Demographic Transition Theory
The demographic transition is the change in the human condition from high mortality and high fertility to low mortality and low fertility. Death is now less capricious and most people live long lives. Women no longer average six or seven births but in mos
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Demographic Transition Theory
Demographic Transition Theory by
John C. Caldwell The Australian National University, Canberra, Australia
Contributing Co-Authors
Bruce K. Caldwell Pat Caldwell Peter F. McDonald Thomas Schindlmayr
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ISBN-10 ISBN-13 ISBN-10 ISBN-13
1-4020-4373-2 (HB) 978-1-4020-4373-4 (HB) 1-4020-4498-4 (e-book) 978-1-4020-4498-4 (e-book)
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CONTENTS
Preface ....................................................................................
vii
Introduction 1. The analytical approach .......................................................... Part I:
3
Issues of Early Transition
2. Pretransitional population control and equilibrium..........................
23
3. Was there a Neolithic mortality crisis? ........................................
51
4. Population intensification theory ...............................................
71
5. On net intergenerational wealth flows: An update...........................
89
6. Fertility control in the classical world: Was there an ancient fertility transition?................................................................. 111 7. Family size control by infanticide in the great agrarian societies of Asia.................................................................... 131 Part II:
The Modern Transition
8. Transmuting the industrial revolution into mortality decline .............. 157 9. The delayed Western fertility decline: An examination of English-speaking countries................................................... 181 10. Regional paths to fertility transition............................................ 217 11. The globalization of fertility behavior ......................................... 249 v
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CONTENTS
12. Social upheaval and fertility decline ........................................... 273 13. Demographic theory: A long view .............................................
301
14. Policy responses to low fertility and its consequences: A global survey ....................................................................
321
15. Explanations of the fertility crisis in modern societies: A search for commonalities...................................................... 349 16. Back to the future: The great mortality crises ................................ 387 Index ...................................................................................... 397
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