Demographic developments and population policies in Baʻathist Syria / Onn Winckler ; foreword by Moshe Maʻoz.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Winckler, Onn.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Demography--Syria.

Demography.

Population policy.

Syria--Population policy.

Syria.

Syria--Economic conditions.

Economic conditions.

Syria--Social conditions.

Social conditions.

Physical Description:

xiv, 218 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm

Place of Publication:

Brighton [England] ; Portland, Or. : Sussex Academic Press, 1998.

Contents:

Introduction: The Middle Eastern Demographic Transition 1

1 Sources for Syrian Demographic Trends and Developments 9

Population Growth and Natural Increase 9

Spatial Distribution of the Population 20

Migration Trends 20

Economic Data 22

2 Population Growth 24

Natural Increase of the Population 24

Mortality Rates and Life Expectancy 37

Marriage and Divorce 46

Economic Consequences of High Rates of Natural Increase 52

Contraceptive Use 56

3 The Spatial Distribution of the Population 61

The Rate of the Syrian Rural-to-Urban Migration Movement 61

The Pattern of Rural-to-Urban Migration 69

Reasons for Rural-to-Urban Migration 73

Economic Consequences of the Rapid Urbanization Process 81

4 Syrian Migration Abroad 86

Permanent Migration 86

Temporary Migration for Employment Purposes: Syrian Workers in Other Middle Eastern Countries 88

The Scope of Syrian Migrants in Other Middle Eastern Countries 90

The Incentives for Syrian Labor Migration 91

Distribution of Syrian Mgrants in the Host Countries 95

Economic Consequences of Labor Migration 103

5 Demographic Policies of the Syrian Authorities 109

Family Planning 109

The Spatial Distribution of the Population 118

Labor Migration to Other Arab Countries 135

Evaluation of Syrian Demographic Policies 138

6 Conclusions: Demography, Economy, and Political Changes under Asad 145.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 188-208) and index.

ISBN:

1902210166

OCLC:

40608851