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9789051704556

The Joy of Demography-- And Other Disciplines

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  • ISBN13:

    9789051704556

  • ISBN10:

    9051704550

  • Format: Paperback
  • Copyright: 1999-01-01
  • Publisher: Purdue Univ Pr
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Summary

This liber amicorum, offered to Dirk van de Kaa on the occasion of his retirement as Professor of Demography at the University of Amsterdam, opens with a biography and a bibliography. The core of the book is formed by 32 essays in honour of Van de Kaa, written by colleagues and friends from all over the world, who have in common that in one way or another their paths have crossed his. Most of them are demographers, and the topics they chose for their contribution cover almost the entire range of demography and often connect to the activities and scientific topics for which Dirk van de Kaa has become so well-known, such as the Second Demographic Transition. Next to these demographic contributions, the book contains several essays from other disciplines, such as physical planning, geography, sociology, history, and general literature. Dirk van de Kaa retired as Professor of Demography at the University of Amsterdam at the end of 1998. He has played an important role in both Dutch and international demography since the early 1970s. He was the first Director of the Netherlands Interuniversity Demographic Institute, Scientific Secretary of the Royal Commission on Population, represented the Netherlands in the Population Commission of the United Nations, played a crucial role at the UN Population Conferences in Bucharest (1974), Mexico City (1984) and Cairo (1994), and was active in the International Union for the Scientific Study of Population (IUSSP) and the European Association for Population Studies (EAPS), which he founded. Van de Kaa also played an important role in establishing the postgraduate programme in demography pdoD (currently nethur-Demography).

Table of Contents

Sex, Dood en Passie, Vastgepakt in Indices: Dirk van de Kaa: Biografie van een Demograafp. 3
Bibliography Dirk van de Kaap. 69
Demograficationp. 83
Vision, Future, Forecasterp. 103
De Dood en de Demografiep. 117
Helena, Lotte, Luisa and Wiktoria: Average Women in Europe?p. 125
Changing Ways of Leaving the Parental Home: With a Partner or Alonep. 137
European Planning: An Intellectual Pleasure Tripp. 153
Goede Buurten, Slechte Buurten: Het Natuurbegrip in de Planologische Demografiep. 165
The Ostrich Factor in Dutch Demographyp. 177
The Generation Contract of the 'King-Child' and its Effect on the Support Given to Older Parents Who Need Helpp. 185
Gender, Work and Family: Towards a New Equilibrium?p. 193
A Joyful Century: One Hundred Years of Association between Demography and Planologyp. 203
Female Dominancep. 215
Time Will Tellp. 229
The Latest Demographic Transition?p. 239
De Wetenschappelijke Wieg van een Demograafp. 253
Monitoring Demographic Changep. 263
North-South Connections: A Tribute to Dirk van de Kaap. 277
International Migration: Demographic, Sociological and Political Aspectsp. 285
L'Analyse Demographique Conjoncturellep. 295
When Research Meets Policy-Making: Demography in an Area of Tensionp. 325
The Concept of Demographic Developmentp. 335
Dirk van de Kaa and the Australian National Universityp. 349
A Demographic Analysis of RDASL Membershipp. 355
Demography, Serendipity, and Teenage Pregnancy in Swedenp. 361
When Flat Lines are Remarkable: An Essay in Honour of Dirk van de Kaap. 369
The Pleasures of the Past and the Joy of Historyp. 381
A Demographic Monster: Quetelet's homme moyenp. 391
Demography and Geneticsp. 401
Social Research on Discontinuous Changep. 409
Rozen in de Middeleeuwse Keukentuinp. 421
Excavating the Modern History of Kom Ombop. 427
Leesplezierp. 443
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