Population studies and development from theory to fieldwork / Véronique Petit, editor.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Petit, Véronique, editor.

Series:

Demographic transformation and socio-economic development ; 7.

Demographic transformation and socio-economic development ; 7

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Demography.

Social sciences.

Physical Description:

x, 236 pages ; 25 cm.

Place of Publication:

Cham, Switzerland : Springer, [2018]

Summary:

This book addresses major population and development issues: fertility and reproductive health, migrations, gender, education, poverty and inequalities. To that aim it revisits and considerably enlarges Kingsley Davis' 1963 theory of change and response, using interdisciplinary methodologies. On the basis of four decades of field research (1985-2015), it questions the rationality of the actors, how culture shapes socio-demographic behaviours, in a context of modernity and globalisation. More specifically, it casts new light on the interactions of individuals, families, networks and local communities with the State and its population policy.

Contents:

A theory and its application

A theory for developing countries

Responding to poverty in rural Guinea

Socioeconomic strategies and ethnic dynamics in Maritime Guinea

Education confronted by rural poverty

The motors of change in seismic risk management policy in Turkey: the multidimensional nature of response

Sociodemographic pressure on land in Madagascar

Female genital mutilation and population policy in Djibouti

The policy of reducing provincial inequalities in New Caledonia

Individuals, families and development policy in Reunion

The failure of familiy planning in Mauritian "cités"

Young people's ambiguous and complex responses on HIV/AIDS in Cameroon

From research to action.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references.

ISBN:

3319617737

9783319617732

OCLC:

988276659