Overview
- Determines how anthropology and demography can be used in conjunction in the field of population and development
- Offers a critical assessment of recent developments in the field of population and development
- Focusses on anthropological demography taking demography as an entry point
Part of the book series: Demographic Transformation and Socio-Economic Development (DTSD, volume 1)
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Front Matter
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Back Matter
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About this book
The core aim of this book is to determine how anthropology and demography can be used in conjunction in the field of population and development.
The boundaries of demography are not as clearly defined or as stable as one might think, especially in view of the tension between a formal demography centered on the ‘core of procedures and references’ and a more open form of demography, generally referred to as Population Studies.
Many rapprochements, missed opportunities and isolated attempts marked the disciplinary history of anthropology and demography, both disciplines being founded on distinct and highly differentiated traditions and practices. Moreover, the role and the place assigned to epistemology differ significantly in ethnology and demography. Yet, anthropology and demography provide complementary models and research instruments and this book shows that neither discipline can afford to overlook their respective contributions.
Based on research conducted in West Africa over more than twenty years, it is a defense of field demography that makes case for a continuum ranging from the initial conception of fieldwork and research to its effective implementation and to data analysis. Changes in behaviors relating to fertility, poverty or migration cannot be interpreted without invoking the cultural factor at some stage. Representations in their collective and individual dimensions also fit into the extended explanatory space of demography.
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Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Counting Populations, Understanding Societies
Book Subtitle: Towards a Interpretative Demography
Authors: Véronique Petit
Series Title: Demographic Transformation and Socio-Economic Development
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-007-5046-3
Publisher: Springer Dordrecht
eBook Packages: Humanities, Social Sciences and Law, Social Sciences (R0)
Copyright Information: Springer Science+Business Media Dordrecht. 2013
Hardcover ISBN: 978-94-007-5045-6Published: 07 February 2013
Softcover ISBN: 978-94-007-9864-9Published: 07 March 2015
eBook ISBN: 978-94-007-5046-3Published: 11 February 2013
Series ISSN: 2543-0041
Series E-ISSN: 2543-0068
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XIV, 208
Topics: Demography, Anthropology