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1 online resource (213 pages) |
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Intro -- Contents -- 1 Ethnic Population Studies: Discourse, Methodology, and Theoretical Framework -- 1.1 Introduction -- 1.1.1 Ethnic Demography: Theoretical Traditions -- 1.1.2 Demographic Anthropology: An Interdisciplinary Perspective -- 1.2 Discourse -- 1.2.1 Demography -- 1.2.2 Ethnology -- 1.2.3 Redefining Ethnic Demography -- 1.3 Theoretical Framework -- 1.3.1 Theories of Ethnic Demography -- 1.3.2 Basic Assumptions of Demographic Anthropology -- 1.3.3 Rethinking Ethnic Demography: Borrowing Theories from Other Disciplines -- 1.4 Methodology |
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2 Ethnic Populations as Natural Systems: Internal Relations and Behavioral Properties -- 2.1 Relationship Within the System -- 2.1.1 Natural Systems: Theoretical Definitions -- 2.1.2 Ethnic Population-Environment Systems -- 2.2 Structural Change -- 2.2.1 Size Changes in Ethnic Populations -- 2.2.2 Changes in the Population Size of Ethnic Groups -- 2.2.3 Changes in Crude Birth Rates of Ethnic Groups -- 2.2.4 Changes in Crude Death Rates of Ethnic Groups -- 2.2.5 Changes in the Gender Structure of Ethnic Groups -- 2.2.6 Changes in Sex-Age Composition of Ethnic Groups |
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2.3 Reproduction Among Ethnic Populations: Factors and Trends -- 2.3.1 Major Theories -- 2.3.2 Stages of Demographic Transition of Ethnic Populations -- 2.4 Properties and Behavioral Pattern of a Natural System -- 2.4.1 Reproductive Behavior and Patterns of Ethnic Groups -- 2.4.2 Mortality Rates of Ethnic Groups -- 2.4.3 Theoretical Analysis -- 3 Ethnic Populations: A Macroscopic Analysis -- 3.1 Economic Relations -- 3.1.1 Economic System -- 3.1.2 Economic Structure -- 3.1.3 Economic Performance of Minority Ethnic Groups -- 3.1.4 Labor and Employment Among Minority Ethnic Groups |
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3.2 Social Relations -- 3.2.1 Relations in the Social System -- 3.2.2 Structure of the Social System and the Basis for Categorization -- 3.2.3 Functioning of the Social System -- 3.3 Relationship with the Environment and Natural Resources -- 3.3.1 Relations in the Resource and Environment Subsystems -- 3.3.2 Resource and Environment System -- 3.3.3 Coordination of Resource and Environmental Relations -- 3.3.4 Coordinated Development of Resources and the Environment -- 4 Ethnic Populations: A Microscopic Analysis -- 4.1 Marital Relations -- 4.1.1 Forms of Marriages of Ethnic Populations |
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4.1.2 Factors Affecting Marital Behavior -- 4.2 Family Structure -- 4.2.1 Demographic Analysis of Family Structure -- 4.2.2 Microscopic Mechanism Behind the Transformation of Ethnic Family Structures -- 4.3 Geographical Distribution -- 4.3.1 Characteristics of the Geographical Distribution of Ethnic Populations -- 4.3.2 State and Characteristics of Ethnic Population Redistribution -- 5 Ethnic Populations: A Mesoscopic Analysis -- 5.1 Ethnic Communities -- 5.1.1 Mechanism and Functioning of Population System -- 5.1.2 Community and the Meso-System of Community Population |
| Summary |
This book focuses on the status quo and current trends concerning ethnic issues in China, and seeks to promote the equitable and harmonious development of Chinese and other nationalities around the world. Drawing on representative empirical studies and case studies, it describes the spatial structure and evolution of Chinas populace, and analyzes the distribution of and legislation on its spatial development, which has been conducive to the scientific formulation of national population policies. After assessing the development of Chinas populace, the book analyzes the future prospects with regard to achieving the goal of a prosperous society and balancing the population in a comprehensive way; puts forward some constructive suggestions on the modernization of the populace; and constructs a new knowledge system for national development with Chinese characteristics. The book combines qualitative and quantitative analysis and employs empirical, speculative, comparative, and comprehensive methods to make full use of modern science and technology, so as to promote ethnological research into a broader development path. Its goal is to objectively evaluate the development of the Chinese populace and provide objective facts and data to support those readers who are interested in its nature and evolution |
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5.2 Rural Ethnic Communities |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references |
| Notes |
Print version record |
| Subject |
Ethnology -- China.
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Central government policies.
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Development studies.
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Ethnic studies.
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Political Science -- Public Policy -- Social Policy.
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Social Science -- Sociology -- General.
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Social Science -- Ethnic Studies -- General.
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Ethnology
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China
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Lv, Zhaohe, author
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| ISBN |
9789811561535 |
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9811561532 |
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