Demography in the Age of the Postmodern
1st Edition
Published on 25. February 2010
978-0-511-66884-5 (ISBN)
Description
Demography has developed into a remarkably coherent field and now stands as a firmly established discipline with strong ties to policy-making agencies. However, in recent years there has been increasing recognition within demography of the limits of existing theories and methods, particularly its absence of a strong critical tradition and its isolation from recent theoretical developments in other social sciences. In this study, Nancy Riley and James McCarthy use the lens of postmodernism to structure a critical analysis of the field of demography. Paying particular attention to the fundamental epistemologies and methodologies that currently underlie the field, they explore how postmodern perspectives might serve to energize the field and how demography could be enhanced by the introduction of insights from other social sciences. Drawing on examples of new kinds of research in demography and related fields, this is an important new book that seeks to reinvigorate the field of demography.
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Language
English
Place of publication
Cambridge
United Kingdom
Publishing group
Cambridge University Press
Target group
Professional and scholarly
College/higher education
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Worked examples or Exercises
File size
0,66 MB
ISBN-13
978-0-511-66884-5 (9780511668845)
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Demography in the Age of the Postmodern
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Persons
Nancy E. Riley is Associate Professor of Sociology at Bowdoin College, Maine. James McCarthy is Professor of Health Management and Policy, and Dean of the School of Health and Human Services, University of New Hampshire.
Content
Acknowledgments; 1. Introduction: why examine demography?; 2. A brief introduction to postmodernism; 3. The essentials of demography; 4. A genealogy of demography; 5. Demography's place in the social sciences; 6. Feminist demography; 7. Postmodern perspectives in demography; 8. Some final thoughts; Bibliography.
