Global Political Demography: The Politics of Population Change

1. Introduction: Political Demography as an Analytical Window on our World
2. Migration in Political Demography: A Review of Evidence
3. Youthful Age Structures and the Risks of Revolutionary and Separatist Conflicts
4. Poverty and Religious Affiliation Worldwide, 1970-2010
5. Ageing China: The People's Republic of China, Hong Kong, Macao, and Taiwan
6. Demographic Politics in Asia's Super-Size Democracies: India, Bangladesh and Pakistan
7. Getting old before getting rich (and not fully realizing it): premature aging and the demographic momentum in Southeast Asia
8. The Oldest Societies in Asia: The Politics of Ageing in South Korea and Japan
9. Demographic Change and Political Order in Sub-Saharan Africa: How Côte d'Ivoire and Uganda Deal with Youth Bulge and Politicized Migration
10. The Maghreb Region: Waithood, the myth of youth bulges and the reality of frustrated aspirations
11. It is all about the numbers of immigrants: Population and Politics in Australia and New Zealand
12. The Politics of Demography in Unequal Societies: Argentina and Brazil Compared
13. Political Consequences of Demographic Change in the US and Canada since 1990
14. Population Ageing, Immigration and the Welfare State: The Political Demography in Western Europe
15. Populations and Policies in a Younger but Faster-Ageing East Central Europe: The Political Demography of Missed Opportunity
16. Combating Low Life Expectancy and Low Fertility in Tumultuous Political Times: A Comparison of the Ukraine, Russia and Belarus
17. Epilogue: Global Political Demography: A Depressing Outlook?