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Print Price: $149.99

Format:
Paperback
432 pp.
64 figures; 39 tables; 3 maps, 7" x 9"

ISBN-13:
9780195439786

Copyright Year:
2012

Imprint: OUP Canada


Population and Society

Essential Readings, Second Edition

Edited by Frank Trovato

This second edition brings together a broad selection of classic and contemporary works in the study of human population and society. Integrating a unique global perspective throughout, the text examines the foundational principles and theories of demography before addressing such topics as the relationship between individual action and demographic phenomena; principles of aging composition; nuptiality and family processes; fertility, mortality, and migration; environmental issues; and population policy concerns. Introductory overviews for each of the ten sections establish common underlying themes and give students a contextual framework for the readings that follow. With twenty-three new readings by Canadian and international scholars and a fully updated pedagogical program, this comprehensive collection is an essential resource for studying population and society.

Readership : Population and Society, second edition, is a core text for second- and third-year university students studying population and society and demography in sociology departments at Canadian universities. There is potential for the text to serve as a supplement to any introductory textbook on population.

Reviews

  • "This is an incredible collection of essays that provides a nice introduction to the field of demography."

    --Zheng Wu, University of Victoria


  • "This new edition will stand the test of time. These are appropriately entitled 'essential readings' for students of the twenty-first century. The editor's introductions place the readings in context and bring unity to the collection, profiting from an author who has himself written widely and reached many students over the years."

    --Roderic Beaujot, University of Western Ontario

Preface and Acknowledgements
Section I: The Study of Population (NEW!)
1. Massimo Livi-Bacci: The Space and Strategy of Demographic Growth
2. Nathan Keyfitz: How Do We Know the Facts of Demography?
Section II: Demographic Processes and Individual Action (NEW!)
3. Thomas K. Burch: The Structure of Demographic Action
4. Lincoln Day: Illustrating Behavioural Principles with Examples from Demography: The Causal Analysis of Differences in Fertility
Section III: World Population: Past, Present, Future
5. Joel Biraben: The Rising Numbers of Humankind
6. Ronald Lee: The Demographic Transition: Three Centuries of Fundamental Change
Section IV: Age Composition
7. Ansley J. Coale: How a Population Ages or Grows Younger *
8. Wolfgang Lutz, Warren Sanderson, and Sergei Scherbov: The Coming Acceleration of Global Population Aging
Section V: Nuptiality and Family Patterns (NEW!)
9. Céline Le Bourdais and Evelyne Lapierre-Adamcyk: Changes in Conjugal Life in Canada: Is Cohabitation Progressively Replacing Marriage?
10. Patrick Heuveline and Jeffrey M. Timberlake: The Role of Cohabitation in Family Formation: The United States in Comparative Perspective
Section VI: Fertility
11. John Bongaarts and Robert G. Potter: Fertility, Biology, and Behaviour: An Analysis of the Proximate Determinants *
12. Kingsley Davis: Low Fertility in Evolutionary Perspective
13. John C. Caldwell and Thomas Schindlmayr: Explanations of the Fertility Crisis in Modern Societies: A Search for Commonalities
14. John Bongaarts: Fertility Transitions in Developing Countries: Progress or Stagnation?
Section VII: Mortality and Health
15. Samuel H. Preston: Human Mortality throughout History and Prehistory
16. Kaare Christensen, Gabriele Doblhammer, Roland Rau, and James W. Vaupel: Aging Populations: The Challenges Ahead
17. Michael Marmot: Social Determinants of Health Inequalities
18. Frank Trovato and N.M. Lalu: Narrowing Sex Differentials in Life Expectancy in the Industrialized World: Early 1970s to Early 1990s
Section VIII: Migration and Urbanization
19. Wilbur Zelinsky: The Hypothesis of the Mobility Transition *
20. Peter A. Rogerson and Daejong Kim: Population Distribution and Redistribution of the Baby-Boom Cohort in the United States: Recent Trends and Implications
21. Stephen Castles and Mark A. Miller: The Age of Migration
Section IX: Population, Environment, and Resources
22. David E. Bloom, David Canning, and Jaypee Sevilla: The Debate over the Effects of Population Growth on Economic Growth
23. Charles A.S. Hall and John W. Day Jr.: Revisiting the Limits to Growth after Peak Oil
24. Geoffrey D. Sachs, Andrew D. Mellinger, and John L. Gallup: The Geography of Poverty and Wealth
Section X: Population Policy Concerns
25. Anne Gauthier: The Impact of Family Policies on Fertility in Industrialized Countries: A Review of the Literature
26. Ndola Prata: Making Family Planning Accessible in Resource-Poor Settings
* Retained from the first edition
(All other articles are new to the second edition)

For Instructors:
Correlation guide offers guidance on how Population and Society (reader) works with Trovato's other demography book, Canada's Population in a Global Context: An Introduction to Social Demography (text) (ISBN 9780195419078)
For Students:
Web links

Frank Trovato (Ph.D., 1983, University of Western Ontario) is professor of Sociology at the University of Alberta, where he teaches undergraduate and graduate courses in demography and population studies. He is a past president of the Canadian Population Society and is the Editor-in-Chief of Canadian Studies in Population. Professor Trovato is recognized internationally for his many publications on the sociological study of demographic phenomena, spanning such topics as fertility differentials, immigrant mortality and health, sex and marital status differences in mortality, and the social demography of racial, immigrant, and ethnic groups. Professor Trovato is a member of the International Union for the Scientific Study of Population, the Population Association of America, the American Sociological Association, and the Canadian Population Society.

Canada's Population in a Global Context - Frank Trovato
Population Change in Canada - Roderic Beaujot and Don Kerr

Special Features

  • Balanced coverage. Classic articles such as 'How Do We Know the Facts of Demography?' serve as foundational reading while more contemporary selections such as 'The Coming Acceleration of Global Population Aging' reflect the current state of the discipline, giving students a thorough introduction to population studies.
  • Comprehensive. Addresses a wide range of important population issues such as overpopulation, environmental and ecological degradation, income inequality and poverty, over-urbanization, population aging, family dissolution, inequalities in reproduction and death, and legal and illegal immigration.
  • Impressive scholarship. Edited by a leading Canadian expert, this authoritative resource offers a wealth of readings by esteemed Canadian and international scholars at the forefront of population studies.
  • Worldwide scope. Offers a global perspective throughout with the majority of readings written by internationally acclaimed authors writing in their areas of expertise.
  • Student-friendly narrative. Introductory overviews for each section are written in straightforward, easy-to-understand language, providing students with a contextual understanding of core demographic theories and related issues and trends.
  • Core and supplementary text. Meant as a core text for population and society and demography courses, the text's unique international focus and comprehensive coverage also make it a suitable supplemental resource for any introductory course on population.
New to this Edition
  • New readings. Twenty-three new articles as well as three new sections - 'The Study of Population' (Section I), 'Demographic Processes and Individual Action' (Section II), and 'Nuptiality and Family Patterns' (Section V) - have been added to this edition.
  • Updated pedagogical program. A helpful selection of learning objectives, lists of further readings, questions for critical thought, recommended websites, and lists of basic demographic measures are some of the features designed to help students grasp the material at hand.
  • Online suite of resources. Instructor and student companion websites offers additional resources including a bank of images from the text and useful web links.