Demography: A Very Short Introduction
Author:   Sarah Harper (Professor of Gerontology, Oxford University, Director, Oxford Institute of Ageing, and Director of the Royal Institution, London)
Publisher:   Oxford University Press
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9780198725732


Pages:   160
Publication Date:   24 May 2018
Format:   Paperback
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Author:   Sarah Harper (Professor of Gerontology, Oxford University, Director, Oxford Institute of Ageing, and Director of the Royal Institution, London)
Publisher:   Oxford University Press
Imprint:   Oxford University Press
Dimensions:   Width: 11.20cm , Height: 0.90cm , Length: 17.50cm
Weight:   0.120kg
ISBN:  

9780198725732


ISBN 10:   0198725736
Pages:   160
Publication Date:   24 May 2018
Audience:   College/higher education ,  Undergraduate
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   To order   Availability explained
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Preface 1: Demography is destiny...or not 2: From 55,000 to 7 billion 3: The founding fathers 4: A statistical science 5: Demographic drivers 6: The demographic transition 7: Demographer's tool box 8: Population pyramids and projections 9: Sub-disciplines arise 10: Population policies and future challenges Glossary References Further Reading Index

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incisive overview * Times Higher Education *


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Sarah Harper is Professor of Gerontology at Oxford University, Director of the Oxford Institute of Ageing, and Director of the Clore Programme on Population-Environment Change. She is a Governor of the Pensions Policy Institute and author of Migration, Ageing and the Environment for the UK government Foresight Programme on Global Migration. She is also the Director of the Royal Institute, London. Sarah is the author and editor of several books including Ageing Societies: Myths, Challenges and Opportunities (Hodder Arnold, 2006); the International Handbook of Ageing and Public Policy (Edward Elgar, 2014); and How Population Change will Transform our World (OUP, 2016). She is the founding co-editor of the Journal of Population Ageing (Springer).

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