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Why Demography Matters
Taschenbuch von Danny Dorling (u. a.)
Sprache: Englisch

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Demography is not destiny. As Giacomo Casanova explained over two centuries ago: 'There is no such thing as destiny. We ourselves shape our own lives.'

Today we are shaping them and our societies more than ever before. Globally, we have never had fewer children per adult: our population is about to stabilize, though we do not know when or at what number, or what will happen after that. It will be the result of billions of very private decisions influenced in turn by multiple events and policies, some more unpredictable than others. More people are moving further around the world than ever before: we too often see that as frightening, rather than as indicating greater freedom. Similarly, we too often lament greater ageing, rather than recognizing it as a tremendous human achievement with numerous benefits to which we must adapt.

Demography comes to the fore most positively when we see that we have choices, when we understand variation and when we are not deterministic in our prescriptions. The study of demography has for too long been dominated by pessimism and inhuman, simplistic accounting. As this fascinating and persuasive overview demonstrates, how we understand our demography needs to change again.
Demography is not destiny. As Giacomo Casanova explained over two centuries ago: 'There is no such thing as destiny. We ourselves shape our own lives.'

Today we are shaping them and our societies more than ever before. Globally, we have never had fewer children per adult: our population is about to stabilize, though we do not know when or at what number, or what will happen after that. It will be the result of billions of very private decisions influenced in turn by multiple events and policies, some more unpredictable than others. More people are moving further around the world than ever before: we too often see that as frightening, rather than as indicating greater freedom. Similarly, we too often lament greater ageing, rather than recognizing it as a tremendous human achievement with numerous benefits to which we must adapt.

Demography comes to the fore most positively when we see that we have choices, when we understand variation and when we are not deterministic in our prescriptions. The study of demography has for too long been dominated by pessimism and inhuman, simplistic accounting. As this fascinating and persuasive overview demonstrates, how we understand our demography needs to change again.
Über den Autor
Danny Dorling is Halford Mackinder Professor of Geography at the University of Oxford. His website can be found at [...]
Stuart Gietel-Basten is Associate Professor of Social Science at The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology
Inhaltsverzeichnis
* 1. Introduction
* 2. Measuring Populations
* 3. Destiny and Determination
* 4. Population 'Explosion'
* 5. Why No Children?
* 6. Population Ageing
* 7. Population and the Global Economy
* 8. Population and Politics
* 9. Conclusion
Details
Erscheinungsjahr: 2017
Genre: Soziologie
Rubrik: Wissenschaften
Medium: Taschenbuch
Seiten: 224
Inhalt: 224 S.
ISBN-13: 9780745698410
ISBN-10: 0745698417
Sprache: Englisch
Einband: Kartoniert / Broschiert
Autor: Dorling, Danny
Gietel-Basten, Stuart
Hersteller: Polity Press
John Wiley & Sons
Maße: 228 x 151 x 25 mm
Von/Mit: Danny Dorling (u. a.)
Erscheinungsdatum: 26.12.2017
Gewicht: 0,411 kg
Artikel-ID: 109558155
Über den Autor
Danny Dorling is Halford Mackinder Professor of Geography at the University of Oxford. His website can be found at [...]
Stuart Gietel-Basten is Associate Professor of Social Science at The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology
Inhaltsverzeichnis
* 1. Introduction
* 2. Measuring Populations
* 3. Destiny and Determination
* 4. Population 'Explosion'
* 5. Why No Children?
* 6. Population Ageing
* 7. Population and the Global Economy
* 8. Population and Politics
* 9. Conclusion
Details
Erscheinungsjahr: 2017
Genre: Soziologie
Rubrik: Wissenschaften
Medium: Taschenbuch
Seiten: 224
Inhalt: 224 S.
ISBN-13: 9780745698410
ISBN-10: 0745698417
Sprache: Englisch
Einband: Kartoniert / Broschiert
Autor: Dorling, Danny
Gietel-Basten, Stuart
Hersteller: Polity Press
John Wiley & Sons
Maße: 228 x 151 x 25 mm
Von/Mit: Danny Dorling (u. a.)
Erscheinungsdatum: 26.12.2017
Gewicht: 0,411 kg
Artikel-ID: 109558155
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