Handbook of Population (2nd Ed., 2nd ed. 2019) Handbooks of Sociology and Social Research Series
Coordonnateur : Poston Jr. Dudley L.
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.
Provides a broad overview of the field of population studies
Includes chapters on new topics, updated chapters and contemporary perspectives
Raises awareness on causes and consequences of demographic behavior throughout the world
Date de parution : 05-2019
Ouvrage de 914 p.
17.8x25.4 cm
Thèmes de Handbook of Population :
Mots-clés :
Demography of Race and Ethnicity; Demographic perspective; Demography of Aging; Population Distribution and Suburbanization; Historical Demography; Human Demography; Infant and Adult Mortality; Demography of Gender; Demography of Children; International Migration; Demography of Social Stratification; Population Psychology; Population and the Social Sciences; Organizational and Corporate Demography; Urban and Rural Demography; Anthropological Demography