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"Political Demography" published on by Oxford University Press.

Among different important issues, which are discussed in Political Demography the issue of global ageing becomes more and more pressing every year. It is sufficient to take into account the point that within two forthcoming decades a rapid global increase in the number of retirement-age persons will lead to its doubling within this fairly small historical period. The concerns about population ageing apply to both developed and many developing countries and it has turned into a global issue. In forthcoming decades the population ageing is likely to become one of the most important processes determining the future society characteristics and the direction of technological development. The present volume of the Yearbook (which is the fifth in the series) is subtitled 'Political Demography & Global Ageing'. It brings together a number of interesting articles by scholars from Europe, Asia, and America. They examine global ageing from a variety of perspectives. This issue of the Yearbook consists of two main sections: (I) Aspects of Political Demography; (II) Facing Population Ageing. We hope that this issue will be interesting and useful both for historians and mathematicians, as well as for all those dealing with various social and natural sciences.

International audience ; Among different important issues, which are discussed in Political Demography theissue of global ageing becomes more and more pressing every year. It is sufficient to takeinto account the point that within two forthcoming decades a rapid global increase in thenumber of retirement-age persons will lead to its doubling within this fairly small historicalperiod. The concerns about population ageing apply to both developed and many developingcountries and it has turned into a global issue. In forthcoming decades the populationageing is likely to become one of the most important processes determining the future societycharacteristics and the direction of technological development.The present volume of the Yearbook (which is the fifth in the series) is subtitled 'PoliticalDemography & Global Ageing'. It brings together a number of interesting articlesby scholars from Europe, Asia, and America. They examine global ageing from a varietyof perspectives.This issue of the Yearbook consists of two main sections: (I) Aspects of PoliticalDemography; (II) Facing Population Ageing.We hope that this issue will be interesting and useful both for historians and mathematicians,as well as for all those dealing with various social and natural sciences.

International audience ; Among different important issues, which are discussed in Political Demography theissue of global ageing becomes more and more pressing every year. It is sufficient to takeinto account the point that within two forthcoming decades a rapid global increase in thenumber of retirement-age persons will lead to its doubling within this fairly small historicalperiod. The concerns about population ageing apply to both developed and many developingcountries and it has turned into a global issue. In forthcoming decades the populationageing is likely to become one of the most important processes determining the future societycharacteristics and the direction of technological development.The present volume of the Yearbook (which is the fifth in the series) is subtitled 'PoliticalDemography & Global Ageing'. It brings together a number of interesting articlesby scholars from Europe, Asia, and America. They examine global ageing from a varietyof perspectives.This issue of the Yearbook consists of two main sections: (I) Aspects of PoliticalDemography; (II) Facing Population Ageing.We hope that this issue will be interesting and useful both for historians and mathematicians,as well as for all those dealing with various social and natural sciences.

The interconnections between politics and the dramatic demographic changes underway around the world have been under-attended by the two research disciplines that could contribute most to their understanding: demography and political science. Instead this area of "political demography" has largely been ceded to political activists, pundits and journalists, leading to often exaggerated or garbled interpretation. The terrain includes issues that now rank among the most politically sensitive and contested in many parts of the world, engaging high-level attention including that of numerous presidents and premiers: alleged demographically-determined shifts in the international balance of power; low fertility, population aging, and the sustainability of public pension and other age-related systems; international migration; national identity; compositional shifts in politically sensitive social categories (ethnic/religious/racial/linguistic/national origin); and human rights. Moreover it now is apparent that many governments (and nongovernmental actors too) have actively been pursuing varieties of "strategic demography", in which one or more of the three key demographic drivers (fertility, mortality, migration) have been deployed—consciously if not always explicitly—as instruments of their domestic or international strategies. The prospects for the coming decades seem to be for more of the same, and it would well behoove political scientists and demographers to employ their considerable knowledge and analytic techniques in ways that could improve public understanding and moderate the excessive claims and fears that prevail.