Perspectives on Development and Population Growth in the Third World

Häftad, Engelska, 2012

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Until the early to mid-1970s, social scientists in the fields of population and development were largely going their own ways.

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Utgivningsdatum2012-03-30
Mått152 x 229 x 17 mm
Vikt432 g
FormatHäftad
SpråkEngelska
Antal sidor294
FörlagSpringer-Verlag New York Inc.
ISBN9781468455168

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1 Introduction.- Definitions.- Historical Context.- Notes.- 2 Perspectives on Development.- Modernization Model.- Underdevelopment and Dependency.- Modernization and Dependency: The Limitations.- Redistribution with Growth.- Basic-Needs Approach.- Concluding Observations.- Notes.- 3 Equity-Oriented Development: Problems and Prospects.- Urban Bias.- Political and Other Constraints and Structural Change.- Popular Participation and Community-Level Action.- Responses from the Third World.- Multinational Corporations and Poverty-Focused Development.- Official Development Assistance.- Concluding Observations.- Notes.- 4 Links between Development Perspectives and Population Growth.- Demographic Transition.- Modernization and Demographic Transition in the Developing World.- Equity, Poverty, and Population Growth.- Concluding Observations.- Notes.- 5 Population and Development: A Selective Overview.- Causal Analysis.- Economic and Sociological Approaches: Efforts at Convergence.- Effects of Population Growth on Development.- Sociocultural Factors and Population Growth.- Institutional Factors and Population Growth.- Concluding Observations.- Notes.- 6 Sectoral Reviews I.- Natural Resources.- Health, Nutrition, and Food.- Notes.- 7 Sectoral Reviews II.- Status and Employment of Women.- Education.- Concluding Observations.- Notes.- 8 Conclusions.- Equity and Population Growth.- Donor Assistance: Directions and Dimensions.- Tasks for Theory and Research.- Coordination of Population Policy Analysis and Development Planning.- Notes.- References.