TY  - BOOK
AU  - Dyson,Tim
ED  - Economic and Social Research Council (Great Britain)
TI  - Population and development
SN  - 9781848139121
AV  - HB849.41 .D97 2010eb
U1  - 304.6 22
PY  - 2010///
CY  - London, New York, New York
PB  - Zed, Economic & Social Research Council, Distributed in the USA exclusively by Palgrave Macmillan
KW  - Population
KW  - Economic aspects
KW  - History
KW  - Economic development
KW  - Social aspects
KW  - Social Science
KW  - SOCIAL SCIENCE
KW  - Demography
KW  - bisacsh
KW  - fast
KW  - Southern Hemisphere
KW  - Electronic books
N1  - Includes bibliographical references and index; About the author; Figures and tables; Figures; Tables; Preface; Glossary; PART ONE: Introduction; 1 -- Introduction; 2 -- The demographic transition -- origins, processes, effects; 3 -- World population and the transition; PART TWO: The processes of the demographic transition; 4 -- The demographic transition -- facts and theory; 5 -- Urbanization and the transition; PART THREE: The effects of the demographic transition; 6 -- Social effects of the transition; 7 -- Economic and political effects; PART FOUR: Conclusion; 8 -- Conclusions, discussion, the future; Appendix: remarks on data and approach
N2  - Population and Development offers an expert guide on the demographic transition, from its origins in Enlightenment Europe through to the rest of the world. Tim Dyson examines how, while the phenomenon continues to cause unsustainable population growth with serious economic and environmental implications, its processes have underlain previous periods of sustained economic growth, helped to liberate women from the domestic domain, and contributed greatly to the rise of modern democracy
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