Demography has developed into a remarkably coherent field and now
stands as a firmly established discipline with strong ties to
policy-making agencies. However, in recent years there has been
increasing recognition within demography of the limits of existing
theories and methods, particularly its absence of a strong critical
tradition and its isolation from recent theoretical developments in
other social sciences. In this study, Nancy Riley and James McCarthy
use the lens of postmodernism to structure a critical analysis of the
field of demography. Paying particular attention to the fundamental
epistemologies and methodologies that currently underlie the field,
they explore how postmodern perspectives might serve to energize the
field and how demography could be enhanced by the introduction of
insights from other social sciences. Drawing on examples of new kinds
of research in demography and related fields, this is an important new
book that seeks to reinvigorate the field of demography.
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ISBN
9780511668845
Publisert
2013
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Cambridge University Press
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Engelsk
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Digital bok
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