How can a homeostatic perspective enhance demographic transition theory?
- 1 January 1999
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Taylor & Francis in Population Studies
- Vol. 53 (2) , 117-128
- https://doi.org/10.1080/00324720308076
Abstract
This paper addresses the emerging interest in the relationship between homeostatic models and demographic transition theory. Firstly, it considers the nature of fertility measurement and concepts. The paper then goes on to examine evidence from pre-transitional societies in which demographic regimes have been most thoroughly studied, summarizing what is known about their character. The nature and current status of homeostatic theories in demography and the institutional supports of pre-transitional regimes are considered. The implications of the findings on pre-transitional populations for transition theory are then discussed. The paper concludes with suggestions for ways in which studies of transition within a framework of homeostatic regimes could be developed.Keywords
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