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This comprehensive yet accessible textbook is an ideal resource for undergraduate and graduate students taking their first course in demography. Clearly explaining technical demographic issues without using extensive mathematics, Population and Society is sociologically oriented, but incorporates a variety of social sciences in its approach, including economics, political science, geography, and history. It highlights the significant impact of decisionmaking at the individual level especially regarding fertility, but also mortality and migration on population change. The text engages students by providing numerous examples of demography's practical applications in their lives, and demonstrates the extent of its relevance by examining a wide selection of data from the United States, Africa, Asia, and Europe. This thoroughly revised edition includes four new chapters, covering topics such as race and sexuality, and encourages students to consider the broad implications of population growth and change for global challenges such as environmental degradation.
Editions of Population and Society
- Hardcover
- ISBN 9781107042674
- Paperback
- ISBN 9781107645936
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This comprehensive yet accessible textbook is an ideal resource for undergraduate and graduate students taking their first course in demography. Clearly explaining technical demographic issues without using extensive mathematics, Population and Society is sociologically oriented, but incorporates a variety of social sciences in its approach, including economics, political science, geography, and history. It highlights the significant impact of decisionmaking at the individual level especially regarding fertility, but also mortality and migration on population change. The text engages students by providing numerous examples of demography's practical applications in their lives, and demonstrates the extent of its relevance by examining a wide selection of data from the United States, Africa, Asia, and Europe. This thoroughly revised edition includes four new chapters, covering topics such as race and sexuality, and encourages students to consider the broad implications of population growth and change for global challenges such as environmental degradation.
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What is Population and Society about?
This comprehensive yet accessible textbook is an ideal resource for undergraduate and graduate students taking their first course in demography. Clearly explaining technical demographic issues without using extensive mathematics, Population and Society is sociologically oriented, but incorporates a variety of social sciences in its approach, including economics, political science, geography, and history. It highlights the significant impact of decisionmaking at the individual level especially regarding fertility, but also mortality and migration on population change. The text engages students by providing numerous examples of demography's practical applications in their lives, and demonstrates the extent of its relevance by examining a wide selection of data from the United States, Africa, Asia, and Europe. This thoroughly revised edition includes four new chapters, covering topics such as race and sexuality, and encourages students to consider the broad implications of population growth and change for global challenges such as environmental degradation.
What core themes, tropes, or subjects are explored in Population and Society?
Society and Social Sciences > Sociology and anthropology > Sociology > Population and demography
Where can I read a sample of Population and Society?
You can read an official preview of the few pages here https://www.book2look.com/book/9781107042674
Who is/are the Author/s of the book Population and Society?
Dudley L. Poston,Leon F. Bouvier
What are the ISBN numbers for the physical and digital editions?
Population and Society is available as hardcover(ISBN 9781107042674) and paperback(ISBN 9781107645936)