Kaa, Dirk J. Van De - In: Demográfia English Edition 53 (2010) 5, pp. 5-20
Prophesying the end of Europe is a popular pastime. The idea that civilizations and nations, just like human beings, go through a cycle of rise, shine and decline is part of the attempt to make sense of, and to seek regularities in the flow of history. The rise and decline approach to universal...