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Population and Progress in a Yoruba Town

Elisha P. Renne
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      This study of local perceptions of population and development in a rural southwestern Nigerian town questions some of the underlying assumptions of the demographic theory of fertility transition. Fertility transition theory and modernisation theory from which it derives have not explained why fertility remains high, particularly in sub-Saharan Africa, despite the presence of some conditions associated with its decline in Western societies, nor why development, despite a plethora of projects, has failed to 'take-off'. As this study demonstrates, neither fertility change nor development follows a universal trajectory. Whether lower fertility or Western models of development are viewed as possible or advantageous reflects cultural ideas about proper social relations as well as political and economic conditions, which may hinder or facilitate these changes. Key Features: Its example of grass-roots development complements economic development texts Provides an ethnographic study of fertility change Examines the historical processes of social change in the context of Nigeria under military rule
      Format: CONTRIBUTORS: Elisha P. Renne EAN: 9780748618156 COUNTRY: United Kingdom PAGES: WEIGHT: 531 g HEIGHT: 234 cm
      PUBLISHED BY: Edinburgh University Press DATE PUBLISHED: 2003-07-24 CITY: GENRE: HISTORY / Africa / General, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Political Economy, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Anthropology / General, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Demography WIDTH: 156 cm SPINE:

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      Nigeria, Regional / International studies, Population and demography, Social and cultural anthropology

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      Elisha P. Renne is an associate professor in the Department of Anthropology and the Center for Afroamerican and African Studies, University of Michigan.
      This study of local perceptions of population and development in a rural southwestern Nigerian town questions some of the underlying assumptions of the demographic theory of fertility transition. Fertility transition theory and modernisation theory from which it derives have not explained why fertility remains high, particularly in sub-Saharan Africa, despite the presence of some conditions associated with its decline in Western societies, nor why development, despite a plethora of projects, has failed to 'take-off'. As this study demonstrates, neither fertility change nor development follows a universal trajectory. Whether lower fertility or Western models of development are viewed as possible or advantageous reflects cultural ideas about proper social relations as well as political and economic conditions, which may hinder or facilitate these changes. Key Features: Its example of grass-roots development complements economic development texts Provides an ethnographic study of fertility change Examines the historical processes of social change in the context of Nigeria under military rule
      Format: CONTRIBUTORS: Elisha P. Renne EAN: 9780748618156 COUNTRY: United Kingdom PAGES: WEIGHT: 531 g HEIGHT: 234 cm
      PUBLISHED BY: Edinburgh University Press DATE PUBLISHED: 2003-07-24 CITY: GENRE: HISTORY / Africa / General, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Political Economy, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Anthropology / General, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Demography WIDTH: 156 cm SPINE:

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      Nigeria, Regional / International studies, Population and demography, Social and cultural anthropology

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      Elisha P. Renne is an associate professor in the Department of Anthropology and the Center for Afroamerican and African Studies, University of Michigan.

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