Befolkning & demografi

Den här boken handlar om hopp och hoppfullhet i samhällen som präglas av en långvarig befolkningsminskning. I ett krympande samhälle väcks en rad omedelbara, politiska och …

This volume represents a major critique of the way Malthusian thinking has influenced capitalist development policy in the modern period, as well as in the past. It highlights the …

Winner of the 2018 Distinguished Book Award from the Western Social Science Association?  Though mining is an infamously masculine industry, women make up 20 percent of all …

In this fascinating and provocative book, David Willetts shows how the baby boomer generation has amassed unprecedented wealth and power at the expense of its children. Today's …

Knowledge of the origin and spread of farming has been revolutionised in recent years by the application of new scientific techniques, especially the analysis of ancient DNA from …

The generation into which each person is born, the demographic composition of that cohort, and its relation to those born at the same time in other places influences not only a …

In this book, Ashante M. Reese makes clear the structural forces that determine food access in urban areas, highlighting Black residents' navigation of and resistance to unequal …

A monumental two-volume work detailing the history of food and nutrition throughout human existence.

It's warming. It's us. We're sure. It's bad. But we can fix it. After speaking to the international public for close to fifteen years about sustainability, climate scientist Dr. …

Jonathan Swift thought that England's anti-poverty proposals were so outrageously evil that nothing short of an absurd parody of them would suffice. His "Modest Proposal: For …