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Demography in the Age of the Postmodern

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Demography in the Age of the Postmodern

Demography in the Age of the Postmodern

Nancy E. Riley, Bowdoin College, Maine
James McCarthy, University of New Hampshire
August 2003
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    Nancy Riley and James McCarthy examine demography in this study from the new perspective of postmodernism, and survey its development as a field. Demography as a social science has struggled to maintain its political and academic strength. Riley and McCarthy accordingly argue for the inclusion of new methodologies and theories into the field in order to broaden and strengthen the analysis of demographic behavior. The book includes numerous examples of innovative demographic-related research, indicating how it enriches the field.

    • Explores how postmodern perspectives can re-energize the field
    • Critical examination of the development of demography as a field
    • Considers how strengths of demography can be enhanced by insights and approaches from other social science fields

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    August 2003
    Paperback
    9780521533645
    212 pages
    228 × 152 × 16 mm
    0.351kg
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    Contents

    Table of Contents

    • Acknowledgments
    • 1. Introduction: why examine demography?
    • 2. A brief introduction to postmodernism
    • 3. The essentials of demography
    • 4. A genealogy of demography
    • 5. Demography's place in the social sciences
    • 6. Feminist demography
    • 7. Postmodern perspectives in demography
    • 8. Some final thoughts
    • Bibliography.
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    • Nancy E. Riley , Bowdoin College, Maine

      Nancy E. Riley is Associate Professor of Sociology at Bowdoin College, Maine.

    • James McCarthy , University of New Hampshire

      James McCarthy is Professor of Health Management and Policy, and Dean of the School of Health and Human Services, University of New Hampshire.

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