This open access book draws the big picture of how population change interplays with politics across the world from 1990 to 2040. Leading social scientists from

The field of political demography - the politics of population change - is dramatically underrepresented in political science. At a time when demographic change

"A timely, stimulating, and very readable volume." - Journal of International Migration and Integration "Essays in the true sense ... they are readable, wide-ra

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