The Demographic Crisis In Europe
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Author | : Carrie B. Douglass |
Publisher | : Routledge |
Total Pages | : 280 |
Release | : 2020-05-25 |
Genre | : Social Science |
ISBN | : 1000183165 |
The fertility rate has dramatically declined across Europe in recent years. Globally, over sixty-four countries have fallen below generation replacement levels and countries in eastern and southern Europe are registering the lowest birth rates in the history of humanity. Demographers emphasize that these developments could have serious repercussions for society and public policy - from a projected drastic loss of national population numbers to labor shortages and a swelling population of over-65s. Typically, analysts have approached the issue of low fertility quantitatively and from state levels. As a result, most research tends to elide any nuanced understanding of this significant trend. Filling a major gap, this timely book goes well beyond existing studies to investigate how people experience, understand and speak about what is called "low fertility." On the individual level, is there such a thing? How do people understand their choices and the perceived limitations on their lives? What is the meaning of motherhood for women today? How has the definition of "family" changed? What are the particularities of fertility decline in each country? And, perhaps most importantly, what does this tendency toward fewer births mean to the women and men who ultimately become demographic statistics? Offering new readings and a much deeper understanding of Europe's decline in fertility, this exciting book adds the voices of everyday people to previous state-centered studies. Overturning a number of assumptions, case studies show that having fewer children is often understood positively in Europe as a means to freedom and self-empowerment. Anyone wishing to understand what low fertility means to the people who live it will find this book essential reading.
Author | : Richard R. Verdugo |
Publisher | : IAP |
Total Pages | : 216 |
Release | : 2021-05-01 |
Genre | : Social Science |
ISBN | : 1648024998 |
By most accounts, Europe has been mired in a “demographic crisis” since about 1970. By a demographic crisis is meant that Europe’s dependency ratio is increasing, and the net result has been declining populations and fewer workers to sustain society. However, there are certain issues that need attention. Two topics seem to capture some of these issues: The implications of the possible crisis, and the crisis’ assessment. The present volume is organized around both topics (implications and assessment). There are at least three contributions being made by the proposed volume. To begin with, while there are other issues related to the demographic crisis in Europe the present volume should motivate additional research. Secondly, the research in the proposed volume does not necessarily assume that there is a demographic crisis in Europe nor that it is consistent across national lines. Thus, each chapter, in essence, examines a different issue associated with the proposal that there is a crisis. Finally, the present volume makes several methodological contributions. For example, the chapter by David Swanson uses non-Bayesian modeling in studying infant mortality. Richard Verdugo examines the dependency ratio and selected factors on economic growth in selected European nations, Kposowa and Ezzat conduct an assessment, Martins examines variation in the path toward a crisis, Johnson examines humanitarian migration and the crisis, Edmonston examines the association between geopolitics and the crisis.
Author | : José Luis Valverde |
Publisher | : IOS Press |
Total Pages | : 278 |
Release | : 2007 |
Genre | : Medical |
ISBN | : 9781586037147 |
This monograph brings together a number of important papers dealing with the medical, societal and demographic ramifications of fertility and is a very valuable contribution to the European debate on fertility. The very low fertility levels in several EU Member States are a matter of public concern. An increase in fertility will not by itself stop demographic ageing but can contribute to decelerating current demographic trends. It is therefore essential to understand better the reasons behind Europe's low fertility rates. The difficulty of reconciling private life with a professional career far too often compel women to postpone having a family or to have fewer children than they would desire. It follows that more and more couples reach an age where fertility problems become prevalent. Involuntary infertility is a serious medical condition with strong negative consequences on the wellbeing of the couples concerned and has a negative impact on demographic trends.
Author | : Anthony Scholefield |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 56 |
Release | : 2000 |
Genre | : Demographic transition |
ISBN | : |
Author | : Van der Kaa |
Publisher | : Springer Science & Business Media |
Total Pages | : 210 |
Release | : 2012-12-06 |
Genre | : Political Science |
ISBN | : 940109022X |
The changing demographic landscape which Europe is facing today and in the next decades reflects the past. These changes constitute important challenges to European populations and societies. Shifts in fertility and family formation, in health, morbidity and mortality, in internal and international migration as well as changes in age structures, in households, in labour forces, and in population growth and decline, will influence the living conditions and well-being of Europe's population directly or indirectly. The demographic challenge also concerns the environment, local, regional and national developments, education, production and consumption patterns, economic competitiveness, social security, housing, employment and transport, and health and social care provisions. These issues, their mechanisms, determinants and consequences also challenge the scientific study of population. As a major forum and 'market place' for scientific demographic debate, the 1999 European Population Conference (EPC99) was organized to take up this challenge. On the threshold of the third millennium, European populations are united in diversity and face major demographic issues.
Author | : Council of Europe |
Publisher | : London : Edward Arnold |
Total Pages | : 280 |
Release | : 1978 |
Genre | : Social Science |
ISBN | : |
Author | : Michael S. Teitelbaum |
Publisher | : Academic Press |
Total Pages | : 214 |
Release | : 2013-10-22 |
Genre | : Social Science |
ISBN | : 1483289265 |
The Fear of Population Decline provides an elaborated discussion on the concept of population decline. The book is comprised of seven chapters that show the extent to which demographic developments form a part of a much longer continuum of discussion and behavior. In the opening chapter, the book discusses the nature of population decline, and then proceeds to demonstrate the complex ways in which fears of population decline emerged in the period 1870-1945. Chapter 4 details the advancement in the period 1945-1965, while Chapters 5 and 6 discuss the phenomenon of baby bust and policy responses to it. The last chapter talks about the nature and possible dangers of population decline. The text will be of great interest to readers who are concerned with the implication of population decline for the society as a whole.
Author | : Wolfgang Lutz |
Publisher | : Routledge |
Total Pages | : 405 |
Release | : 2006 |
Genre | : Business & Economics |
ISBN | : 1844073521 |
First Published in 2006. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.
Author | : Princeton University. Office of Population Research |
Publisher | : Taylor & Francis |
Total Pages | : 350 |
Release | : 1968 |
Genre | : Social Science |
ISBN | : 9780677015606 |
First Published in 1969. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.
Author | : Michael Walter Flinn |
Publisher | : Baltimore, Md. : Johns Hopkins University Press |
Total Pages | : 200 |
Release | : 1981 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : |
A clear and balanced presentation that] addresses itself to most of the major questions raised in demographic history... A] sensibly argued and perceptive book.--American Historical Review. The Johns Hopkins Symposia in Comparative History.