Population: An Introduction to Concepts and Issues 13th Edition by John R. Weeks, ISBN-13: 978-0357360576
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- Publisher: Cengage Learning; 13th edition (January 1, 2020)
- Language: English
- 608 pages
- ISBN-10: 0357360575
- ISBN-13: 978-0357360576
Any class in Population/Demography is a lot more interesting when you are using this book. POPULATION does more than give you information; it also shows you how to put it into practice. From the debates over how to manage population growth in some countries, and aging populations in others, to the issues of how amazingly different the world is when people are living in urban areas with considerable control over their own mortality and fertility, POPULATION helps you understand how the world really works and how population dynamics relate to socio-economic transitions and sustainable development. You’ll find compelling writing, intriguing essays and built-in study aids that help you review and prepare for tests — while also equipping you for the rest of your life on this planet.
Table of Contents:
PART ONE A DEMOGRAPHIC PERSPECTIVE
CHAPTER 1 Introduction to Demography 3
CHAPTER 2 Demographic Data and Applied Demography 43
CHAPTER 3 Demographic Perspectives and Theories 91
PART TWO POPULATION PROCESSES
CHAPTER 4 The Health and Mortality Transition 139
CHAPTER 5 The Fertility Transition 187
CHAPTER 6 The Migration Transition 241
CHAPTER 7 The Urban Transition 287
PART THREE USING THE DEMOGRAPHIC PERSPECTIVE
CHAPTER 8 The Age Transition and the Life Course 329
CHAPTER 9 Family Demography and Life Chances 367
CHAPTER 10 Population, the Environment, and Global Sustainability 414
GLOSSARY 456
BIBLIOGRAPHY 467
GEOGRAPHIC INDEX 496
SUBJECT INDEX 505
John R. Weeks is Distinguished Professor Emeritus of Geography and director of the International Population Center at San Diego State University. He is also Clinical Professor of Global Public Health at the University of California, San Diego, School of Medicine, a Senior Fellow of the California Council on Science and Technology and a research associate of the Broom Center for Demography at the University of California, Santa Barbara. He holds a doctorate in Demography from the University of California, Berkeley, from which he also received a bachelor’s degree in Sociology and a master’s degree in Demography. After spending the first two decades of his career in Sociology (including seven years as department chair at San Diego State University), he moved into Geography. An author and co-author of numerous books, Dr. Weeks has published more than 140 papers and chapters in peer-reviewed journals and books. His research has been funded by millions of dollars in grants from private and public sources, including the Andrew Mellon Foundation, the National Science Foundation, the National Institutes of Health and the National Aeronautics and Space Administration. In 2016 Dr. Weeks was recognized with the Lifetime Achievement Award by the Population Specialty Group of the Association of American Geographers.
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