Categories and contexts : anthropological and historical studies in critical demography /

Demographers tend to analyse population issues scientifically through sets of fixed social categories that are divorced from dynamic relationships and local contexts and processes. This volume questions these fixed categories.

Bibliographic Details
Corporate Author: International Union for the Scientific Study of Population
Other Authors: Szreter, Simon, Sholkamy, Hania, Dharmalingam, A.
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2004.
Series:International studies in demography.
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Online Access:Connect to the full text of this electronic book
Description
Summary:Demographers tend to analyse population issues scientifically through sets of fixed social categories that are divorced from dynamic relationships and local contexts and processes. This volume questions these fixed categories.
Physical Description:1 online resource (xv, 407 pages)
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:9780191533693
0191533696
9780199270576
0199270570
9780191600883
0191600881