Perspectives on Canada's Population - Softcover

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0195409604 ISBN 13: 9780195409604

Publisher: OUP Canada, 1995

Synopsis

This book brings together 28 papers examining major issues and trends in Canadian demography. Beginning with a historical survey of population growth in Canada and around the world, Part 1 draws attention to the interplay of demographic and social changes. The remaining sections focus on issues in six specific areas: the age and sex composition of Canadian society; mortality; fertility; family formation and dissolution; population movement (both international and internal); and urbanization and population ecology. In their introduction to each section, the editors provide an overview of the readings to follow, outlining central issues, themes, and concepts, as well as a guide to the basic techniques of population analysis used in each case. The only Canadian reader of its kind, this book will be of value to anyone concerned with the challenges facing contemporary Canadian society.

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About the Author

Frank Trovato is a Professor of Sociology and Director of the Population Research Laboratory at the University of Alberta. He is former editor of Canadian Studies in Population (1985-89) and current Secretary-Treasurer of the Canadian Population Society. He is also a past winner of the 1981 Dorothy Swaine Thomas Award in Demography, offered by the Population Association of America. Carl F. Grindstaff is a Professor of Sociology at the University of Western Ontario. He has been a counsellor for the Canadian Population Society and has been active in various population agencies including Planned Parenthood organizations.

Edition details

• Publisher: OUP Canada
• Publication date: 1995
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0195409604
• ISBN 13: 9780195409604
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 448
• Editor: Frank Trovato, Carl F. Grindstaff