Peter Taylor-Gooby (ed.)
- Published in print:
- 2013
- Published Online:
- January 2014
- ISBN:
- 9780197264935
- eISBN:
- 9780191760365
- Item type:
- book
- Publisher:
- British Academy
- DOI:
- 10.5871/bacad/9780197264935.001.0001
- Subject:
- Political Science, Political Economy
This book reviews some of the most challenging developments in British society as they are understood by policy-makers and by academics. The key point is that academic debates identify a range of ...
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This book reviews some of the most challenging developments in British society as they are understood by policy-makers and by academics. The key point is that academic debates identify a range of ways in which issues can be understood and tackled, but policy is typically based on a narrow subset of possible approaches. This is illustrated by discussion of climate change, demographic shifts, the response to greater ethnic and religious diversity, the debate about community and local area politics, democratisation, nudge, the international financial crisis, and the growth of popular disillusion with politics and politicians. These areas range across economic, social, and political issues. The book aims to contribute to our understanding of governance and particularly of how the ideas that lead the policy agenda emerge and are reinforced.Less
This book reviews some of the most challenging developments in British society as they are understood by policy-makers and by academics. The key point is that academic debates identify a range of ways in which issues can be understood and tackled, but policy is typically based on a narrow subset of possible approaches. This is illustrated by discussion of climate change, demographic shifts, the response to greater ethnic and religious diversity, the debate about community and local area politics, democratisation, nudge, the international financial crisis, and the growth of popular disillusion with politics and politicians. These areas range across economic, social, and political issues. The book aims to contribute to our understanding of governance and particularly of how the ideas that lead the policy agenda emerge and are reinforced.
Alon Tal
- Published in print:
- 2016
- Published Online:
- January 2017
- ISBN:
- 9780300216882
- eISBN:
- 9780300224955
- Item type:
- book
- Publisher:
- Yale University Press
- DOI:
- 10.12987/yale/9780300216882.001.0001
- Subject:
- History, Middle East History
During the past sixty-eight years, Israel's population has increased from one to eight million people. Such exponential growth has produced acute environmental and social crises in this tiny country. ...
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During the past sixty-eight years, Israel's population has increased from one to eight million people. Such exponential growth has produced acute environmental and social crises in this tiny country. This book, written by one of Israel's foremost environmentalists, considers the ramifications of the extraordinary demographic shift, from burgeoning pollution and dwindling natural resources to overburdened infrastructure and overcrowding. The book aims to answer the question: What should Israel's demographic objectives be, and what public policies are needed to attain them? It argues that while Israel has made remarkable efforts to accommodate its growing population, this extraordinary demographic expansion is ultimately unsustainable. Based on extensive fieldwork and interviews, the book examines the origins of Israel's population policies and how they must change to support a sustainable future.Less
During the past sixty-eight years, Israel's population has increased from one to eight million people. Such exponential growth has produced acute environmental and social crises in this tiny country. This book, written by one of Israel's foremost environmentalists, considers the ramifications of the extraordinary demographic shift, from burgeoning pollution and dwindling natural resources to overburdened infrastructure and overcrowding. The book aims to answer the question: What should Israel's demographic objectives be, and what public policies are needed to attain them? It argues that while Israel has made remarkable efforts to accommodate its growing population, this extraordinary demographic expansion is ultimately unsustainable. Based on extensive fieldwork and interviews, the book examines the origins of Israel's population policies and how they must change to support a sustainable future.
Willow S. Lung-Amam
- Published in print:
- 2017
- Published Online:
- January 2018
- ISBN:
- 9780520293892
- eISBN:
- 9780520967229
- Item type:
- book
- Publisher:
- University of California Press
- DOI:
- 10.1525/california/9780520293892.001.0001
- Subject:
- Sociology, Migration Studies (including Refugee Studies)
Beyond the gilded gates of Google, little has been written about the suburban communities of Silicon Valley. Over the past decades, the region's booming tech economy spurred rapid population growth, ...
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Beyond the gilded gates of Google, little has been written about the suburban communities of Silicon Valley. Over the past decades, the region's booming tech economy spurred rapid population growth, increased racial diversity, and prompted an influx of immigration, especially among highly skilled and educated migrants from China, Taiwan, and India. At the same time, the response to these newcomers among long-time neighbors and city officials revealed complex attitudes in even the most well-heeled and diverse communities. This book takes an intimate look at the everyday life and politics inside Silicon Valley against a backdrop of these dramatic demographic shifts. At the broadest level it raises questions about the rights of diverse populations to their own piece of the suburban American Dream. It follows one community over several decades as it transforms from a sleepy rural town to a global gateway and one of the nation's largest Asian American-majority cities. There, it highlights the passionate efforts of Asian Americans to make Silicon Valley their home by investing in local schools, neighborhoods, and shopping centers. It also provides a tale of the tensions that emerge over this suburb's changing environment. The book uncovers suburbia as an increasingly important place for immigrants and minorities to register their claims for equality and inclusion.Less
Beyond the gilded gates of Google, little has been written about the suburban communities of Silicon Valley. Over the past decades, the region's booming tech economy spurred rapid population growth, increased racial diversity, and prompted an influx of immigration, especially among highly skilled and educated migrants from China, Taiwan, and India. At the same time, the response to these newcomers among long-time neighbors and city officials revealed complex attitudes in even the most well-heeled and diverse communities. This book takes an intimate look at the everyday life and politics inside Silicon Valley against a backdrop of these dramatic demographic shifts. At the broadest level it raises questions about the rights of diverse populations to their own piece of the suburban American Dream. It follows one community over several decades as it transforms from a sleepy rural town to a global gateway and one of the nation's largest Asian American-majority cities. There, it highlights the passionate efforts of Asian Americans to make Silicon Valley their home by investing in local schools, neighborhoods, and shopping centers. It also provides a tale of the tensions that emerge over this suburb's changing environment. The book uncovers suburbia as an increasingly important place for immigrants and minorities to register their claims for equality and inclusion.
Sarah Morelli
- Published in print:
- 2019
- Published Online:
- May 2020
- ISBN:
- 9780252042867
- eISBN:
- 9780252051722
- Item type:
- chapter
- Publisher:
- University of Illinois Press
- DOI:
- 10.5622/illinois/9780252042867.003.0005
- Subject:
- Music, Dance
This chapter considers stylistic developments in Pandit Chitresh Das’s manner of teaching and performing kathak through the lens of Indian gender theory. In the 1980s and 1990s, Pandit Das began ...
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This chapter considers stylistic developments in Pandit Chitresh Das’s manner of teaching and performing kathak through the lens of Indian gender theory. In the 1980s and 1990s, Pandit Das began teaching mostly first- and second-generation South Asian American students whose families established themselves in the States following the 1965 Immigration and Nationality Act. This demographic shift led to broad changes in Pandit Das’s teaching, reflected in softer, rounded hand positions, upper-body movements, and repertoire considered more feminine. The chapter’s second section discusses masculine aspects of Pandit Das’s own dance, including his practice of dancing with dumbbells. Together, these sections consider how concepts of gender were expressed in Pandit Das’s evolving kathak style and how the half-male, half-female Hindu deity ardhanārīśvara influenced Pandit Das’s dance philosophy.Less
This chapter considers stylistic developments in Pandit Chitresh Das’s manner of teaching and performing kathak through the lens of Indian gender theory. In the 1980s and 1990s, Pandit Das began teaching mostly first- and second-generation South Asian American students whose families established themselves in the States following the 1965 Immigration and Nationality Act. This demographic shift led to broad changes in Pandit Das’s teaching, reflected in softer, rounded hand positions, upper-body movements, and repertoire considered more feminine. The chapter’s second section discusses masculine aspects of Pandit Das’s own dance, including his practice of dancing with dumbbells. Together, these sections consider how concepts of gender were expressed in Pandit Das’s evolving kathak style and how the half-male, half-female Hindu deity ardhanārīśvara influenced Pandit Das’s dance philosophy.
Hannah Gill
- Published in print:
- 2010
- Published Online:
- July 2014
- ISBN:
- 9780807834282
- eISBN:
- 9781469603926
- Item type:
- book
- Publisher:
- University of North Carolina Press
- DOI:
- 10.5149/9780807899380_gill
- Subject:
- History, Latin American History
Over recent decades, the Southeast has become a new frontier for Latin American migration to and within the United States, and North Carolina has had one of the fastest growing Latino populations in ...
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Over recent decades, the Southeast has become a new frontier for Latin American migration to and within the United States, and North Carolina has had one of the fastest growing Latino populations in the nation. This book offers North Carolinians from all walks of life a better understanding of their Latino neighbors, bringing light instead of heat to local and national debates on immigration. Exploring the larger social forces behind demographic shifts, the author shows both how North Carolina communities are facing the challenges and opportunities presented by these changes, and how migrants experience the economic and social realities of their new lives. Latinos are no longer just visitors to the state but are part of the inevitably changing, long-term makeup of its population. Today, emerging migrant communities and the integration of Latino populations remain salient issues as the U.S. Congress stands on the verge of formulating comprehensive immigration reform for the first time in nearly three decades. The author makes connections between hometowns and the increasing globalization of people, money, technology, and culture by shedding light on the many diverse North Carolina residents who are highly visible yet, as she shows, invisible at the same time.Less
Over recent decades, the Southeast has become a new frontier for Latin American migration to and within the United States, and North Carolina has had one of the fastest growing Latino populations in the nation. This book offers North Carolinians from all walks of life a better understanding of their Latino neighbors, bringing light instead of heat to local and national debates on immigration. Exploring the larger social forces behind demographic shifts, the author shows both how North Carolina communities are facing the challenges and opportunities presented by these changes, and how migrants experience the economic and social realities of their new lives. Latinos are no longer just visitors to the state but are part of the inevitably changing, long-term makeup of its population. Today, emerging migrant communities and the integration of Latino populations remain salient issues as the U.S. Congress stands on the verge of formulating comprehensive immigration reform for the first time in nearly three decades. The author makes connections between hometowns and the increasing globalization of people, money, technology, and culture by shedding light on the many diverse North Carolina residents who are highly visible yet, as she shows, invisible at the same time.
Chris Phillipson
- Published in print:
- 2010
- Published Online:
- March 2012
- ISBN:
- 9781847422057
- eISBN:
- 9781447301424
- Item type:
- chapter
- Publisher:
- Policy Press
- DOI:
- 10.1332/policypress/9781847422057.003.0002
- Subject:
- Sociology, Gerontology and Ageing
This chapter explores the interaction between demography and globalisation. It observes that population ageing has been a major factor influencing changes in intergenerational relations, and such a ...
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This chapter explores the interaction between demography and globalisation. It observes that population ageing has been a major factor influencing changes in intergenerational relations, and such a demographic shift is firmly located in broader social and economic developments, including processes associated with globalisation. It also examines how demographic shifts and globalisation are currently influencing the nature of intergenerational relations by linking those two issues together, and asks, are any new forms of contact and reciprocity across generations emerging within and beyond national boundaries?Less
This chapter explores the interaction between demography and globalisation. It observes that population ageing has been a major factor influencing changes in intergenerational relations, and such a demographic shift is firmly located in broader social and economic developments, including processes associated with globalisation. It also examines how demographic shifts and globalisation are currently influencing the nature of intergenerational relations by linking those two issues together, and asks, are any new forms of contact and reciprocity across generations emerging within and beyond national boundaries?
Ronald Deibert and Rafal Rohozinski
- Published in print:
- 2011
- Published Online:
- August 2013
- ISBN:
- 9780262016780
- eISBN:
- 9780262298919
- Item type:
- chapter
- Publisher:
- The MIT Press
- DOI:
- 10.7551/mitpress/9780262016780.003.0002
- Subject:
- Society and Culture, Media Studies
This chapter focuses on the competition for power and control of the factors defining cyberspace contestation. Driving forces of cyberspace contests including the evolution of the cyberspace ...
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This chapter focuses on the competition for power and control of the factors defining cyberspace contestation. Driving forces of cyberspace contests including the evolution of the cyberspace ecosystem, demographic shift, cyber crime, and the political economy of cyber security. The expansion of cyberspace throughout society’s every aspect is discussed, as is the increase in the use of mobile access devices. The chapter discusses measures undertaken by authoritarian states to counter anti-regime mobilization, for which cyberspace is a major factor. It highlights the issue of authority crisis in cyberspace caused by contestation and lays out issues—including political jurisdictions regarding cyberspace, responsibilities of people who control the cyberspace, and appropriate behavior for the cyberspace—which need to be discussed comprehensively to avoid the authority crisis issue.Less
This chapter focuses on the competition for power and control of the factors defining cyberspace contestation. Driving forces of cyberspace contests including the evolution of the cyberspace ecosystem, demographic shift, cyber crime, and the political economy of cyber security. The expansion of cyberspace throughout society’s every aspect is discussed, as is the increase in the use of mobile access devices. The chapter discusses measures undertaken by authoritarian states to counter anti-regime mobilization, for which cyberspace is a major factor. It highlights the issue of authority crisis in cyberspace caused by contestation and lays out issues—including political jurisdictions regarding cyberspace, responsibilities of people who control the cyberspace, and appropriate behavior for the cyberspace—which need to be discussed comprehensively to avoid the authority crisis issue.
David A. Wise (ed.)
- Published in print:
- 2011
- Published Online:
- February 2013
- ISBN:
- 9780226903378
- eISBN:
- 9780226903385
- Item type:
- book
- Publisher:
- University of Chicago Press
- DOI:
- 10.7208/chicago/9780226903385.001.0001
- Subject:
- Economics and Finance, Public and Welfare
The next two decades will mark a new phase in the demographic transition of the United States as baby boomers become eligible for Social Security and Medicare. Drawing on evidence from the United ...
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The next two decades will mark a new phase in the demographic transition of the United States as baby boomers become eligible for Social Security and Medicare. Drawing on evidence from the United States and other nations, this book yields important new findings on how economic decisions by households and policy choices by governments will influence the effects of this demographic shift. It explores topics such as the implications of differential mortality rates by income on Social Security, the link between cognition and economic outcomes, and scale variations in self-reported work disability.Less
The next two decades will mark a new phase in the demographic transition of the United States as baby boomers become eligible for Social Security and Medicare. Drawing on evidence from the United States and other nations, this book yields important new findings on how economic decisions by households and policy choices by governments will influence the effects of this demographic shift. It explores topics such as the implications of differential mortality rates by income on Social Security, the link between cognition and economic outcomes, and scale variations in self-reported work disability.
Heath Brown
- Published in print:
- 2016
- Published Online:
- May 2017
- ISBN:
- 9781501704833
- eISBN:
- 9781501705922
- Item type:
- chapter
- Publisher:
- Cornell University Press
- DOI:
- 10.7591/cornell/9781501704833.003.0002
- Subject:
- Political Science, American Politics
This chapter explores the demographic shifts that took place between 2000 and 2012, which saw the composition of immigrants in the United States change greatly. Despite growing in number over the ...
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This chapter explores the demographic shifts that took place between 2000 and 2012, which saw the composition of immigrants in the United States change greatly. Despite growing in number over the last three decades, immigrants have participated in politics at lower levels than other U.S. citizens. This chapter examines the gap in immigrant voting with the help of important findings from political behavior and political sociology research. This literature shows how varied immigrant politics are in the United States and also suggests why nonprofit engagement in elections should draw more attention. The chapter also examines how political institutions, especially nonprofit organizations, have advanced and sometimes slowed immigrant voting.Less
This chapter explores the demographic shifts that took place between 2000 and 2012, which saw the composition of immigrants in the United States change greatly. Despite growing in number over the last three decades, immigrants have participated in politics at lower levels than other U.S. citizens. This chapter examines the gap in immigrant voting with the help of important findings from political behavior and political sociology research. This literature shows how varied immigrant politics are in the United States and also suggests why nonprofit engagement in elections should draw more attention. The chapter also examines how political institutions, especially nonprofit organizations, have advanced and sometimes slowed immigrant voting.
Mary E. Frederickson
- Published in print:
- 2011
- Published Online:
- September 2011
- ISBN:
- 9780813036038
- eISBN:
- 9780813038469
- Item type:
- chapter
- Publisher:
- University Press of Florida
- DOI:
- 10.5744/florida/9780813036038.003.0008
- Subject:
- History, American History: 20th Century
This chapter analyzes the demographic shift that has brought the Latino population of the region to over 11 million, with 10 million Latinos living in Texas and Florida and 1.6 million relatively new ...
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This chapter analyzes the demographic shift that has brought the Latino population of the region to over 11 million, with 10 million Latinos living in Texas and Florida and 1.6 million relatively new immigrants settling in Georgia, North Carolina, South Carolina, Virginia, West Virginia, Kentucky, Arkansas, Mississippi, and Louisiana. This in-migration changed the biracial workforce of the South for the first time since Reconstruction. Traditional southern culture, black and white, is changing as well. Spanish is heard on streets from suburban Atlanta to Siler City, North Carolina. The religious life of the South has become more diverse as Catholic congregations have expanded and evangelical churches have welcomed new members. A transnational South holds possibility and promise even as it challenges the region's ability to extend democracy to new groups of southerners.Less
This chapter analyzes the demographic shift that has brought the Latino population of the region to over 11 million, with 10 million Latinos living in Texas and Florida and 1.6 million relatively new immigrants settling in Georgia, North Carolina, South Carolina, Virginia, West Virginia, Kentucky, Arkansas, Mississippi, and Louisiana. This in-migration changed the biracial workforce of the South for the first time since Reconstruction. Traditional southern culture, black and white, is changing as well. Spanish is heard on streets from suburban Atlanta to Siler City, North Carolina. The religious life of the South has become more diverse as Catholic congregations have expanded and evangelical churches have welcomed new members. A transnational South holds possibility and promise even as it challenges the region's ability to extend democracy to new groups of southerners.
THOMAS KIFFMEYER
- Published in print:
- 2008
- Published Online:
- September 2011
- ISBN:
- 9780813125091
- eISBN:
- 9780813135175
- Item type:
- chapter
- Publisher:
- University Press of Kentucky
- DOI:
- 10.5810/kentucky/9780813125091.003.0005
- Subject:
- History, American History: 20th Century
Although Flem Messer and Jack Rivel were both members of the Appalachian Volunteers (AVs) and were engaged in the earliest projects of the organization, they came from different backgrounds and ...
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Although Flem Messer and Jack Rivel were both members of the Appalachian Volunteers (AVs) and were engaged in the earliest projects of the organization, they came from different backgrounds and experiences which influenced the transformation that the AVs went through in 1965. The ideal of organizing local people to help each other became unsustainable during the later part of that year, the involvement of the Volunteers in Service to America (VISTA) initiated the demographic shift that transformed the identity of the AVs. Aside from how Messer originally undermined the notion of local people helping each other, Messer and Rivel also differed in how they related with the people they attempted to help. Messer asserted that disproportionate local control between the poor and the non-poor required outside influence if something was to be done to end Appalachian poverty.Less
Although Flem Messer and Jack Rivel were both members of the Appalachian Volunteers (AVs) and were engaged in the earliest projects of the organization, they came from different backgrounds and experiences which influenced the transformation that the AVs went through in 1965. The ideal of organizing local people to help each other became unsustainable during the later part of that year, the involvement of the Volunteers in Service to America (VISTA) initiated the demographic shift that transformed the identity of the AVs. Aside from how Messer originally undermined the notion of local people helping each other, Messer and Rivel also differed in how they related with the people they attempted to help. Messer asserted that disproportionate local control between the poor and the non-poor required outside influence if something was to be done to end Appalachian poverty.
- Published in print:
- 2009
- Published Online:
- June 2013
- ISBN:
- 9780804760096
- eISBN:
- 9780804771047
- Item type:
- chapter
- Publisher:
- Stanford University Press
- DOI:
- 10.11126/stanford/9780804760096.003.0004
- Subject:
- Sociology, Social Stratification, Inequality, and Mobility
This chapter presents an individual-level analysis of women's decisions to leave the labor force after marriage and childbirth. It reveals that the factors contributing to women's exit from the labor ...
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This chapter presents an individual-level analysis of women's decisions to leave the labor force after marriage and childbirth. It reveals that the factors contributing to women's exit from the labor force tend to differ between Japan and Taiwan. The differences in the dynamics of women's postmarital job exits are consistent with the discrepancies in working conditions that women with differing types of jobs in these countries experience. Because of divergent labor market conditions, women generally face greater difficulties combining their family and job responsibilities in Japan than in Taiwan. The analysis link the individual level results to aggregate-level changes over time. It shows that the observed labor force exit dynamics, along with broader economic and demographic shifts, account for the historical change in women's employment behavior in the two countries.Less
This chapter presents an individual-level analysis of women's decisions to leave the labor force after marriage and childbirth. It reveals that the factors contributing to women's exit from the labor force tend to differ between Japan and Taiwan. The differences in the dynamics of women's postmarital job exits are consistent with the discrepancies in working conditions that women with differing types of jobs in these countries experience. Because of divergent labor market conditions, women generally face greater difficulties combining their family and job responsibilities in Japan than in Taiwan. The analysis link the individual level results to aggregate-level changes over time. It shows that the observed labor force exit dynamics, along with broader economic and demographic shifts, account for the historical change in women's employment behavior in the two countries.
Andrew C. Willford and S. Nagarajan
- Published in print:
- 2014
- Published Online:
- January 2018
- ISBN:
- 9780824838942
- eISBN:
- 9780824869649
- Item type:
- chapter
- Publisher:
- University of Hawai'i Press
- DOI:
- 10.21313/hawaii/9780824838942.003.0002
- Subject:
- History, Asian History
This chapter analyzes the transformation of the plantation industry in Malaysia's commercial heartland, primarily in the state of Selangor, to understand how the bureaucratization of ethnic ...
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This chapter analyzes the transformation of the plantation industry in Malaysia's commercial heartland, primarily in the state of Selangor, to understand how the bureaucratization of ethnic entitlement affected the politics of development—which in turn had economic and symbolic consequences for Tamil communities experiencing displacement. Development politics have brought about a dramatic demographic shift in the ethnic composition of Malaysia's industrial heartland. This was the intended goal all along. To develop the nation's core identity, politically constructed around Malay ethnicity and Islam, the two being increasingly synonymous, it was argued that Malays had to be united and strong—particularly at the center. In addition to reforming and thereby policing Malay identity, incentives and privileges created a culture of privilege and increasing self-rationalization of these purported entitlements.Less
This chapter analyzes the transformation of the plantation industry in Malaysia's commercial heartland, primarily in the state of Selangor, to understand how the bureaucratization of ethnic entitlement affected the politics of development—which in turn had economic and symbolic consequences for Tamil communities experiencing displacement. Development politics have brought about a dramatic demographic shift in the ethnic composition of Malaysia's industrial heartland. This was the intended goal all along. To develop the nation's core identity, politically constructed around Malay ethnicity and Islam, the two being increasingly synonymous, it was argued that Malays had to be united and strong—particularly at the center. In addition to reforming and thereby policing Malay identity, incentives and privileges created a culture of privilege and increasing self-rationalization of these purported entitlements.
Clovis E. Semmes
- Published in print:
- 2012
- Published Online:
- April 2017
- ISBN:
- 9780252037023
- eISBN:
- 9780252094392
- Item type:
- chapter
- Publisher:
- University of Illinois Press
- DOI:
- 10.5406/illinois/9780252037023.003.0003
- Subject:
- History, African-American History
This chapter historicizes the building of “the great palace theaters” of the early twentieth century, paying particular attention to real-life racial politics. Inspired by the architectural designs ...
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This chapter historicizes the building of “the great palace theaters” of the early twentieth century, paying particular attention to real-life racial politics. Inspired by the architectural designs of the Chateau de Versailles, the Tivoli Theater was located in Washington Park with its 85 percent white population. The theater, originally built in 1921 for white neighborhood residents, employed a number of black men and women in service capacities. Due to gradual demographic shifts, Tivoli Theater management pursued a policy of separate seating for audiences for the live performances and film exhibitions. The chapter notes that the ornate theaters, including the Regal Theater, which was the black counterpart to the Tivoli Theater, sought to sell the feeling of being upper class while giving access to all classes.Less
This chapter historicizes the building of “the great palace theaters” of the early twentieth century, paying particular attention to real-life racial politics. Inspired by the architectural designs of the Chateau de Versailles, the Tivoli Theater was located in Washington Park with its 85 percent white population. The theater, originally built in 1921 for white neighborhood residents, employed a number of black men and women in service capacities. Due to gradual demographic shifts, Tivoli Theater management pursued a policy of separate seating for audiences for the live performances and film exhibitions. The chapter notes that the ornate theaters, including the Regal Theater, which was the black counterpart to the Tivoli Theater, sought to sell the feeling of being upper class while giving access to all classes.
Jill M. Mateo and Dario Maestripieri
- Published in print:
- 2009
- Published Online:
- February 2013
- ISBN:
- 9780226501192
- eISBN:
- 9780226501222
- Item type:
- chapter
- Publisher:
- University of Chicago Press
- DOI:
- 10.7208/chicago/9780226501222.003.0014
- Subject:
- Biology, Animal Behavior / Behavioral Ecology
This chapter sums up the key findings of this study of maternal effects in mammals. It suggests that maternal effects occur when a mother's phenotype influences her offspring's phenotype independent ...
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This chapter sums up the key findings of this study of maternal effects in mammals. It suggests that maternal effects occur when a mother's phenotype influences her offspring's phenotype independent of the genes it inherits from its mother and that these effects can arise before or after birth and can be mediated by the mother's nutrition, physiology, behavior, social status, physical environment, or some combination of these variables. This chapter also proposes long-term studies of wild mammals to better understand variation in maternal effects within individuals across reproductive events as a function of climatic variables, anthropogenic effects, demographic shifts, or senescence.Less
This chapter sums up the key findings of this study of maternal effects in mammals. It suggests that maternal effects occur when a mother's phenotype influences her offspring's phenotype independent of the genes it inherits from its mother and that these effects can arise before or after birth and can be mediated by the mother's nutrition, physiology, behavior, social status, physical environment, or some combination of these variables. This chapter also proposes long-term studies of wild mammals to better understand variation in maternal effects within individuals across reproductive events as a function of climatic variables, anthropogenic effects, demographic shifts, or senescence.
Jesper Rangvid
- Published in print:
- 2021
- Published Online:
- February 2021
- ISBN:
- 9780198866404
- eISBN:
- 9780191898549
- Item type:
- chapter
- Publisher:
- Oxford University Press
- DOI:
- 10.1093/oso/9780198866404.003.0019
- Subject:
- Economics and Finance, Financial Economics
This chapter looks at expectations of returns several decades out. This is obviously a difficult task, as fundamental economic structures might change over such long periods. But we need multi-decade ...
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This chapter looks at expectations of returns several decades out. This is obviously a difficult task, as fundamental economic structures might change over such long periods. But we need multi-decade forecasts in certain situations. One conclusion of this chapter is that we must look beyond variables that predict turning points in the business cycle and stock-price multiples when dealing with the very long run. Over multiple decades, we will live through multiple business cycles. Variables that predict the next business cycle will not be particularly informative about the returns we expect over many decades. The chapter focuses on the deep underlying drivers of long-run returns, primarily expectations to long-run economic activity.The chapter also looks at expected long-run interest rates.Less
This chapter looks at expectations of returns several decades out. This is obviously a difficult task, as fundamental economic structures might change over such long periods. But we need multi-decade forecasts in certain situations. One conclusion of this chapter is that we must look beyond variables that predict turning points in the business cycle and stock-price multiples when dealing with the very long run. Over multiple decades, we will live through multiple business cycles. Variables that predict the next business cycle will not be particularly informative about the returns we expect over many decades. The chapter focuses on the deep underlying drivers of long-run returns, primarily expectations to long-run economic activity.The chapter also looks at expected long-run interest rates.
