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Russia's Peacetime Demographic Crisis : Dimensions, Causes, Implications /

Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Eberstadt, Nick, 1955-
Autores Corporativos: National Bureau of Asian Research (U.S.), Project Muse
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Seattle, Wash. : National Bureau of Asian Research, 2010
Colección:NBR project report.
Book collections on Project MUSE.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Introduction
  • Russia's demographic crisis : not a "normal country" problem
  • pt. I. Fewer but not better : the demographics of Russia's depopulation
  • Depopulation, with modern Russian characteristics
  • Russia's new patterns of fertility and family formation since the end of communism : shock or transition
  • Russia's ominous patterns of mortality and morbidity : pioneering new and modern pathways to poor health and premature death
  • The terrible mystery of extreme mortality in modern Russia : searching for explanations and answers to a deadly puzzle
  • Migration : Russia's unfamiliar new dilemmas of personal choice
  • pt. II. Russia's human resources in disarray : the demographic crisis beyond the population count
  • Population aging : toward a Russia that is gray, sick, and poor
  • Education and labor productivity in Russia : high levels of schooling, low levels of human capital
  • "Social capital" in Russia : an attitude problem, on a national scale
  • Conclusion
  • A demographic reckoning for Russia
  • References.