Title Arab Political Demography : Population Growth, Labor Migration and Natalist Policies / Onm Winckler

Edition Revised and expanded third edition Published Brighton : Sussex Academic Press, 2017 ©2017

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Description 1 online resource (xiv, 308 pages) : illustrations Contents Machine generated contents note: 1. Global Demographic History -- 1. Global Population Growth: A Historical Perspective -- 2. Demographic Transition Theory -- 3. Various Global Demographic Patterns -- 4. Summary and Conclusions: A New Demographic Transition? -- 2. Sources for Demographic Research of the Arab States -- 1. Historic Overview of Demographic Records in the Arab Region -- 2. Division of the Arab States according to the Quality of the Demographic Records -- 3. Lacuna of Accurate Official Employment Data -- 4. Impact of the Arab Spring on the Demographic Records on the Arab Countries -- 5. Summary and Conclusions -- 3. Arab Population Growth -- 1. Historical Dimension of the Arab Population Growth -- 2. Causes for the Rapid Population Growth of the Arab Countries -- 3. Arab Fertility Decline since the mid-1980s -- 4. Impact of the Arab Spring: The Reversal of the Fertility Patterns -- 5. Factor of Religion in Fertility Differentials -- 6. Revolution in Mortality Rates and its Consequences -- 7. Summary and Conclusions -- 4. "Victory" of Numbers: The Emergence of Structural Unemployment -- 1. Introduction -- 2. "Heart" of the "Low Income Trap": Low Labor Force Participation Rates -- 3. Implications of the Young Age Pyramid for Future Employment Demands -- 4. Employment Trends in the Arab Countries in Retrospect -- 5. Summary and Conclusions -- 5. Intra-Arab Labor Migration: Scale, Causes and Consequences -- 1. Introduction: Modern International Labor Migration Patterns -- 2. Socioeconomic Structure of the Arabian Gulf Prior to the "Oil Era" -- 3. GCC States' Strategy for Development following the "Oil Boom" -- 4. Inevitable Result: Rapid Growth of Foreign Labor -- 5. Uniqueness of the GCC Labor Migration Pattern -- 6. GCC Labor and Immigration Policies: From Encouragement through Limitation to Surrender -- 7. Evaluating the GCC Labor Immigration and Employment Policies -- 8. Ethno-Religious Composition of the GCC Foreign Labor -- 9. Labor Emigration Policies of the Arab Labor-Exporting Countries -- 10. Summary and Conclusions -- 6. Between Pro-Natalism and Anti-Natalism in the Arab Countries -- 1. Attitude toward Population Growth in Historical Perspective -- 2. What is a "Population Policy"? -- 3. Historical Examination of the Natalist Policies of the Arab Countries in Global Perspective -- 4. Evaluation of the Family Planning Programs in the Arab Countries -- 5. "Direct" or "Indirect"? The Contribution of Family Planning to Fertility Decline -- 6. Summary and Conclusions -- Summary and Conclusions: The Road to the "Arab Demographic Winter." Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 212-295) and index Notes Print version record Subject Demography -- Research -- Arab countries Fertility, Human -- Arab countries SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Demography. Demography -- Research Economic history Fertility, Human Population Population policy SUBJECT Arab countries -- Population Arab countries -- Economic conditions Arab countries -- Population policy Subject Arab countries Form Electronic book ISBN 9781782844235 1782844236

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