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This work portrays a comparison of changes in family formation and fertility behaviour between Belgium and The Netherlands, which aims to give us more insight in the question of whether there is one common transition process.
A handbook designed to provide a framework for researching family planning provision in different cultural settings. The book shows NGOs and other health research bodies how to design such a project and provides indicators for quality assessment.
Investigates the challenges facing the African family. A series of external factors - social, political, economic, environmental - are impacting on the way the family functions and adjusts to these forces, and this book explores the nature of available data on which policies are premised.
Investigates the challenges facing the African family. A series of external factors - social, political, economic, environmental - are impacting on the way the family functions and adjusts to these forces, and this book explores the nature of available data on which policies are premised.
This is a review of literature on ageing that focuses on the social and health consequences of rapid demographic change. It explores the dimensions of demographic transition, the health needs of the elderly, the social consequences of ageing, policy implications and priority areas for research.
A critique of the way Malthusian thinking has influenced capitalist development policy in the modern period, as well as in the past. It highlights the strategic role of Malthusian ideas in the defence of capitalist political economy when confronted by struggles for equality and human progress.
Provides a multicultural and international perspective on three major global problems: environmental degradation, economic development and the population explosion . The book presents alternative voices and approaches to the policies that focus on the fertility of poor black women.
In the past 50 years every Central and Eastern European society has been subject to transformation. Initially, Hungary was transformed by Communist modernization, then by the collapse of the Communist regime. This text looks at the impact institutional change has had on ordinary people's lives.
A three-volume set of readings designed to reveal a range of crime control strategies typically encountered in criminal justice systems worldwide. It outlines the varied competing conceptions of justice in national and international settings. It explores the varied means of punishment and correction that make up the penal landscape.
Contains presentations of population experts at the 1999 European Population Conference, which convened in The Hague (The Netherlands) from 30 August to 3 September.