Danny Dorling is Halford Mackinder Professor of Geography at
the University of Oxford. His website can be found at
www.dannydorling.org.
Stuart Gietel-Basten is Associate Professor of Social
Science at The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology
"Demographers threaten us with a world population explosion, an
unsupportable burden of pensioners, migration run wild, even a
eugenic threat! But Dorling and Gietel-Basten give us heart. Some
threats turned into blessings while other proved as hopelessly
inaccurate as economic forecast."
Richard Wilkinson, co-author of The Spirit Level
"Dorling and Gietel-Basten demonstrate how much we don't know when
it comes to demographics. With encyclopedic incision, the authors
enjoin readers to consider the meaning, measurement, and
manipulation of demographics, eschewing hyperbole for common sense.
Rejecting demographic fear mongering and cloudy statistical
thinking, Why Demography Matters provides a critical
assessment of who counts and why, and the meaning of one of the
world's most important drivers of change."
Amy Glasmeier, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
"As authors Danny Dorling and Stuart Gietel-Basten remind us in
their excellent text, [the] misinterpretation of demographic work
is not uncommon. They remind us that the work of demographers is
inherently political. […] Ultimately, Dorling and Gietel-Basten
ask, can demography be optimistic and personal? And their
convincing response is yes. This is why I think this book should be
a required supplemental text to any demography class as well as an
essential read for anyone involved in demographic work."
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