Counting Populations, Understanding Societies Towards a Interpretative Demography /

• Κύριος συγγραφέας: Petit, Véronique (Συγγραφέας)
• Συγγραφή απο Οργανισμό/Αρχή: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Μορφή: Ηλεκτρονική πηγή Ηλ. βιβλίο
• Γλώσσα: English
• Έκδοση: Dordrecht : Springer Netherlands : Imprint: Springer, 2013.
• Σειρά: Demographic Transformation and Socio-Economic Development ; 1
• Θέματα: Social sciences.; Anthropology.; Demography.; Social Sciences.

The core aim of this book is to determine how anthropology and demography can be used in conjunction in the field of population and development. The boundaries of demography are not as clearly defined or as stable as one might think, especially in view of the tension between a formal demography cent...

Πίνακας περιεχομένων:

• Chapter 1. EPISTEMOLOGY IN DEMOGRAPHY AND ANTHROPOLOGY
• Chapter 2. THE INSTITUTIONALIZATION OF A WILD SCIENCE
• Chapter 3. THE CONTOURS OF A SOCIAL SCIENCE
• Chapter 4. AN OBJECT CALLED POPULATION
• Chapter 5. DEMOGRAPHY AND ANTHROPOLOGY: A RETURN TO THE ORIGINS
• Chapter 6. THE PRACTICES OF COMPREHENSIVE DEMOGRAPHY
• Chapter 7. SOME UNRESOLVED ISSUES 154
• APPENDIX. THE CONTEMPORARY ACTORS OF FRENCH DEMOGRAPHY.-Bibliography.