Why demography is important
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Demography is not fate. As Jakomo Casanova spoke more than two centuries ago, fate does not exist, we ourselves determine our lives. Today we determine our lives and the life of society more than ever before. We have never had so few children in terms of one adult on a global scale: the number of our population is close to stabilization, although we do not know when and under what indicators this will happen and what will happen later. This stabilization will become the result of billions of private decisions, adopted under the influence of many events and political measures, and some of them will be less predictable than others. Today, more people move around the world than ever before, but we too often perceive them as a threat, and not a sign of increased freedom. And in the same way, we too often lament about the aging of the population, instead of recognizing it as a consequence of the achievements of mankind and adapt to it. The importance of demography is best understandable when we see that we have a choice, we are aware of changes and are not limited by our attitudes. In the narratives of demography, pessimism and simplified forms indifferent to human lives prevailed for too long. As this fascinating and convincing review shows, we should update our understanding of demography
Author:
Author:Дорлинг Дэнни
Cover:
Cover:Hard
Category:
- Category:Education & Teaching
- Category:Politics & Social Science
- Category:Reference books
- Category:Social Science & Politics
ISBN:
ISBN:978-5-7598-2103-8
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