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Global Political Demography : The Politics of Population Change.

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Goerres, Achim.
Other Authors: Vanhuysse, Pieter.
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Cham : Springer International Publishing AG, 2021.
Edition:1st ed.
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Table of Contents:
  • Intro
  • Preface
  • About This Book
  • Contents
  • Contributors
  • List of Figures
  • List of Tables
  • 1 Introduction: Political Demography as an Analytical Window on Our World
  • 1 Why We Need a Political Demography Lens
  • 2 Demographic Megatrends: Global Political Game Changers
  • 3 Grey Power and Voting: Pro-Elderly Policy Bias and the Rise of Gerontocracy?
  • 4 Putting the Global Political Demography Database to Work
  • 4.1 The Age Composition of Societies
  • 4.2 International Migration
  • 4.3 Patterns of Covariation Between Population and Political Indicators
  • 5 Globally Crosscutting Themes of Political Demography: Migration, Religion and Age Profiles
  • 6 The 'Old' Continent: Is the European Phoenix Going Back to Ashes?
  • 7 The Politics of Routine Mass Immigration: Australia and New Zealand
  • 8 The Ever-Diverging American Continent
  • 9 The African Continent: Frustrated Youth as a Simmering Threat to Political Order
  • 10 The Asian Continent: Population Giants on the Move
  • 11 Political Demography as a Perspective on Global Challenges
  • References
  • 2 Migration in Political Demography: A Review of Evidence
  • 1 Introduction: The Problem Stated
  • 2 Populations, Migrations and Political Development: Broad Perspectives
  • 3 Migration and the Creation of the State: The Exclusionary Dimension
  • 4 Migration and the Creation of the State: The Inclusionary Dimension
  • 5 Migration and the Transformation of the State
  • 6 Conclusion: Towards More Systematic Approaches to Migration in Political Demography
  • References
  • 3 Youthful Age Structures and the Risks of Revolutionary and Separatist Conflicts
  • 1 Introduction
  • 2 Theory
  • 2.1 The Youth Bulge Hypothesis
  • 2.2 Hypotheses
  • 3 Methods
  • 3.1 The Sample
  • 3.2 Temporal Extent of Data
  • 3.3 Outcome Variables
  • 3.4 Independent Variables.
  • 3.5 Age-Structural Models Versus Extended Models
  • 3.6 Alternative Independent Variables
  • 4 Results
  • 4.1 Age-Structural Models: Revolutionary Conflict Hypotheses
  • 4.2 Age-Structural Models: Separatist Conflict Hypotheses
  • 4.3 Models with Fixed Effects
  • 5 Looking Back: A Discrete Test of the Models
  • 5.1 Revolutionary Conflict
  • 5.2 Separatist Conflict
  • 6 Looking Forward: A Forecast of Trends in Revolutionary Conflict
  • 7 Conclusions
  • 7.1 Discussion: The Persistence of Separatist Conflict
  • 7.2 Outlook: Intrastate Conflict's Future
  • 7.3 Future Research
  • References
  • 4 Poverty and Religious Affiliation Worldwide, 1970-2010
  • 1 Introduction: Poor Man's Religion?
  • 2 Religion and Poverty
  • 3 Data and Methods
  • 3.1 Religious Affiliation Data
  • 4 Findings and Discussion
  • 5 Conclusion
  • References
  • 5 Ageing China: The People's Republic of China, Hong Kong, Macao and Taiwan
  • 1 Introduction
  • 2 The People's Republic in the Post-Mao Era: Constructing a Modern Socialist Society
  • 2.1 Macao
  • 2.2 Hong Kong
  • 2.3 Taiwan
  • 3 CCP Counter-Measures: Post-2013 Top-Level Coordination
  • 4 Narrating and Framing the Reforms
  • 5 Conclusions and Outlook
  • References
  • 6 Demographic Politics in Asia's Super-Size Democracies: India, Bangladesh and Pakistan
  • 1 Introduction
  • 2 Demographic Profile and Changes, 1990-2040
  • 3 Factors Leading to Demographic Change
  • 4 Regional and Religious Demographic Diversity
  • 4.1 India: Countries Within a Country
  • 4.2 Pakistan: Regional Diversity with Religious Homogeneity
  • 4.3 Bangladesh: Densely Populated
  • Sparsely Heterogeneous
  • 5 The Political Repercussion of Demographic Change
  • 5.1 Age Structure and Voting Pattern
  • 5.2 Regional Diversity and Constitutional Politics
  • 5.3 Religious and Caste Diversity
  • 6 Conclusion
  • References.
  • 7 Getting Old Before Getting Rich (and not Fully Realizing It): Premature Ageing and the Demographic Momentum in Southeast Asia
  • 1 Introduction: Political Demography in Indonesia, Malaysia and the Philippines
  • 2 Demographic Trends, 1990-2040
  • 3 Reasons for the Demographic Developments
  • 4 Political Implications of the Demographic Changes: The Illusions of Demographic Momentum?
  • 4.1 Pension Systems and Retirement Age
  • 4.2 The Demographic Dividend and Youth Unemployment
  • 4.3 Migration and Urbanization
  • 4.4 Regional, Ethnic and Religious Differences of Population Growth
  • 5 Conclusion: The Risk of Premature Ageing
  • References
  • 8 The Oldest Societies in Asia: The Politics of Ageing in South Korea and Japan
  • 1 General Demographic Development
  • 2 Political Institutions
  • 3 Demographic Change, Political Power &amp
  • Voter Mobilization and Turnout
  • 4 Public Policies of Population Ageing
  • 5 Immigration
  • 6 Conclusion
  • References
  • 9 Demographic Change and Political Order in Sub-Saharan Africa: How Côte d'Ivoire and Uganda Deal with Youth Bulge and Politicized Migration
  • 1 Introduction
  • 2 Demographic Change in Uganda and Côte d'Ivoire
  • 2.1 Demographic Trends
  • 2.2 Youth Unemployment
  • 2.3 Institutional Responses to Demographic Change
  • 3 Demographic Change, Political Participation and Youth Violence
  • 3.1 Formal Political Engagement
  • 3.2 Youth-Specific Mobilization
  • 3.3 Youth Violence and Civil War
  • 4 Conclusion
  • References
  • 10 The Maghreb Region: Waithood, the Myth of Youth Bulges and the Reality of Frustrated Aspirations
  • 1 Introduction: Political Demography in Tunisia and Morocco
  • 2 Demographic Trends in Morocco and Tunisia
  • 3 Young People's Social and Economic Circumstances
  • 4 Waithood
  • 5 Migration
  • 6 Do Morocco and Tunisia Face a Youth-Related Crisis Nowadays?.
  • 7 Consequences of Demographic Changes for Regime Stability and Legitimacy
  • 8 Conclusions
  • References
  • 11 It Is All About the Numbers of Immigrants: Population and Politics in Australia and New Zealand
  • 1 Introduction: Recent Demographic Trends in Australia and New Zealand
  • 2 Background: The Period to 1991
  • 3 Fertility as an Object of Policy Since 1991
  • 3.1 The Rationale of Australian Migration Policy Is Changed-The 1990s
  • 3.2 Formal Migration Since 1991
  • 4 The Politics of Regular International Migration in Australia Since 1991
  • 4.1 Discrimination on the Basis of Race
  • 4.2 Environment, Infrastructure and the Economy
  • 5 The Politics of Irregular International Migration
  • 6 Public Opinion on Australia's Immigration Policy
  • 7 The Contemporary Situation
  • 8 Conclusion
  • References
  • 12 The Politics of Demography in Unequal Societies: Argentina and Brazil Compared
  • 1 Introduction
  • 2 Migration and Ethnicity
  • 2.1 Migration
  • 2.2 Ethnicity
  • 3 Urbanization and Class Division
  • 3.1 Urbanization
  • 3.2 Socially Fractured Cities
  • 3.3 Inequality
  • 4 Population Ageing
  • 5 Conclusion
  • References
  • 13 Intergenerational Controversy and Cultural Clashes: Political Consequences of Demographic Change in the US and Canada Since 1990
  • 1 Introduction
  • 2 Demographic Context
  • 3 Economic Clout
  • 4 Mobilization Capacity
  • 5 Institutions
  • 6 Rhetoric
  • 7 Conclusion
  • References
  • 14 Population Ageing, Immigration and the Welfare State: The Political Demography in Western Europe
  • 1 Introduction
  • 2 Population Ageing in Western Europe
  • 3 The Challenges of Population Ageing for the Welfare State
  • 4 Changing Pension and Family Policies in Italy, Germany and Sweden
  • 5 Migration, Public Attitudes and the Welfare State
  • 6 Conclusion
  • References.
  • 15 The Political Demography of Missed Opportunity: Populations and Policies in a Younger but Faster-Ageing East Central Europe, 1990-2040
  • 1 Political Demography in Postcommunist Europe: A Long Demographic Window of Opportunity, Now Closed
  • 2 "Pensioners' Welfare States" on the Path to Premature Pro-elderly Bias: Political Push Before Demographic Pull
  • 3 Pension Policies: The Belated Closing of Early Labour Market Exit Windows
  • 4 Pro-Family Policy as a Belated Remedy for Lower Fertility?
  • 5 A Belated Active Ageing Policy Paradigm?
  • 6 Conclusions: The Pervasive Political Failure to Prepare for the Demographic Elephant-on-the-Move
  • References
  • 16 Combating Low Life Expectancy and Low Fertility in Tumultuous Political Times: A Comparison of the Ukraine, Russia and Belarus
  • 1 Introduction
  • 2 Demographic Trends and Political Entanglement
  • 3 Declining Fertility Rate and Government Responses
  • 3.1 Belarus
  • 3.2 Russia
  • 3.3 Ukraine
  • 4 Political Determinants of Pension Reforms
  • 4.1 Belarus
  • 4.2 Russia
  • 4.3 Ukraine
  • 5 Understanding Migration Politics
  • 5.1 Belarus
  • 5.2 Russia
  • 5.3 Ukraine
  • 6 Conclusion
  • References
  • 17 Epilogue: Global Political Demography-A Depressing Outlook?
  • 1 Introduction
  • 2 Demographic Challenges
  • Demographic Responses
  • 3 Into the 2020s: Going from Bad to Worse?
  • 4 A Multidimensional, Intersectional Approach
  • References
  • Index.

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