Population And Politics

Author : John Gerring,Wouter Veenendaal
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 512 pages
File Size : 55,8 Mb
Release : 2020-04-30
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 1108713963

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Population and Politics by John Gerring,Wouter Veenendaal Pdf

Every country, every subnational government, and every district has a designated population, and this has a bearing on politics in ways most citizens and policymakers are barely aware of. Population and Politics provides a comprehensive evaluation of the political implications stemming from the size of a political unit - on social cohesion, the number of representatives, overall representativeness, particularism ('pork'), citizen engagement and participation, political trust, electoral contestation, leadership succession, professionalism in government, power concentration in the central apparatus of the state, government intervention, civil conflict, and overall political power. A multimethod approach combines field research in small states and islands with cross-country and within-country data analysis. Population and Politics will be of interest to academics, policymakers, and anyone concerned with decentralization and multilevel governance.

Author : Bruce Curtis
Publisher : University of Toronto Press
Page : 404 pages
File Size : 54,5 Mb
Release : 2002-01-01
Category : History
ISBN : 0802085857

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The Politics of Population by Bruce Curtis Pdf

Curtis discusses census making as a political project, investigating its place in and impact on party politics and ethnic, religious, and sectional struggles.

Author : John Gerring,Wouter Veenendaal
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 511 pages
File Size : 54,8 Mb
Release : 2020-05-28
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 9781108494137

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Population and Politics by John Gerring,Wouter Veenendaal Pdf

Analyzes scale effects across a range of political dimensions, encompassing different political levels using a multi-method approach.

Author : Virginia Abernethy,Garrett Hardin
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 396 pages
File Size : 53,9 Mb
Release : 2018-05-11
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781351320832

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Population Politics by Virginia Abernethy,Garrett Hardin Pdf

International efforts to regulate fertility rates so that populations do not grow beyond the earth's capacity have included technical assistance and capital; improved health care conditions to lower the risk of infant mortality; increased opportunities to develop literacy; the democratization of governments; and several decades of liberal immigration and refugee policies favoring third world nations. The persistence of high fertility despite international efforts confounds demographers. 'Population Politics' brilliantly dissects the paradigm responsible for the counterproductive efforts of nations and international agencies. Abernethy, a renowned anthropologist, shows why policies hamper the shift to lower fertility. Ireland, Indonesia, Cuba, China, Turkey and Egypt are but a few of the countries Abernethy examines, showing how economic, sociocultural, and agricultural factors that have caused population growth can be harnessed to stabilize population size. 'Population Politics' is a provocative examination of the influence of aid and liberal immigration policies on world population growth, and often counterproductive to the role of the United States as an industrial power. This volume's uniquely interdisciplinary perspective will enlighten the lay reader, as well as demographers and epidemiologists, conservationists, reproduction and family specialists, agricultural economists, and public health personnel. Virginia D. Abernethy is professor emeritus of psychiatry (anthropology) at Vanderbilt Medical School and was for 11 years the editor of the scholarly journal 'Population and Environment. Garrett Hardin is emeritus professor of human ecology in the Department of Biological Sciences and the University of California, Santa Barbara.

Author : Jack A. Goldstone,Eric P. Kaufmann,Monica Duffy Toft
Publisher : Oxford University Press, USA
Page : 344 pages
File Size : 49,6 Mb
Release : 2012-08-16
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9780199945962

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Political Demography by Jack A. Goldstone,Eric P. Kaufmann,Monica Duffy Toft Pdf

The field of political demography - the politics of population change - is dramatically underrepresented in political science. At a time when demographic changes - aging in the rich world, youth bulges in the developing world, ethnic and religious shifts, migration, and urbanization - are waxing as never before, this neglect is especially glaring and starkly contrasts with the enormous interest coming from policymakers and the media. "Ten years ago, [demography] was hardly on the radar screen," remarks Richard Jackson and Neil Howe of the Center for Strategic and International Studies, two contributors to this volume. "Today," they continue, "it dominates almost any discussion of America's long-term fiscal, economic, or foreign-policy direction." Demography is the most predictable of the social sciences: children born in the last five years will be the new workers, voters, soldiers, and potential insurgents of 2025 and the political elites of the 2050s. Whether in the West or the developing world, political scientists urgently need to understand the tectonics of demography in order to grasp the full context of today's political developments. This book begins to fill the gap from a global and historical perspective and with the hope that scholars and policymakers will take its insights on board to develop enlightened policies for our collective future.

Author : Achim Goerres,Pieter Vanhuysse
Publisher : Springer Nature
Page : 459 pages
File Size : 52,8 Mb
Release : 2021-08-10
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9783030730659

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Global Political Demography by Achim Goerres,Pieter Vanhuysse Pdf

This open access book draws the big picture of how population change interplays with politics across the world from 1990 to 2040. Leading social scientists from a wide range of disciplines discuss, for the first time, all major political and policy aspects of population change as they play out differently in each major world region: North and South America; Sub-Saharan Africa and the MENA region; Western and East Central Europe; Russia, Belarus and Ukraine; East Asia; Southeast Asia; subcontinental India, Pakistan and Bangladesh; Australia and New Zealand. These macro-regional analyses are completed by cross-cutting global analyses of migration, religion and poverty, and age profiles and intra-state conflicts. From all angles, this book shows how strongly contextualized the political management and the political consequences of population change are. While long-term population ageing and short-term migration fluctuations present structural conditions, political actors play a key role in (mis-)managing, manipulating, and (under-)planning population change, which in turn determines how citizens in different groups react.

Author : Samuël Coghe
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 333 pages
File Size : 42,7 Mb
Release : 2022-02-03
Category : Medical
ISBN : 9781108837866

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Population Politics in the Tropics by Samuël Coghe Pdf

Originally presented as the author's thesis (doctoral)--European University Institute (EUI) in Florence, 2014.

Author : William Petersen
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 374 pages
File Size : 48,5 Mb
Release : 1965
Category : Acculturation
ISBN : PSU:000004032458

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The Politics of Population by William Petersen Pdf

Author : Maria-Sophia Quine
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 161 pages
File Size : 51,5 Mb
Release : 2013-04-15
Category : History
ISBN : 9781134894222

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Population Politics in Twentieth Century Europe by Maria-Sophia Quine Pdf

Maria Sophia Quine demystifies the population policies of fascist regimes by looking at them in the wider context of how societies in general reacted to the profound economic changes brought by industrialization. Population Politics in Twentieth Century Europe: * provides an original, comparative treatment of European population policies * gives the historical background to twentieth-century population policies * considers topics such as racism and sexism in Nazi ideology, Eugenics in England, family allowance schemes in France, and sterilization * synthesizes the latest research in different fields and countries.

Author : R.B. Bhagat
Publisher : Taylor & Francis
Page : 197 pages
File Size : 44,5 Mb
Release : 2022-04-19
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781000574807

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Population and the Political Imagination by R.B. Bhagat Pdf

This book identifies population as a central issue of polity and examines its links to ideas of state and citizenship. It explores the relationship between the state, citizenship and polity by reexamining processes related to census enumeration, population and citizen registers, and the politics of classificatory governmentality. Religion, ethnicity, caste and political class play a key role in determining community identities and the relationship between an individual and the state. Contextualizing the arguments and controversies around the Citizenship (Amendment) Act 2019 (CAA 2019) and the National Register of Citizens (NRC), the book examines the processes of inclusion or exclusion of minorities and migrants as citizens in India. It focusses on the classification of irregular and refugee migration since independence in India, especially in the state of Assam. The book highlights how political imagination, as a theoretical framework, shapes the processes and strategies for enumeration and classification and thereby the idea of citizenship. Underlining the relationship between instruments of government, political mobilization and the resurgence of communal polarization, it also offers suggestions for alternative constructions of citizenship and an inclusive state. This book will be useful for students and researchers of population studies, population geography, migration studies, sociology, political science, social anthropology, law and journalism. It will also be of interest to policy makers, journalists, as well as NGOs and CSOs.

Author : Derek S. Hoff
Publisher : University of Chicago Press
Page : 392 pages
File Size : 47,7 Mb
Release : 2012-09-24
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9780226347653

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The State and the Stork by Derek S. Hoff Pdf

“A powerful model of how to understand the complex array of issues that will shape the political economy of population in the future.”—American Historical Review From the founders’ fears that crowded cities would produce corruption, luxury, and vice to the zero population growth movement of the late 1960s to today’s widespread fears of an aging crisis as the Baby Boomers retire, the American population debate has always concerned much more than racial composition or resource exhaustion, the aspects of the debate usually emphasized by historians. In The State and the Stork, Derek Hoff draws on his extraordinary knowledge of the intersections between population and economic debates throughout American history to explain the many surprising ways that population anxieties have provoked unexpected policies and political developments—including the recent conservative revival. At once a fascinating history and a revelatory look at the deep origins of a crucial national conversation, The State and the Stork could not be timelier. “Hoff has done a real service by bringing to the foreground the economic dimension of U.S. debates over population size and growth, a topic that has been relegated to the shadows for too long.”—Population and Development Review “After decades of failed efforts by the scientific community to alert the public to the environmental dangers of population growth and overpopulation, a first-rate historian has finally detailed both the arguments and their policy implications . . . Everyone interested in population should read The State and the Stork. This is an incredibly timely book.”—Paul R. Ehrlich, author of The Population Bomb

Author : Kathleen A. Tobin
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing USA
Page : 185 pages
File Size : 55,7 Mb
Release : 2004-09-30
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9780313059674

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Politics and Population Control by Kathleen A. Tobin Pdf

What is population history about? It's about birth rates, migration, and economies. It's about families, women, and babies. It is about agricultural production, military conflict, colonies, and race. In short, population history is the human story. This book shows that population issues—numbers of people, how to feed them, their employment, racial makeup, intelligence, health, sexual behavior, and reproduction—have concerned authorities for centuries. The primary documents in this volume illustrate those concerns from the mid-18th century to the present. Provided is background information on each document and coverage of a variety of population perspectives. All of the concerns illustrated in this volume have helped to mold population policy. From the threat of a population explosion, familiar to those growing up in the 1960s, to birth control, women's rights, and lawmakers' desires to address social ills, this book covers a wide spectrum of issues. Included is a variety of documents, such as treatises, essays, speeches, articles, and passages from books. Tobin's introductory commentary provides a framework for the documents, pointing to their intent and significance. This is the only comprehensive source of documents on population, making it a valuable resource for both professional and armchair historians.

Author : James S. Fishkin,Robert E. Goodin
Publisher : John Wiley & Sons
Page : 341 pages
File Size : 46,8 Mb
Release : 2010-03-08
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 9781444330380

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Population and Political Theory by James S. Fishkin,Robert E. Goodin Pdf

Part of the acclaimed Politics and Society series, Population and Political Theory brings together leading thinkers in the fields of philosophy, political science, economics, and social policy to address issues at the convergence of population policy and political theory. Offers a single-volume, systematic overview of philosophical issues relating to population Represents a unique merging of discussions of population policy with political theory Broad in scope, the diverse discussions will appeal to political philosophers, population specialists, and public policy makers

Author : Susan Yoshihara,Douglas A. Sylva
Publisher : Potomac Books, Inc.
Page : 305 pages
File Size : 41,5 Mb
Release : 2012
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781597975506

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Population Decline and the Remaking of Great Power Politics by Susan Yoshihara,Douglas A. Sylva Pdf

The destabilizing effects of population decline

Author : Jyoti Shankar Singh
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 288 pages
File Size : 52,5 Mb
Release : 2013-11-12
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9781317972808

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Creating a New Consensus on Population by Jyoti Shankar Singh Pdf

Population growth, reproductive health and reproductive rights are amongst the most pressing issues facing governments and the international community. Since the world's governments agreed for the first time on far-reaching and enlightened population policies at the 1994 International Conference on Population and Development (ICPD) in Cairo, a good deal of progress has been made on these issues, but major challenges remain. This fully updated edition of Creating a New Consensus on Population charts international progress on efforts to address population and development, reproductive health, reproductive rights, religion, contraception and the empowerment of women. Historical coverage includes the lead up process to the ICPD, the conference itself and the global consensus and the ICPD Programme of Action that resulted. The book then turns to how population issues have developed over the past decade and a half including follow-up and implementation at the international level by the United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) and other UN agencies and organizations. Key international events are covered including the 1999 ICPD+5, Millennium Summit 2000, ICPD+10 and the 2005 MDG+5 as well as relevant regional events. The book also examines the reorientation of policies and programmes and implementation at national levels across the world. Crucially, it looks at emerging issues and partnerships including the increasing role of NGOs, women's groups, youth groups, foundations, public-private partnerships and other non-state stakeholders. Written by Jyoti Shankar Singh, former ICPD Executive Coordinator, this is the definitive account of how the international community has engaged with population issues and policies and it offers insight into both the ongoing challenges as well as how an international consensus can be forged on crucial global issues. It is essential reading for all those involved in population, health and development issues and policies world-wide.