Demographic Discourse and Politics from the Perspective of Gender

Abstract

The collected volume, edited by Peter A. Berger and Heike Kahlert, contains analyses that concern themselves with demographic change in the national and international context. The book contains empirically based articles on demographic change that are critical of ideology and dominance, thus contributing to the objectification of the heated debate in the media and science. The authors all contradict the tendency to demographically position social problems and demand instead a stronger focus on history, contextualization, and a gender-sensitive analysis and interpretation of demographic developments.