Orthodoxy and Revisionism in American Demography
Population and Development ReviewPublished 1 December 1988
Dennis Hodgson
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Abstract
From the vantage point of the late 1980s what passes for orthodoxy in American demography is a perspective founded on 2 basic assumptions: rapid population growth in nonindustrial societies is a significant problem and providing contraceptives to peasant couples can lower fertility prior to industrialization. The emergence of this perspective within American demography during the 1950s and the rise of revisionist views more recently are examined. Orthodoxys emergence is attributed to 2 sets of factors: 1st the inability of demographic transition theory to explain postwar demographic trends; 2nd the manner in which the Cold War decolonization and the influx of funds for fertility control changed American demographers approach to the study of population trends. The recent rise of revisionism is attributed both to orthodoxys difficulty in digesting the favorable economic and demographic trends of the 1970s and to the changes in the political and funding environments within which American demographers work. (authors)
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