Год выпуска: 1997 Автор: Frank Furedi Издательство: Polity Страниц: 208 ISBN: 9780745615370
Описание
Many experts believe that population growth is the greatest threat facing humanity. Others argue that the link between population growth and insecurity is unproven. This concise and provocative book discusses both sides of this debate, examining the way the arguments have changed and evolved, and questioning the assumptions of the main protagonists. Furedi argues that the western preoccupation with population growth reveals more about the internal concerns of western societies than the socio–economic development of the south. He suggests that attempts to establish a causal link between increases in population and poverty lead to a pragmatic, even manipulative approach to the issue of development. Examining a broad range of key debates and controversies – the ?population bomb? in Asia, the culture of a distinct regime of African fertility, the role of education in stabilizing population growth in Kerala – he contends that the marginalization of the goal of development is the outcome...
