The world's population has grown by five billion people over the past century, an astounding 300 percent increase. Yet it is actually the decline in family size and population growth that is the issue attracting greatest concern in many countries. This eye-opening book looks at demographic trends in Europe, North America, and Asia—areas that now have low fertility rates—and argues that there is an essential yet often neglected political dimension to a full assessment of these trends. Political decisions that promote or discourage marriage and childbearing, facilitate or discourage contraception and abortion, and stimulate or restrain immigration all have played significant roles in recent trends.
Author(s): Jay Winter, Michael Teitelbaum
Publisher: Yale University Press
Year: 2013
Language: English
Pages: 344
City: New Haven
Cover
Contents
Preface
ONE: Globalization and Demography
TWO: European Population: Interpretations and Anxieties
THREE: Islam in Europe
FOUR: The China Trajectory
FIVE: Population and Politics in India
SIX: Japan: Family Structure, Abortion, and Fertility since 1945
SEVEN: North America and NAFTA
EIGHT: Conclusion: Putting the Politics Back In
APPENDIX A: UN Projections of Total Fertility Rates for Selected Countries
APPENDIX B: Effects of and Adaptations to Changing Demographic Composition: A User’s Guide
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