DIV The world's population has grown by five billion people over the past century, an astounding 300 percent increase. Yet it is actually the decline in family
While many worry about population overload, this book highlights the dramatic fall in fertility rates globally exploring questions such as why are parents havin
The historical decline of fertility in Europe has occupied a central place in social history and demography over the past quarter-century. Most scholars credit
div This incisive study explores population movements and declining fertility in China, India, Japan, and North America in the 21st century, suggesting that pol
With the emergence of fertility declines in the greater part of the developing world, study of the phenomenon has increased profoundly over the last three decad