline. Entries range from shorter factual accounts to substantial mini-essays on major topics and issues. Fully cross-referenced and with an extensive bibliography, this pioneering work provides an authoritative yet accessible resourcethat will form essential reading for academics, practitioners and students of environmental history and related disciplines.

Author : Richard Skolnik
Publisher : Jones & Bartlett Publishers
Page : 351 pages
File Size : 52,6 Mb
Release : 2008-07-03
Category : Medical
ISBN : 9781449655860

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Essentials of Global Health by Richard Skolnik Pdf

Now in use at over 300 colleges and universities, Essentials of Global Health is the first comprehensive text designed for introductory, undergraduate global health courses at two and four year colleges, as well those enrolled in online learning and others new to the field. Essentials of Global Health is a clear, concise, and user-friendly introduction to the most critical issues in global health. It illustrates key themes with an extensive set of case studies, examples, and the latest evidence. While the book offers a global perspective, particular attention is given to the health-development link, to developing countries, and to the health needs of poor and disadvantaged people. Essentials of Global Health builds on the success of an introductory global health course taught by the author at the George Washington School of Public Health and Health Services. Essentials of Global Health is ideal suited for the the Association of American Colleges and Universities recommended course: Global Health 101. Richard Skolnik is the winner of numerous honors for teaching, has taught global health for 8 years, and has more than 30 years of experience as a global health practitioner in multilateral, university, and NGO settings. He has been actively involved in dealing with critical issues in global health at country level and at the highest levels of international health policy making. Learn more about the author. “Richard Skolnik's Essentials of Global Health is so comprehensive that it will be key reading in international health. In accessible language, he explains why good health is crucial to economic development, what indicators help track changes in global health, and requirements for good health systems. Approaches to solving world health problems must be under pinned by good ethics and human rights guidelines, he says, and local practices and cultures must not be ignored. Skolnik looks in detail at children's and women's health, and at the different challenges of tackling communicative and non-communicative disease in developing countries. He also maps out the key players in global health and looks ahead to future challenges.” —The Lancet, October 2007 The book is organized in four parts: - Principles, Measurements, and the Health-Development Link: The principles of Global Health; Health Determinants, Measurements, and Trends; and Health, Education, Poverty, and the Economy. - Cross-Cutting Global Health Themes: Human Rights, Ethics, and Global Health; An Introduction to Health Systems; and Culture and Health. - The Burden of Disease: The Environment and Health; Nutrition and Health; Women’s Health; Child Health; Infectious Diseases; Non-Communicable Diseases; and Unintentional Injuries. - Working Together to Improve Global Health: Conflicts, Natural Disasters, and Other Emergencies; Cooperating to Improve Global Health; and, Science Technology, and the Public’s Health.” Instructor Resources - Detailed Syllabus, updated each semester - Test

Author : Dudley L. Poston,Michael Micklin
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
Page : 940 pages
File Size : 46,8 Mb
Release : 2006-08-10
Category : Mathematics
ISBN : 0387257020

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Handbook of Population by Dudley L. Poston,Michael Micklin Pdf

This comprehensive handbook provides an overview and update of the issues, theories, processes, and applications of the social science of population studies. The volume's 30 chapters cover the full range of conceptual, empirical, disciplinary, and applied approaches to the study of demographic phenomena. This book is the first effort to assess the entire field since Hauser and Duncan's 1959 classic, The Study of Population. The chapter authors are among the leading contributors to demographic scholarship over the past four decades. They represent a variety of disciplines and theoretical perspectives as well as interests in both basic and applied research.

Author : Emmanuel Njoku
Publisher : LIT Verlag Münster
Page : 528 pages
File Size : 47,5 Mb
Release : 2021-01-25
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 9783643913418

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Youth Development in Nigeria by Emmanuel Njoku Pdf

Youth development is as a core aspect of human and national progress in Nigeria. The study suggests the development of young people as the means of poverty reduction. It indicates that amidst cultural, ethnic, and religious diversities, and in the light of threats to human life and property, the development of the youth is the way to promoting peace and unity, justice, and security. The book argues on a two-fold contribution: While the Nigerian Church is to intensify efforts in the active participation of lay Christians in politics, the State is to tackle critical areas to ensure a decent standard of living for all.

Author : Mathurin C. Houngnikpo
Publisher : Rowman & Littlefield
Page : 563 pages
File Size : 52,9 Mb
Release : 2024-03-06
Category : History
ISBN : 9781538186565

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Historical Dictionary of Benin by Mathurin C. Houngnikpo Pdf

Historical Dictionary of Benin, Fifth Edition contains a chronology, an introduction, and an extensive bibliography. The dictionary section has more than 1,000 cross-referenced entries on important personalities as well as aspects of the country’s politics, economy, foreign relations, religion, and culture.