Arab Political Demography : Population Growth, Labor Migration and Natalist Policies

Arab Political Demography : Population Growth, Labor Migration and Natalist Policies / Onm Winckler.

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Winckler, Onn (Author)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Brighton : Sussex Academic Press, 2017.
Edition:Revised and expanded third edition.
Subjects:
Demography > Research > Arab countries.
Fertility, Human > Arab countries.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Demography.
Demography > Research
Economic history
Fertility, Human
Population
Population policy
Arab countries > Population.
Arab countries > Economic conditions.
Arab countries > Population policy.
Arab countries
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Table of Contents:
  • Machine generated contents note: 1. Global Demographic History
  • 1. Global Population Growth: A Historical Perspective
  • 2. Demographic Transition Theory
  • 3. Various Global Demographic Patterns
  • 4. Summary and Conclusions: A New Demographic Transition?
  • 2. Sources for Demographic Research of the Arab States
  • 1. Historic Overview of Demographic Records in the Arab Region
  • 2. Division of the Arab States according to the Quality of the Demographic Records
  • 3. Lacuna of Accurate Official Employment Data
  • 4. Impact of the Arab Spring on the Demographic Records on the Arab Countries
  • 5. Summary and Conclusions
  • 3. Arab Population Growth
  • 1. Historical Dimension of the Arab Population Growth
  • 2. Causes for the Rapid Population Growth of the Arab Countries
  • 3. Arab Fertility Decline since the mid-1980s
  • 4. Impact of the Arab Spring: The Reversal of the Fertility Patterns
  • 5. Factor of Religion in Fertility Differentials
  • 6. Revolution in Mortality Rates and its Consequences
  • 7. Summary and Conclusions
  • 4. "Victory" of Numbers: The Emergence of Structural Unemployment
  • 1. Introduction
  • 2. "Heart" of the "Low Income Trap": Low Labor Force Participation Rates
  • 3. Implications of the Young Age Pyramid for Future Employment Demands
  • 4. Employment Trends in the Arab Countries in Retrospect
  • 5. Summary and Conclusions
  • 5. Intra-Arab Labor Migration: Scale, Causes and Consequences
  • 1. Introduction: Modern International Labor Migration Patterns
  • 2. Socioeconomic Structure of the Arabian Gulf Prior to the "Oil Era"
  • 3. GCC States' Strategy for Development following the "Oil Boom"
  • 4. Inevitable Result: Rapid Growth of Foreign Labor
  • 5. Uniqueness of the GCC Labor Migration Pattern
  • 6. GCC Labor and Immigration Policies: From Encouragement through Limitation to Surrender
  • 7. Evaluating the GCC Labor Immigration and Employment Policies
  • 8. Ethno-Religious Composition of the GCC Foreign Labor
  • 9. Labor Emigration Policies of the Arab Labor-Exporting Countries
  • 10. Summary and Conclusions
  • 6. Between Pro-Natalism and Anti-Natalism in the Arab Countries
  • 1. Attitude toward Population Growth in Historical Perspective
  • 2. What is a "Population Policy"?
  • 3. Historical Examination of the Natalist Policies of the Arab Countries in Global Perspective
  • 4. Evaluation of the Family Planning Programs in the Arab Countries
  • 5. "Direct" or "Indirect"? The Contribution of Family Planning to Fertility Decline
  • 6. Summary and Conclusions
  • Summary and Conclusions: The Road to the "Arab Demographic Winter."

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