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Title Population : opposing viewpoints / Karen F. Balkin, book editor.

Imprint Detroit : Greenhaven Press, c2005.

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Location Call No. OPAC Message Status
 Axe 3rd Floor Stacks  304.6 P819o 2005    ---  Available
 FSCC Reference  R 016 OPP 2005    ---  Available
Description 186 p. : ill. ; 23 cm.
Series Opposing viewpoints series (Unnumbered)
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents Is there a population problem? -- Overpopulation is a serious problem / Frosty Wooldridge -- Overpopulation is a myth / Austin Ruse -- Science will solve the population problem / Nicholas Eberstadt -- Science will not solve the population problem / Jared Diamond -- What problems are associated with population growth? -- Population growth is causing a global ecological disaster / Don Hinrichsen and Bryant Robey -- Population growth is unfairly blamed for ecological problems / Betsy Hartmann -- Overpopulation contributes to world hunger / Geoffrey Lean -- Overpopulation is not the main cause of world hunger / Pregnant Pause -- Overpopulation could lead to humanity's extinction / Niles Eldredge -- Declining population is a serious problem / Fred Pearce -- What are the effects of immigration on America's population? -- Immigration is the main cause of U.S. population increases / Edward Tabash -- Immigrants are unfairly blamed for U.S. population increases / Daniel T. Griswold.
Immigration increases unemployment / Steve Gill -- Immigration does not increase unemployment / Michael Tanner -- Population increases resulting from immigration undermine national unity / Rob Sobhani -- Population increases resulting from immigration do not undermine national unity / Henry Cisneros -- What population policies should be pursued? -- Governments should promote population control / K. Prasada Rao -- Governments should not promote population control / Christopher Lingle -- Aggressive population control policies should be supported / Carol A. Kates -- Aggressive population control policies should be abandoned / Amit Sen Gupta -- China's one-child policy should be continued / Information of the State Council of the People's Republic of China -- China's one-child policy should be ended / Society for the protection of unborn children -- United States is justified in withdrawing funds from United Nations' Population Control Programs / Austin Ruse and Douglas A Sylva -- United States is not justified in withdrawing funds from United Nations' Population Control Programs / Ellen Goodman.
Subject Population.
Population policy.
Demographic transition -- Economic aspects.
Age distribution (Demography) -- Economic aspects.
United States -- Emigration and immigration -- Economic aspects.
Added Author Balkin, Karen, 1949-
ISBN 0737729511 (lib. : alk. paper)
073772952X (pbk. : alk. paper)
Standard No. QBX a 04060862

 
    
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