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Record Nr.

UNINA9910828056503321

Autore

Morland Paul

Titolo

Demographic engineering : population strategies in ethnic conflict / / Paul Morland

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Surrey, England ; ; Burlington, Vermont : , : Ashgate, , 2014

©2014

ISBN

1-315-57647-3

1-317-15292-1

1-317-15291-3

1-4724-4165-6

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (229 p.)

Collana

International Population Studies

Disciplina

323.11

Soggetti

Ethnic groups - Political activity

Ethnic relations - Political aspects

Ethnic conflict - Political aspects

Conflict management - Political aspects

Forced migration

Population transfers

Population policy

Boundary disputes

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Cover; Contents; List of Figures; Foreword; Acknowledgements; Preface; 1Into the Demographic Whirlwind; 2 Understanding Demographic Engineering; 3Sri Lanka: The Forging of aSingle Sinhalese Identity and Its Consequences; 4Northern Ireland: The Six CountyState and Its Population; 5Israel/Palestine: From Ingathering theExiles to Competitive Breeding; 6 United States of America: Defining the Territory and Ethnically Managing its Population; 7 Conclusion; Bibliography; Index

Sommario/riassunto

Offering a new way of thinking about demographic engineering ('hard demography' versus 'soft demography') and how ethnic groups in conflict deploy demographic strategies, this book will have a broad appeal to demographers, geographers and political scientists. It asks



how policies have been framed and implemented to change the demography of ethnic groups on the ground in their own interests. It also examines how successful these policies have been, focusing on the cases of Sri Lanka, Israel / Palestine, Northern Ireland and the U.S.A.