Categories and contexts : anthropological and historical studies in critical demography /

Throughout its history as a social science, demography has been associated with an exclusively quantitative orientation for studying social problems. As a result, demographers tend to analyse population issues scientifically through sets of fixed social categories that are divorced from dynamic rela...

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Gespeichert in:
Hauptverfasser:
Szreter, Simon., Sholkamy, Hania., Dharmalingam, A.
Körperschaft:
International Union for the Scientific Study of Population
Weitere Verfasser:
Szreter, Simon, Sholkamy, Hania
Format:
Elektronisch E-Book
Sprache:
Englisch
Veröffentlicht:
Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2004.
Zusammenfassung:
Throughout its history as a social science, demography has been associated with an exclusively quantitative orientation for studying social problems. As a result, demographers tend to analyse population issues scientifically through sets of fixed social categories that are divorced from dynamic relationships and local contexts and processes. This volume questions these fixed categories in two ways. First, it examines the historical and political circumstances in which suchcategories had their provenance, and, second, it reassesses their uncritical applications over space and time in a diverse
Umfang:
1 online resource (424 p.)
Anmerkungen:
Papers from the IUSSP seminar on social categories in population research, Cairo, Egypt, 15-18 September 1999.
Anmerkungen:
English
Bibliografie:
Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:
9786611925161
1-281-92516-0
0-19-153369-6
Schlagworte:
Demography > Congresses.
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