03012nam 2200625 450 991082100770332120220420111955.01-350-22181-31-84813-913-61-282-90339-X97866129033971-84813-912-810.5040/9781350221819(CKB)2670000000054966(EBL)619255(OCoLC)692204909(MiAaPQ)EBC619255(CaBNVSL)9781350221819(EXLCZ)99267000000005496620220420h20222010 uy 0engur|n|---|||||rdacontentrdamediardacarrierPopulation and development the demographic transition /Tim DysonFirst edition.London [England] :Zed Books,2010.[London, England] :Bloomsbury Publishing,20221 online resource (286 p.)Description based upon print version of record.1-84277-960-5 1-84277-959-1 Includes bibliographical references and index.About the author; Figures and tables; Figures; Tables; Preface; Glossary; PART ONE: Introduction; 1 -- Introduction; 2 -- The demographic transition -- origins, processes, effects; 3 -- World population and the transition; PART TWO: The processes of the demographic transition; 4 -- The demographic transition -- facts and theory; 5 -- Urbanization and the transition; PART THREE: The effects of the demographic transition; 6 -- Social effects of the transition; 7 -- Economic and political effects; PART FOUR: Conclusion; 8 -- Conclusions, discussion, the future; Appendix: remarks on data and approach.Population and Development offers an expert guide on the demographic transition, from its origins in Enlightenment Europe through to the rest of the world. Tim Dyson examines how, while the phenomenon continues to cause unsustainable population growth with serious economic and environmental implications, its processes have underlain previous periods of sustained economic growth, helped to liberate women from the domestic domain, and contributed greatly to the rise of modern democracy.PopulationEconomic aspectsPopulationEconomic aspectsHistoryEconomic developmentSocial aspectsDevelopment studiesbicsscHuman geographybicsscPopulationEconomic aspects.PopulationEconomic aspectsHistory.Economic developmentSocial aspects.Development studiesHuman geography304.6Economic and Social Research Council (Great Britain)CaBNVSLCaBNVSLCaBNVSLBOOK9910821007703321Population and development1254416UNINA