| Description |
1 online resource (xiv, 859 pages) |
| Series |
International Handbooks of Population ; v. 11 |
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International handbooks of population ; 11.
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| Contents |
Part I: Theoretical Foundations -- Contemporary Population Issues -- Population Policies Framework -- Policy Platforms and Suites of Policies -- Classical Foundations of Past and Present Population Policies -- Population, Burden of Disease, and Health Services -- Population, Development, and Policy -- Population Dynamics and the Environment: The Demo-climatic Transition -- Population and Food System Sustainability -- Part II. Empirical Evidence -- Sub-Saharan Africa: Slow Fertility Transitions Despite Policy Efforts -- The United States and Canada: Demographic Realities and Policy Responses -- Population Policies in Latin America and the Caribbean: From Carmen Miró to the Montevideo Consensus -- Demographic Features in West Asian and North African Countries: The Impact of Population Policies -- South Asia: Did Population Policies Trigger a Fertility Convergence? -- Population Policies in East Asia and Oceania -- Europe: Low Fertility, Aging, and Migration Policies -- Population Institutions and International Population Conferences -- Part III Policy Levers and Modelling -- Data Collection for Population Policies -- Family Policies: How Do They Differ Around the World? -- Population and Health Policies in Urban Areas -- Policies Needed to Capture Demographic Dividends -- Linkages Between Family Planning and HIV/AIDS Programs -- 21 Population Projections and Population Policies -- Population Policy Models -- Funding of Population Policies and Programs -- Measuring the Effectiveness, Efficiency, and Impact of Population Policies -- Part IV New Policy Challenges -- Population Aging and Public Policy -- Pension Policies -- The Contraceptive Revolution -- The Role of Abortion in Population Policies -- International Migration Policies -- The Education Revolution -- Priority Groups in Population Policies -- Demographic Dynamics, Poverty, and Inequality -- Bioethics, Sex Selection, and Gender Equity -- Population and National Security -- Demographic Sustainability -- Prospects for Population Policies and Interventions -- Correction to: The Role of Abortion in Population Policies |
| Summary |
This Handbook offers an array of internationally recognized experts essays that provide a current and comprehensive examination of all dimensions of international population policies. The book examines the theoretical foundations, the historical and empirical evidence for policy formation, the policy levers and modelling, as well as the new policy challenges. The section Theoretical Foundations reviews population issues today, population theories, the population policies framework as well as the linkages between population, development, health, food systems, and the environment. The next section Empirical Evidence discusses international approaches to design and implement population policies on a regional level. The section Policy Levers and Modelling reviews the tools and the policy levers that are available to design, implement, monitor, and measure the impact of population policies. Finally, the section New Policy Challenges examines the recurrent and emerging issues in population policies. This section also discusses prospects for demographic sustainability as well as future considerations for population policies. As such this Handbook provides an important and structured examination of contemporary population policies, their evolution, and their prospects |
| Notes |
Includes index |
| Subject |
Population policy.
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Population policy
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| Genre/Form |
handbooks.
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Handbooks and manuals.
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Guides et manuels.
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
May, John F.
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Goldstone, Jack A.
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| ISBN |
3031020405 |
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9783031020407 |
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