About the Book

Demographics just got a lot more interesting, thanks to this book's compelling writing and intriguing essays. POPULATION does more than give you information; it also shows you how to use it. From the debate over how to rebuild the Gulf Coast after Hurricane Katrina to what should be done about Social Security and Medicare, POPULATION lets you apply the research yourself.

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Contents

Part One: A Demographic Perspective
1. Introduction to Demography
2. Global Population Trends
3. Demographic Perspectives
4. Demographic Data
Part Two: Population Processes
5. The Health and Mortality Transition
6. The Fertility Transition
7. The Migration Transition
Part Three: Population Structure and Characteristics
8. The Age Transition
9. The Urban Transition
10. The Family and Household Transition
Part Four: Using The Demographic Perspective
11. Population and Sustainability
12. What Lies Ahead?

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About the Author / Editor

John R. Weeks is Distinguished Professor Emeritus of Geography and Director of the International Population Center at San Diego State University. He is also Clinical Professor of Global Public Health at the University of California, San Diego, School of Medicine, a Senior Fellow of the California Council on Science and Technology, and a Research Associate of the Broom Center for Demography at the University of California, Santa Barbara. He holds a doctorate in Demography from the University of California, Berkeley, from which he also received his bachelor's and master's degrees, in Sociology and Demography, respectively. He has published more than 140 papers and chapters in peer-reviewed journals and books, and has authored or co-authored numerous books, including this one. His research has been funded by millions of dollars in research grants from private and public sources, including the Andrew Mellon Foundation, the National Science Foundation, the National Institutes of Health, and the National Aeronautics and Space Administration.

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