The continuing demographic transition /

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Imprint:Oxford [England] ; New York : Clarendon Press ; New York : Oxford University Press, 1997.
Description:xi, 453 p. : ill. ; 25 cm.
Language:English
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Format: Print Book
URL for this record:http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/3048377
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Other authors / contributors:Jones, G. W. (Gawin W.)
ISBN:0198292570
Notes:Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of Contents:
  • Acknowledgements
  • List of Contributors and Editors
  • Introduction
  • References
  • Part I. Fertility Transition
  • 1. What Do We Now Know About Fertility Transition?
  • Part II. Recent Insights into Demographic Transition
  • Part II. Recent Insights into Demographic Transition
  • References
  • 3. The Demise of Universal Marriage in East and South-East Asia
  • Notes
  • Notes
  • 4. An Analysis of Parity-Dependent Fertility Falls in Tropical Africa
  • 5. Replacement-Level Fertility: The Implausible Endpoint of the Demographic Transition
  • 6. Intergenerational Wealth Flows and the Elderly in Indonesia
  • 6. Intergenerational Wealth Flows and the Elderly in Indonesia
  • References
  • Part III. the Place of Culture in the Explanation of Demographic Transition
  • 7. The Proper Role of Culture in Demographic Explanation
  • References
  • 8. Gender and Demographic Change: What Do We Know?
  • Notes
  • Notes
  • 9. Marriage Change as Moral Change: Culture, Virtue, and Demographic Transition
  • 10. Orderly Theories, Disorderly Women
  • Notes
  • Notes
  • 11. Numerators and Denominators in the Study of High Fertility Populations: Past and Potential Contributions from Cultural Anthropology
  • 12. Contraception and Religiosity in Bangladesh
  • Notes
  • Notes
  • 13. The Rise of Dowry in Bangladesh
  • Notes
  • 14. Underinvestment in Children: A Reorganization of the Evidence on the Determinants of Child Mortality
  • Notes
  • Notes
  • Notes
  • References
  • Part IV. the Place of Policy in the Explanation of Recent Fertility Declines
  • 16. The Governance of Fertility Transition: Reflections on the Asian Experience
  • 17. Politics, Culture and Fertility: Transitions in Indonesia
  • Notes
  • Conclusion
  • Notes
  • 18. The Role of Family Planning Programmes in Contemporary Fertility Transitions
  • References
  • Index