Making Population Geography

Making Population Geography is a lively account of the intellectual history of population geography, arguing that, while population geography may drift in and out of fashion, it must continue to supplement its demographic approach with a renewed emphasis on cultural and political accounts of compelling population topics, such as HIV-AIDS, sex trafficking, teen pregnancy, citizenship and global ageing, in order for it to shed light on contemporary society. Making Population Geography draws both on the writings of those like Wilbur Zelinsky and Pat Gober who were at the very epicentre of sp

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Year of publication:	2014
Authors:	Bailey, Adrian
Publisher:	Hoboken : Taylor and Francis
Subject:	Bevölkerungsdichte \| Population density \| Wirtschaftsgeographie \| Economic geography \| Regionale Bevölkerungsentwicklung \| Regional population dynamics \| Bevölkerungsentwicklung \| Demographic development \| Theorie \| Theory
Description of contents:	Table of Contents [gbv.de]

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Extent:	Online-Ressource (241 p)
Series:	Human Geography in the Making Human Geography in the Making Ser.
Type of publication:	Book / Working Paper
Language:	English
Notes:	Description based upon print version of record Cover; Half Title; Dedication; Title Page; Copyright Page; Table of Contents; Preface; Chapter 1. Introduction; Chapter 2. Knowledge, geography and population; Enlightenment beliefs; Players; Acts of knowledge; Covalence: space, environment and place; How space, environment and place still matter; Summary; Chapter 3. The rise of a modern population geography; Population and the changing international context; Reinventing geography; Cleveland and beyond; Research poles, 1950s-1970s; Coming of age; Chapter 4. The end of population geography (as we knew it); Transitions Power, knowledge and contextPositions; Research poles of the 1980s and 1990s; Any sort of final solution?; Chapter 5. Alternative futures; Population, security and neo-liberalism; Transnational geographies; Geopolitics of population; Action; Back to geography; Chapter 6. Conclusion; Perspectives; Changes; Challenges and opportunities; References; Index Cover; Book title; Contents; Preface; Chapter 1 Introduction; Chapter 2 Knowledge, geography and population; Chapter 3 The rise of a modern population geography; Chapter 4 The end of population geography (as we knew it); Chapter 5 Alternative futures; Chapter 6 Conclusion; References; Index
ISBN:	978-0-340-76264-6 ; 978-1-4441-1919-0 ; 978-0-340-76264-6
Source:	ECONIS - Online Catalogue of the ZBW

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