Development and demographic change in Taiwan / Roger Mark Selya.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Preface; References; List of Figures; List of Tables; Chapter 1 Introduction; Economic Change; Description of Economic Changes; Explanations of Economic Change; Political Change; The Nature of Kuomintang Rule; Political Change; Explanation of Political Change; Cultural and Social Change; Cultural Change; Social Change; Summary; References; Chapter 2 Growth, Distribution, Composition, and Structure; Growth; Distribution; Density; Distribution; Maps of Population Distribution; Structure; Demographic Structure; Population Pyramids; Dependency Ratios; Sex Ratios; Ethnic Structure

The Role of the Taiwan Family Planning Program on the Fertility TransitionView 1: Absolute Denial; View 2: Agnostic Attitudes; View 3: Unquestioning Acceptance; View 4: Weak Statistical Argument; View 5: Strong Statistical Argument; Post-Transition Problems; Is Fertility Too Low?; Future Functions and Goals of Family Planning; References; Chapter 4 Mortality, Morbidity, and Public Health; Changes in Mortality; Temporal Patterns of Change; Spatial Patterns of Change; Changes in the Leading Causes of Death; Issues and Themes; Eradication Programs, Public Health, and Health Facilities

Medical Facilities: The Question of Number and DistributionNatural Experiments; Weather; Economic Development; Aborigines; Summary and Conclusions; References; Chapter 5 Migration; International Migration; General International Migration; The Brain Drain; Illegal Migration; Overseas and Mainland Chinese migration; Internal Migration; Size and Nature of Migration Patterns and Streams; Macroeconomic Studies; Regional Studies; Consequences of Internal Migration; Conclusions; References; Chapter 6 Population Policies; Origins of Policies; Policies Dealing with Growth; The NeoMalthusian Argument

Reactions to the NeoMalthusian ArgumentReconciliation of Conflicting Views; Non-Demographic Programs with Fertility Consequences; Post-Transition Growth Policies-Towards an Evaluation; Distribution and Migration; Indirect Distribution Policies and Programs; Direct Distribution Policies and Programs; Evaluation of All Distribution Policies; Health Problems; Old Problems; New Problems; Persistent Problems; Critique; Conclusions; References; Chapter 7 Summary and Conclusions; What Is Really Known about Demographic Change in Taiwan; Is Taiwan's Experience a Model for Third World Countries?

And ConclusionsReferences; Chapter 3 Fertility; The Theory of Fertility Transition; Taiwan's Experience with the Fertility Transition; Explanations of Taiwan's Fertility Decline; Popular Explanations; Economic Development; Demographic Explanations; Education; Marriage; Kinship and Location of Residence; Preferred Family Size; Zodiacal Explanations; Summary of Explanations; Regional and Ethnic Differences in Fertility; Regional Differences in Fertility; Ethnic Differences in Fertility; Seasonal Variations in Fertility

This book describes and analyzes the demographic changes that took place in Taiwan between 1945 and 1995. It uses an interdisciplinary methodology so that different approaches to demographic change can be compared and contrasted. It attempts to evaluate Taiwan's experience so that lessons for the Third World can be extracted. The content and presentation of the material are deliberately designed to replicate the 1954 work of Barclay, Demographic Change and Colonial Development in Taiwan. As such the book seeks to provide the reasons that economic development without demographic change took pla.

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