Populations, Projections, Politics Critical and Historical Essays on Early Twentieth Century Population Forecasting

The 1920s and 1930s are among the most interesting periods in the history of modelling and forecasting. The continuous decline of Western birth rates in the inter-war period set alarm bells ringing. Concerns about the future size and growth of the populations of these nations were heightened by long term extrapolations of time series, and by population projections and population forecasts. This book examines the interrelations of population change, developments in projection methodology, and politics in the inter-war period. Together, the contributions in the book represent an important scholarly and critical contribution to the history of demography and population policy.Fleischhacker, Jochen is the author of 'Populations, Projections, Politics Critical and Historical Essays on Early Twentieth Century Population Forecasting' with ISBN 9789051707472 and ISBN 9051707479.