27 septembre 2017
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Cristina Bradatan, « 12 – The Politics of Sources and Definitions », Les Presses de l’Université d’Ottawa | University of Ottawa Press, ID : 10670/1.1av0kn
Theory of Demographic Transition Demographic transition is a well-known theory in demography, and it is still considered one that is “alive” (Hirschman, 1994). The ideas of a changing demographic pattern as societies modernize appeared sometime at the beginning of the nineteenth century. Among the first who gave a shape to this theory were Notenstein (1953) and Davis (1963). They observed that fertility and mortality decreased in most of the industrialized world and noted the relation...