Demography, Sarah Harper
Demography, Sarah Harper
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Demography
A Very Short Introduction

Author: Sarah Harper

Narrator: Samantha Desz

Unabridged: 4 hr 2 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Tantor Media

Published: 09/11/2018


Synopsis

The generation into which each person is born, the demographic composition of that cohort, and its relation to those born at the same time in other places influences not only a person's life chances, but also the economic and political structures within which that life is lived; the person's access to social and natural resources (food, water, education, jobs, sexual partners); and even the length of that person's life. Demography, literally the study of people, addresses the size, distribution, composition, and density of populations, and considers the impact the drivers which mediate these will have on both individual lives and the changing structure of human populations.

This Very Short Introduction considers the way in which the global population has evolved over time and space. Sarah Harper discusses the theorists, theories, and methods involved in studying population trends and movements. She then looks at the emergence of new demographic sub-disciplines and addresses some of the future population challenges of the twenty-first century.

About Sarah Harper

Sarah Harper is professor of gerontology at Oxford University, director of the Oxford Institute of Ageing, and director of the Clore Programme on Population-Environment Change. She is governor of the Pensions Policy Institute and author of Migration, Ageing and the Environment for the UK government Foresight Programme on Global Migration. She is also the director of the Royal Institute, London. Sarah is the author and editor of several books, including Ageing Societies: Myths, Challenges and Opportunities, the International Handbook of Ageing and Public Policy, and How Population Change Will Transform Our World. She is also founding coeditor of the Journal of Population Ageing.


Reviews

Goodreads review by Ali Jazib on October 12, 2024

Really enjoyed this one. Recently, I had been searching around and hypothesizing how to optimize myself for my future career aspirations and the like, and naturally, due to my interest in the social sciences, I did come across the field of Demography (and its Applied Demography concentration) and th......more

Goodreads review by Brice on July 26, 2018

Concise overview of the science of demography. It includes the history and development along with biographies of important figures in the discipline. A helpful glossary is included.......more