Population growth and natalist policies

Author(s)

• Winckler, Onn

Bibliographic Information

Population growth and natalist policies

Onn Winckler

（Sussex studies in demographic developments and socioeconomic policies in the Middle East and North Africa, . Arab political demography ; v. 1）

Sussex Academic Press, c2005

• hardcover : alk. paper
• pbk. : alk. paper

Note

Includes bibliographical references and index

Description and Table of Contents

Description

Written specifically for classroom and student use, with more than 35 tables and figures, this book sets out the political demographic of the Arab countries by: Examining the sources for demographic research of the Arab countries; Explaining the nature of the population growth in the Arab countries in comparison with other developing countries world-wide; Examining the development of structural unemployment in the non oil-based and oil-based Arab countries since the mid-1980s, and investigating the natal policies of both the oil and the non-oil Arab countries, and attempting to answer the crucial question of why some Arab countries succeed more than others in implementing fertility decline. A concluding chapter examines the political dilemmas arising from the different demographies and economies in the Arab states. During the 20th century, worldwide population increased more rapidly than ever before, with the world's population amounting to 6.1 billion by the year 2000. The main contributors to the rapid worldwide population growth were the developing countries, including the Arab countries. During the second half of the 20th century, the demographic issue became the most acute socio-economic problem of the non-oil Arab countries, bringing with it a variety of political implications, both internal and external.

Table of Contents

• Introduction: The Methodological Framework
• The Emergence of "Poor and Rich" Arab States
• The Concept of Arab Political Demography. Part 1 -- Sources for Demographic Research of the Arab States
• The Demographic Records History of the Arab States
• Case Studies in Demographic Records History
• The "Missing" Ethno-Religious Composition of the Arab States
• The Lacuna of Accurate Official Employment Data
• The "Informal (Hidden) Economy"
• Conclusions. Part 2 -- Beyond the Expectations: Arab Population Growth in the Twentieth Century
• Worldwide Population Growth in Retrospect
• Demographic Transition Theory and the Arab Countries
• Population Growth in the Arab Countries
• The Revolution of Mortality Rates in the Arab Countries
• Conclusions 69. Part 3 -- "Jobs for the Boys (and Girls)": The Emergence of the Employment Dilemma
• The Consequences of the Young Age Structure
• Arab Employment Developments in Retrospect
• The Increase in Disguised Unemployment and Underemployment
• Unemployment as a Differentiating Factor between the Arab Countries and the Developed Countries
• Conclusions. Part 4 -- Between Pro-Natalist and Anti-Natalist in the Arab Countries
• The Attitudes Toward Population Growth in Historical Perspective
• The "Population Policy" Definitions
• The Natalist Approach of the Arab Countries: A Historical Analysis
• Evaluation of the Family Planning Programs in the Arab Countries
• Why Tunisia and Lebanon?
• Conclusions.

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• NCID: BA75006705
• ISBN:
  • 1902210700
  • 1902210719
• LCCN: 2004026128
• Country Code: uk
• Title Language Code: eng
• Text Language Code: eng
• Place of Publication: Brighton, England ; Portland, Or.
• Pages/Volumes: xiii, 215 p.
• Size: 26 cm
• Classification:
  • LCC : HB3660.A3
  • DC22 : 304.6/0917/5927
• Subject Headings:
  • LCSH : Arab countries -- Population
  • LCSH : Demography -- Research -- Arab countries
  • LCSH : Arab countries -- Economic conditions
  • LCSH : Fertility, Human -- Arab countries
  • LCSH : Arab countries -- Population policy
• Parent Bibliography ID:
  • BA75006647