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Why demography matters / Danny Dorling, Stuart Gietel-Basten.

By: Dorling, Danny (Daniel).
Contributor(s): Basten. Stuart Gietel.
Cambridge, UK : Polity Press, ©2018Description: xiii, 258 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm.ISBN: 9780745698410 (pbk).Subject(s): DemographyDDC classification: 304.6 D73 2018
Contents:
Introduction -- Measuring populations -- Destiny and determination -- Population "explosion" -- Why no children? -- Population ageing -- Population and the global economy -- Population and politics -- Conclusion.
Summary: Demography is not destiny. As Giacomo Casanova explained over two centuries ago: 'There is no such thing as destiny. We ourselves shape our own lives. ' Today we are shaping them and our societies more than ever before.
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Includes bibliographical references and index.

Introduction --
Measuring populations --
Destiny and determination --
Population "explosion" --
Why no children? --
Population ageing --
Population and the global economy --
Population and politics --
Conclusion.

Demography is not destiny. As Giacomo Casanova explained over two centuries ago: 'There is no such thing as destiny. We ourselves shape our own lives. ' Today we are shaping them and our societies more than ever before.

College of Education Bachelor of Secondary Education major in Social Studies

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