TY - BOOK ID - 653927 TI - Population change in Europe, the Middle-East and North Africa : beyond the demographic divide AU - Matthijs, Koenraad AU - Neels, Karel AU - Timmerman, Christiane AU - Ashgate PY - 2015 VL - *1 SN - 9781472439543 9781472439550 9781472439567 1472439546 9781315601496 9781317077848 9781317077855 9781138546752 1317077865 1315601494 1317077857 1472439554 PB - Farnham ; Burlington, VT Ashgate DB - UniCat KW - Demography KW - Middle East KW - Northern Africa KW - Europe KW - Africa, North KW - Moyen-Orient KW - Afrique du Nord KW - Population. KW - Population policy. KW - Population policy KW - Population KW - Politique démographique KW - Moyen Orient KW - Politique démographiques KW - #SBIB:314H120 KW - #SBIB:314H121 KW - #SBIB:314H125 KW - #SBIB:314H127 KW - Regionale bevolkingsstudies: algemeen KW - Regionale bevolkingsstudies: Afrika KW - Regionale bevolkingsstudies: Azië, Midden-Oosten KW - Regionale bevolkingsstudies: Europa KW - Barbary States KW - Maghreb KW - Maghrib KW - North Africa KW - Asia, South West KW - Asia, Southwest KW - Asia, Western KW - East (Middle East) KW - Eastern Mediterranean KW - Fertile Crescent KW - Levant KW - Mediterranean Region, Eastern KW - Mideast KW - Near East KW - Northern Tier (Middle East) KW - South West Asia KW - Southwest Asia KW - Orient KW - Council of Europe countries KW - Eastern Hemisphere KW - Eurasia KW - Politique démographique KW - Asia, West KW - West Asia KW - Western Asia KW - Africa KW - Politique démographique. KW - Politique démographiques. KW - Population & demography KW - Regional studies KW - decline KW - demographic KW - divide KW - family KW - fertility KW - higher KW - policy KW - rate KW - transition KW - trends UR - https://www.unicat.be/uniCat?func=search&query=sysid:653927 AB - Current demographic trends raise new questions, challenges and controversies. Comparing demographic trends in Europe and the NAME-region (North Africa and the Middle East), this book demonstrates how population change interacts with changing economic landscapes, social distinctions and political realities. A variety of drivers contribute to demographic change in the various regions and countries considered, such as family policies, economic realities, the impact of educational differentials and the attitudes towards marriage. On the macro-level the new trends are restructuring the age composi ER -