Demography in the Age of the Postmodern |
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| Author:
| Riley, Nancy E.
McCarthy, James |
| Series title: | New Perspectives on Anthropological and Social Demography Ser. |
| ISBN: | 978-0-521-82626-6 |
| Publication Date: | Jul 2003 |
| Publisher: | Cambridge University Press
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| Book Format: | Hardback |
| List Price: | USD $83.00 |
Book Description:
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Demography as a social science has struggled to maintain both its political and academic strength. In this new study, Nancy Riley and James McCarthy examine Demography from the new perspective of postmodernism, looking at the beginnings of the development of Demography as a field. They argue for the inclusion of new methodologies and theories into Demography in order to broaden and deepen its understandings of demographic behaviour. The book includes numerous examples of new kinds of...
More DescriptionDemography as a social science has struggled to maintain both its political and academic strength. In this new study, Nancy Riley and James McCarthy examine Demography from the new perspective of postmodernism, looking at the beginnings of the development of Demography as a field. They argue for the inclusion of new methodologies and theories into Demography in order to broaden and deepen its understandings of demographic behaviour. The book includes numerous examples of new kinds of demographic-related research, and discusses how they enrich the field.