Demography in the age of the postmodern / Nancy E. Riley and James McCarthy.

By:

Riley, Nancy E, 1955-

Contributor(s):

McCarthy, James (James F.)

Material type: Text

TextSeries: New perspectives on anthropological and social demography ; 2.Publication details: Cambridge ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2003.Description: 1 online resource (xi, 199 pages)Content type:

text

Media type:

computer

Carrier type:

online resource

ISBN:

9780511674945
0511674945
9780511671692
0511671695
9781139165204
1139165208
1107137969
9781107137967
1282486845
9781282486843
9786612486845
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9780511673757
0511670419
9780511670411
0511672969
9780511672965

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Electronic books.

Additional physical formats: Print version:: Demography in the age of the postmodern.DDC classification:

304.6 22

LOC classification:

HB871 .R55 2003

Other classification:

74.80
LB 21000
MS 4000

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Contents:

Machine generated contents note: 1. Introduction: why examine demography? -- 2. brief introduction to postmodernism -- 3. essentials of demography -- 4. genealogy of demography -- 5. Demography's place in the social sciences -- 6. Feminist demography -- 7. Postmodern perspectives in demography -- 8. Some final thoughts.

Summary: "Demography has developed into a remarkably coherent field and now stands as a firmly established discipline with strong ties to policy-making agencies. However, in recent years there has been increasing recognition within demography of the limits of existing theories and methods, particularily the absence of a strong critical tradition and its isolation from recent theoretical developments in other social sciences. In this study, Nancy Riley and James McCarthy use the lens of postmodernism to structure a critical analysis of the field of demography. Paying particular attention to the fundamental epistemologies and methodologies that currently underlie the field, they explore how postmodern perspectives might serve to energize the field and how demography could be enhanced by the introduction of insights from other social sciences. Drawing on examples of new kinds of research in demography and related fields, this is an important new book that seeks to reinvigorate the field of demography."--Jacket

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Includes bibliographical references (pages 170-188) and index.

"Demography has developed into a remarkably coherent field and now stands as a firmly established discipline with strong ties to policy-making agencies. However, in recent years there has been increasing recognition within demography of the limits of existing theories and methods, particularily the absence of a strong critical tradition and its isolation from recent theoretical developments in other social sciences. In this study, Nancy Riley and James McCarthy use the lens of postmodernism to structure a critical analysis of the field of demography. Paying particular attention to the fundamental epistemologies and methodologies that currently underlie the field, they explore how postmodern perspectives might serve to energize the field and how demography could be enhanced by the introduction of insights from other social sciences. Drawing on examples of new kinds of research in demography and related fields, this is an important new book that seeks to reinvigorate the field of demography."--Jacket

English.

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