Global Political Demography

Chapter 1 Introduction: Political Demography as an Analytical Window on Our World

Chapter 2 Migration in Political Demography: A Review of Evidence

Chapter 3 Youthful Age Structures and the Risks of Revolutionary and Separatist Conflicts

Chapter 4 Poverty and Religious Affiliation Worldwide, 1970–2010

Chapter 5 Ageing China: The People’s Republic of China, Hong Kong, Macao and Taiwan

Chapter 6 Demographic Politics in Asia’s Super-Size Democracies: India, Bangladesh and Pakistan

Chapter 7 Getting Old Before Getting Rich (and not Fully Realizing It): Premature Ageing and the Demographic Momentum in Southeast Asia

Chapter 8 The Oldest Societies in Asia: The Politics of Ageing in South Korea and Japan

Chapter 9 Demographic Change and Political Order in Sub-Saharan Africa: How Côte d’Ivoire and Uganda Deal with Youth Bulge and Politicized Migration

Chapter 10 The Maghreb Region: Waithood, the Myth of Youth Bulges and the Reality of Frustrated Aspirations

Chapter 11 It Is All About the Numbers of Immigrants: Population and Politics in Australia and New Zealand

Chapter 12 The Politics of Demography in Unequal Societies: Argentina and Brazil Compared

Chapter 13 Intergenerational Controversy and Cultural Clashes: Political Consequences of Demographic Change in the US and Canada Since 1990

Chapter 14 Population Ageing, Immigration and the Welfare State: The Political Demography in Western Europe

Chapter 15 The Political Demography of Missed Opportunity: Populations and Policies in a Younger but Faster-Ageing East Central Europe, 1990–2040

Chapter 16 Combating Low Life Expectancy and Low Fertility in Tumultuous Political Times: A Comparison of the Ukraine, Russia and Belarus

Chapter 17 Epilogue: Global Political Demography—A Depressing Outlook?