Forthcoming Demography Books

Forthcoming Books

1. Geographies of Health, Disease and Well-being

   Recent Advances in Theory and Method

   Edited by Mei-Po Kwan

   This book is a collection of papers reflecting the latest advances in geographic research on health, disease, and well-being. It spans a wide range of topics, theoretical perspectives, and methodologies - including anti-racism, post-colonialism, spatial statistics, spatiotemporal modeling,...

   To Be Published August 12th 2013 by Routledge
2. Citizenship and Japan’s Household Registration System

   The State and Social Control

   Edited by David Chapman, Karl Jakob Krogness

   Series: Routledge Studies in the Modern History of Asia

   This book examines Japan’s Household Registration System (koseki seido), which despite its ubiquitous influence and historical significance, has not yet been dealt with comprehensively. By looking through the lens of the koseki system, the book takes both an historical as well as a contemporary...

   To Be Published October 30th 2013 by Routledge
3. Social Inequality in Japan

   By Sawako Shirahase

   Series: Nissan Institute/Routledge Japanese Studies

   Japan was the first Asian country to become a mature industrial society, and throughout the 1970s and the 1980s, was viewed as an ‘all-middle-class society’. However since the 1990s there have been growing doubts as to the real degree of social equality in Japan, particularly in the context of...

   To Be Published November 24th 2013 by Routledge
4. The Law and Older People

   By John Williams

   This book looks at the historical background to the law's approach to ageing, focusing on questions such as: Has the law promoted ageism? How well has the law protected older people against discrimination, abuse and social exclusion? How effective will new prohibitions on age...

   To Be Published December 14th 2013 by Routledge
5. Global Migration: The Basics

   By Bernadette Hanlon, Thomas Vicino

   Series: The Basics

   Migration is a politically sensitive topic and an important aspect of contentious debates about social and cultural diversity, economic stability, terrorism, globalization, and nationalism. Global Migration: The Basics examines: history and geography of global migration the role of migrants in...

   To Be Published December 14th 2013 by Routledge