| Population and Society Contributor(s): Holdsworth, Clare (Author), Finney, Nissa (Author), Marshall, Alan (Author) |
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ISBN: 1412900646 ISBN-13: 9781412900645 Publisher: Sage Publications Ltd OUR PRICE: $149.15 Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats Published: March 2013 Annotation: Population and Society is an undergraduate introduction to population that explains the latest shifts in population studies. The text provides a detailed and completely accessible overview that: - situates demographic aspects of population - births, deaths, migration, disease - within the context of broader social impacts, like work, health and wealth inequalities; - uses illustrative examples from the developed and developing world, avoiding a distinct UK, European or "Western" bias; - is illustrated throughout with pedagogic features, like chapter opening summaries, concluding list of key terms, suggestions for further readings, case study examples ("boxes"), and a glossary and full index. This text will be widely used as the standard and most up-to-date text on population and society for courses in the social sciences. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Social Science | Demography - Social Science | Sociology - General |
| Dewey: 304.6 |
| Physical Information: 0.7" H x 6.7" W x 9.6" (1.23 lbs) 240 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Population and Society is an undergraduate introduction to population that explains the latest shifts in population studies. The text provides a detailed and completely accessible overview that: - situates demographic aspects of population - births, deaths, migration, disease - within the context of broader social impacts, like work, health and wealth inequalities; - uses illustrative examples from the developed and developing world, avoiding a distinct UK, European or Western bias; - is illustrated throughout with pedagogic features, like chapter opening summaries, concluding list of key terms, suggestions for further readings, case study examples (boxes), and a glossary and full index. This text will be widely used as the standard and most up-to-date text on population and society for courses in the social sciences. |
Contributor Bio(s): Norman, Paul D.: - Dr. Paul Norman is an applied demographer/population and health geographer at the University of Leeds with expertise in time-series and longitudinal analyses of both area and individual-level data derived from census, survey, and administrative records using demographic, statistical, and geographic information system (GIS) methods.Holdsworth, Clare: - Clare Holdsworth is Professor of Social Geography at Keele University.Marshall, Alan: - Dr Alan Marshall is a Lecturer in Human Geography at the University of St. Andrews.Norman, Paul: - Dr Paul Norman is a Lecturer in Human Geography Applied Spatial Analysis & Policy at the University of Leeds.Finney, Nissa: - Nissa Finney teaches in the Department of Geography and Sustainable Development at the University of St. Andrews. |
