Perspectives on Population: An Introduction to Concepts and Issues

by Elizabeth Moen, Scott Menard, Elizabeth Moen Menard, Scott W.;Mathiot

A comprehensive reader in population studies, this multidisciplinary collection of essays covers basic issues and current controversies in the field from a variety of theoretical perspectives. The distinguished contributors discuss the economics of fertility, social causes of mobility, illegal immigration and refugee migration, Third World urbanization, Malthusian, Marxian, and demographic transition theory, the census undercount, and population policy...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0195041909
• ISBN13: 9780195041903
• Release Date: November 1987
• Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
• Length: 512 Pages
• Weight: 1.77 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 6.4" x 9.3"