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This open access book presents an innovative study of the rise of unmarried cohabitation in the Americas, from Canada to Argentina. Using an extensive sample of individual census data for nearly all countries on the continent, it offers a cross-national, comparative...
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Springer
Parution :
2016-11-03
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Das vorliegende Buch zum Deutschen Alterssurvey (DEAS) stellt mit einem breiten Themenspektrum dar, dass die Lebensphase Alter vielfältig ist und sich wandelt: Ältere Menschen sind heute aktiver als vor 20 Jahren. Sie sind länger erwerbstätig, engagieren sich häufiger...
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Springer VS
Parution :
2016-10-13
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This collection is a great contribution to the field of violence and security studies. It presents six comparative, cross-regional analyses of violence and security, with both theoretical contributions and empirical researches conducted in Mexico, Morocco, Colombia,...
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P.I.E-Peter Lang S.A., Éditions Scientifiques Internationales
Parution :
2016-09-09
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Are we living in a post-colonial world? A colonial one? An anti-colonial one? Lifting the veil from language and politics, Anti-Colonial Theory and Decolonial Praxis uses case studies from around the world to explore and untangle these concepts as they relate to...
Editeur :
Peter Lang Inc., International Academic Publishers
Parution :
2016-08-05
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Der Autor zeigt den Verlauf der sozialen, politischen und wirtschaftlichen Prozesse in den Regionen Memelland, Kaliningrader Gebiet, Ermland und Masuren nach 1945 auf. Er vergleicht ihre jeweiligen Entwicklungen kritisch miteinander und rekurriert dabei auf die...
Editeur :
Peter Lang GmbH, Internationaler Verlag der Wissenschaften
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2016-08-05
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This book examines potential economic opportunities that countries can experience when fertility rates fall and the average life expectancy of the working age population increases. It presents detailed demographic and economic analysis of middle-income countries...
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Springer
Parution :
2016-07-29
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This exciting new book presents the field of social demography, animating the study of population with a vibrant sociological imagination. Gregg Lee Carter provides multiple demonstrations of how taking a demographic perspective can give us a better understanding of...
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Polity
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2016-04-29
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This book takes stock of opinion polls in communist and post-communist states, presents specific case studies and answers the question how opinion polls under conditions of censorship and lack of media pluralism differ from those in liberal democratic societies. These...
Editeur :
Peter Lang GmbH, Internationaler Verlag der Wissenschaften
Parution :
2016-03-11
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This book is based on detailed interviews with a group of Irish women who have experienced marital separation. It links the women’s accounts with literature on the values and beliefs about marriage, women and family which were prevalent when they were growing up in...
Editeur :
Peter Lang AG, Internationaler Verlag der Wissenschaften
Parution :
2016-01-04
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This book reconstructs fundamental aspects of family organization across historical Poland-Lithuania, one of the largest political entities in early modern Europe. Using a plethora of quantitative measurements and demographic microsimulation, the author captures and...
Editeur :
P.I.E-Peter Lang S.A., Éditions Scientifiques Internationales
Parution :
2015-12-29
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Say Hello to Your Incoming Class—They're Not Millennials Anymore Generation Z is rapidly replacing Millennials on college campuses. Those born from 1995 through 2010 have different motivations, learning styles, characteristics, skill sets, and social concerns than...
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Jossey-Bass
Parution :
2015-12-28
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In diesem Band präsentieren die Herausgebenden das Forschungsgebiet der Bevölkerungssoziologie. Mit unterschiedlichen Fragestellungen der Bevölkerungssoziologie befasste Autoren und Autorinnen tragen durch ihre Beiträge dazu bei. Nach einem ausführlichen Überblick über...
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Springer VS
Parution :
2015-11-26
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?This edited collection shows how demographic analysis plays a pivotal role in planning, policy and funding decisions in Australia. Drawing on the latest demographic data and methods, these case studies in applied demography demonstrate that population dynamics underpin...
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Springer
Parution :
2015-11-25
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With a unique focus on middle-range theory, this book details the application of spatial analysis to demographic research as a way of integrating and better understanding the different transitional components of the overall demographic transition.This book first details...
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Springer
Parution :
2015-11-04
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This book offers an ideal introduction to the analysis of demographic data. Inside, readers of all quantitative skill levels will find the information they need to develop a solid understanding of the methods used to study human populations and how they change over time...
Editeur :
Springer
Parution :
2015-11-04
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The Springer Series on Demographic Methods and Population Analysis
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This new volume maps the complex interplay of demographic and socioeconomic changes in the United States, where rapid aging and ethnic diversification are merely the most salient of the many issues with major long-term implications. Drawing on The United States Census...
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Springer
Parution :
2015-10-23
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In diesem Buch geht es um demokratische Mehrheitsabstimmungen, von denen der Marquis de Condorcet im 18. Jahrhundert bemerkte, dass sie zu nicht umsetzbaren («paradoxen») Beschlüssen führen können, auch wenn die einzelnen Entscheidungsträger «vernünftig» (rational)...
Editeur :
Peter Lang GmbH, Internationaler Verlag der Wissenschaften
Parution :
2015-10-23
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This volume offers a new view on gender structuring in contemporary Slovenia and the persistence of the gender order – produced and reproduced through gender regimes in education, work, family life and politics. With a focus on the low presence of women in politics, the...
Editeur :
Peter Lang GmbH, Internationaler Verlag der Wissenschaften
Parution :
2015-07-24
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«What do you think is meant by the term ‘post-racial’ and how far do you think we’ve come, as a country, toward achieving it?» Helen Fox, a white teacher and scholar, asked variations of this question to 87 high school and college students, educators, administrators,...
Editeur :
Peter Lang Inc., International Academic Publishers
Parution :
2015-07-20
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Sonja Bastin gibt einen umfassenden Überblick über die Partnerschaftsdynamik junger alleinerziehender Mütter in Deutschland. Alleinerziehende Frauen sind häufig sozial und ökonomisch benachteiligt, insbesondere wenn kleine Kinder im Haushalt leben. Der Zusammenzug mit...
Editeur :
Springer VS
Parution :
2015-07-08
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