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• Title:Demographic developments and population policies in Baʻthist Syria / Onn Winckler ; foreword by Moshe Maʻoz.
  
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• Author/Creator:Winckler, Onn.
  
• Published/Created:Brighton [England] ; Portland, Or. : Sussex Academic Press, 1998, ©1999.
  

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  • Call Number: HB3633.7.A3 W558 1999
    
  • Number of Items:1
    
  • Status:Available
    

   
• Library of Congress Subjects:Demography--Syria.
  Syria--Population policy.
  Syria--Economic conditions.
  Syria--Social conditions.
  
• Description:xiv, 218 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
  
• Summary:"This is the first book written in English to describe and analyze demographic and socioeconomic developments in Syria within the framework of demographic developments taking place throughout the Middle East during the later twentieth century. During the last 75 years, the Syrian population has increased almost twelve-fold - one of the highest rates in the Middle East. The demographic-economic factor is a prime factor in political decision-making and change in both internal affairs and foreign relations. This critical connection is traced in the light of President Asad's policies."--Jacket.
  
• Notes:Includes bibliographical references (pages 188-208) and index.
  
• ISBN:1902210166 (alk. paper)
  9781902210162 (alk. paper)
  
• Contents:Foreword / Professor Moshe Ma'oz
  Introduction: The Middle Eastern Demographic Transition
  Sources for Syrian Demographic Trends and Developments
  Population Growth and Natural Increase
  Spatial Distribution of the Population
  Migration Trends
  Economic Data
  Population Growth
  Natural Increase of the Population
  Mortality Rates and Life Expectancy
  Marriage and Divorce
  Economic Consequences of High Rates of Natural Increase
  Contraceptive Use
  The Spatial Distribution of the Population
  The Rate of the Syrian Rural-to-Urban Migration Movement
  The Pattern of Rural-to-Urban Migration
  Reasons for Rural-to-Urban Migration
  Economic Consequences of the Rapid Urbanization Process
  Syrian Migration Abroad
  Permanent Migration
  Temporary Migration for Employment Purposes: Syrian Workers in Other Middle Eastern Countries
  The Scope of Syrian Migrants in Other Middle Eastern Countries
  The Incentives for Syrian Labor Migration
  Distribution of Syrian Mgrants in the Host Countries
  Economic Consequences of Labor Migration
  Demographic Policies of the Syrian Authorities
  Family Planning
  The Spatial Distribution of the Population
  Labor Migration to Other Arab Countries
  Evaluation of Syrian Demographic Policies
  Conclusions: Demography, Economy, and Political Changes under Asad.