Population & Demography
"Trading Women's Health and Rights?"Trade Liberalization and Reproductive Health in Developing Economies
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Presents a study of the relationship between trade and reproductive rights. This book reviews the direct and indirect linkages between the two, and then focuses in on how the linkages are mediated through women's employment. It takes up the issue of how trade liberalization affects government capacity to deliver reproductive health services. With illustrations. Paperback, 288 pages. Size: 215 x 130 mm. Weight: 505g.
Author: (Grown, Caren, ed.)
ISBN: 1842777750
Publisher: Zed Books Ltd
Date: 2006 (United Kingdom)
Readership: Professional & Vocational Population & Demography
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"Liberal Eugenics"In Defence of Human Enhancement
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* A provocative defence of the idea that parents should be allowed to enhance their children's genetic characteristics. * Gets away from fears of a Huxleyan 'Brave New World' or a return to the fascist eugenics of the past. * Written from a philosophically and scientifically informed point of view. With 0. Paperback, 216 pages. Size: 229 x 152 mm. Weight: 70g.
Author: Agar, Nicholas
ISBN: 1405123907
Publisher: Blackwell Publishing Ltd
Date: 2004 (United Kingdom)
Readership: Professional & Vocational Population & Demography
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"Reproductive Restraints"Birth Control in India, 1877-1947
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Traces the history of contraception use and population management in colonial India, while illuminating its connection to contemporary debates in India and birth control movements in Great Britain and United States. This book draws attention to the interactive and relational history of Indian birth control. Paperback, 286 pages. Size: 228 x 155 mm. Weight: 370g.
Author: Ahluwalia, Sanjam
ISBN: 0252074807
Publisher: University of Illinois Press
Date: 2008 (United States)
Readership: Professional & Vocational Population & Demography
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"The Nature of Demography"
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Offers an overview of the fundamental ideas governing the study of populations. This book covers formal models as well as the underlying logic and context of demographic reasoning. It discusses measurements that involve a single individual, such as mortality and fertility. It moves from individual behaviors to population-level phenomena. With 50 line illus. 46 tables.. Paperback, 384 pages. Size: 229 x 152 mm. Weight: 545g.
Author: Bras, Herve Le
ISBN: 0691128235
Publisher: University Presses of California, Columbia and Princeton
Date: 2008 (United States)
Readership: Professional & Vocational Population & Demography
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"Economics of an Aging Society"
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Offers an analysis of the economic and policy issues associated with individual and population aging. This text provides a comprehensive international picture of the consequences of aging. It engages the reader through side boxes, relevant website addresses, and practice questions. With 52. Paperback, 376 pages. Size: 246 x 175 mm. Weight: 668g.
Author: Clark, Robert L. Burkhauser, Richard V. Moon, Marilyn (The Urban Institute, Usa) Quinn, Joseph F. (Boston College, Usa) Smeeding, Timothy M. (Syracuse University, Usa)
ISBN: 0631226168
Publisher: Blackwell Publishers
Date: 2003 (United Kingdom)
Readership: Professional & Vocational Population & Demography
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"Fatal Misconception"The Struggle to Control World Population
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In order to control population control and preserve the quality of life, a series of experiments were carried out, from banning Asian immigration to compensating the poor who accepted sterilization. This title offers a global history of a movement that changed how people regard their children and ultimately the face of humankind. With 16 halftones, 6 line illustrations. Hardback, 448 pages. Size: 243 x 169 mm. Weight: 945g.
Author: Connelly, Matthew
ISBN: 0674024230
Publisher: Harvard University Press
Date: 2008 (United States)
Readership: Professional & Vocational Population & Demography
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"People and Places"A 2001 Census Atlas of the Uk
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Over 500 full-colour maps covering 125 topics clearly illustrate the state of UK society today and how it is changing. The trends are explained and elaborated upon in the accompanying text. Using population maps in addition to conventional maps, the atlas covers all the major census topics at local authority level. With colour maps. Paperback, 144 pages. Size: 240 x 303 mm. Weight: 1021g.
Author: Dorling, Daniel Thomas, Bethan
ISBN: 1861345550
Publisher: Policy Press
Date: 2004 (United Kingdom)
Readership: General (Us: Trade) Population & Demography
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"Just One Child"Science and Policy in Deng's China
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Explains how the leaders China decided to limit all couples to one child. This book focuses on the historic period 1978-80 and documents the manner in which a handful of leading aerospace engineers hijacked the population policymaking process and formulated a strategy that treated people like missiles. With illustrations. Paperback, 426 pages. Size: 229 x 152 mm. Weight: 574g.
Author: Greenhalgh, Susan
ISBN: 0520253396
Publisher: University Presses of California, Columbia and Princeton
Date: 2008 (United States)
Readership: Professional & Vocational Population & Demography
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"A Primer of Population Genetics"
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A primer of Population Genetics, third edition, provides a concise but comprehensive introduction to population genetics. The four chapters of the book address genetic variation, the causes of evolution, molecular population genetics and the genetic architecture of complex traits. With 73 illustrations. 3 rev ed. Paperback, 215 pages. Size: 228 x 151 mm. Weight: 331g.
Author: Hartl, Daniel L.
ISBN: 0878933042
Publisher: Sinauer Associates Inc.,U.S.
Date: 2000 (United States)
Readership: Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly Population & Demography
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"Introduction to Global Health"
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Pub date is US date. Please add 8 weeks to get in stock here in UK. With illustrations. Paperback, 368 pages. Size: 231 x 155 mm. Weight: 534g.
Author: Jacobsen, Kathryn H.
ISBN: 0763751596
Publisher: Jones and Bartlett Publishers, Inc
Date: 2007 (United States)
Readership: Undergraduate Population & Demography
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"Genocide"
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An introduction to genocide, explaining its history from pre-modern times to the contemporary times, with a variety of case studies. This book examines the differing interpretations of genocide from psychology, sociology, anthropology and political science and analyzes the influence of race, ethnicity, nationalism and gender on genocides. With 36 black & white illustrations, 27 black & white halftones, 9 black & white line drawings. New ed. Paperback, 456 pages. Size: 246 x 174 mm. Weight: 505g.
Author: Jones, Adam
ISBN: 041535384X
Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd
Date: 2006 (United Kingdom)
Readership: Professional & Vocational Population & Demography
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"Population Geography"
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2nd.edition. With maps. 2 rev ed. Paperback, 336 pages. Weight: 502g.
Author: Jones, Huw R.
ISBN: 1853960713
Publisher: Sage Publications Ltd
Date: 1990 (United Kingdom)
Readership: Tertiary Education (Us: College) Population & Demography
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"In the Name of Eugenics"Genetics and the Uses of Human Heredity
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Nominated for an American Book Award in Non-Fiction, this text traces the study and practice of eugenics - the science of improving the human species by exploiting theories of heredity - from its inception in the late 19th century through to the latest developments in genetic engineering. New ed. Paperback, 448 pages. Size: 210 x 139 mm. Weight: 507g.
Author: Kevles, Daniel Jo
ISBN: 0674445570
Publisher: Harvard University Press
Date: 1995 (United States)
Readership: Professional & Vocational Population & Demography
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"The Government and Politics of the Middle East and North Africa"
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Provides comprehensive, country-by-country analysis of fundamental issues and critical contemporary events in the Middle East and North Africa. This work includes fact sheets for each country, showing key data, and five maps which provide students with detail on the region's geography. With maps,. 5 rev ed. Paperback, 592 pages. Size: 229 x 153 mm. Weight: 749g.
Author: Long, David E. Reich, Bernard Gasiorowski, Mark
ISBN: 0813343615
Publisher: The Perseus Books Group
Date: 2006 (United States)
Readership: Professional & Vocational Population & Demography
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"The Imaginary Time Bomb"Why an Ageing Population is Not a Social Problem
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The author argues that the modern world's growing preoccupation with aging has little or nothing to do with demography but rather that it is used to justify further reductions in the role of government in the economy and the curbing of the welfare state. Thus, he demolishes a succession of myths. With illustrations. New ed. Paperback, 259 pages. Size: 220 x 140 mm. Weight: 340g.
Author: Mullan, Phil
ISBN: 1860647782
Publisher: I B Tauris & Co Ltd
Date: 2002 (United Kingdom)
Readership: General (Us: Trade) Population & Demography
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