Population Growth, Labor Migration and Natalist Policies: Revised & Expanded Second Edition
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"This volume should be required reading for understanding the demographic challenges the Arab World confronts to achieve much desired long-term economic growth and political stability..." -- Regional Studies. "This volume makes a valuable contribution to the Arab population policy literature by tracing the evolution of population policies in the Arab countries and by describing the factors that led to changes in these policies..." -- Studies in Family Planning. "Onn Winckler has been for a number of years a leading light in the field of demographic studies on particular Arab countries..." -- David W Lesch, Professor of Middle East History, Trinity University, Texas. "The book offers an excellent analysis of the dismal state of data in Arab countries, and how they are manipulated for political and/or economic benefit..." -- Population, Space and Place.
Onn Winckler is Senior Lecturer in the Department of Middle Eastern History at the University of Haifa. He is the author of Demographic Developments and Population Policies in Ba'thist Syria, and co-editor of Modern Syria, as well as the author of a book on Jordanian demographic developments.
Introduction -- The Methodological Framework of Arab Political Demography; Sources for Demographic Research of the Arab States; Beyond Expectations: Arab Population Growth in Retrospect; "Jobs for the Boys (& Girls)": The Emergence of the Employment Dilemma; The "New Arab Demographic Order": The Intra-Arab Labour Migration; Between Pro-Natalism & Anti-Natalism in the Arab Countries; Summary & Conclusions: The Emergence of the "Arab Demographic Catch 22".