Population and development
Subtitle: the demographic transition
By: Tim Dyson
Contributors: Economic and Social Research Council (Great Britain)
Publisher: Zed; Economic & Social Research Council; Distributed in the USA exclusively by Palgrave Macmillan
Published: 2010
Place of publication: London; New York; New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 268
ISBN-13: 9781842779590; 9781842779606; 9781848139121
Subjects: Social aspects; Economic aspects; Population; Economic development; History
Description: Population and Development offers an expert guide on the demographic transition, from its origins in Enlightenment Europe through to the rest of the world. Tim Dyson examines how, while the phenomenon continues to cause unsustainable population growth with serious economic and environmental implications, its processes have underlain previous periods of sustained economic growth, helped to liberate women from the domestic domain, and contributed greatly to the rise of modern democracy.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.