Population geographies for the 21st century

Findlay, Allan

doi:10.1080/00369220318737173

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“…This ‘integrative’ population geography thus involves methodological approaches that would speak to a wide range of audiences in both more applied and theoretical circles. For example, as Findlay (2003, p. 187) writes, “It is only with combined strengths in both qualitative and quantitative methods that population geographers can deliver a strong theory‐led evidence‐based contribution to knowledge that is relevant both to the rest of human geography and to the wider community of users of population research.” Whereas human geography may currently be more interested in social theory, spatial demographic approaches with GIS may be of greater interest to policy communities and disciplines outside of geography. As such, population geographers trained in both spatial demographic approaches and social theory are particularly well‐suited to engage with both the turn toward ‘space’ in demography, but also can be conversant with theoretically inclined research developments in human geography.…”

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confidence: 99%

Negotiating GIS and Social Theory in Population Geography

Walker

2010

Geography Compass

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Population researchers are increasingly giving attention to how geographic information systems (GIS)‐based analytical techniques can answer questions about the spatial aspects of demographic processes. This broader turn toward spatial demography, however, has occurred concurrently with concerns within population geography about the sub‐discipline’s position within human geography as it turns toward critical social theory. These developments create distinct tensions for population geographers who seek to engage with the growing interest in GIS and spatial analysis outside of geography, and remain relevant within an increasingly theoretical human geography. This article evaluates the challenges in incorporating insights from critical social theory into spatial demographic research, with attention to issues such as the social construction of space and scale and the modifiable areal unit problem (MAUP). The article then assesses the potential of qualitative GIS as a methodological resolution to these challenges, and considers the prospects for theoretically informed spatial demographic research in population geography.

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Negotiating GIS and Social Theory in Population Geography

Walker

2010

Geography Compass

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“…Recent changes in population structure, driven by increases in in-migration and increases in fertility, have partly mitigated population decline, but have done little to address the overall long-term ageing of the population structure. This paper has illustrated the importance demographic changes have for understanding the labour market and policy making in Scotland, highlighting the relevance of demography in these areas (see Findlay, 2003).…”

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Demographic and Labour Market Change: The Dynamics of Older Workers in the Scottish Labour Market

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Danson

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Scottish Geographical Journal

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This paper presents a review of ageing in the Scottish labour market. Scotland's population structure has been ageing for some decades leading to an ageing of the working population, at a rate ahead of many countries in Europe. Low levels of fertility, increased participation in post-compulsory education and low levels of labour market participation after the age of 50 have further contributed to an anticipated marked future decline in workforce numbers. This ageing of the workforce will mean that in the future Scotland is likely to have to rely on a smaller proportion of its population to provide its services and produce its economic wealth. It also poses a number of questions around the supply of skills and labour for Scottish employers. In particular, with a declining labour force from where will employers draw labour? There are a number of important policy implications; specifically, what are the most effective ways and at what spatial level are the most effective means of addressing labour market ageing in Scotland. The paper examines the demographic context, spatial variations in ageing, the labour market participation of older workers, how current policy is addressing this issue and what should be done.

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“…Graham also pushed towards not just philosophical but also political considerations in her criticism of the Eurocentrism of transition theory and the need for a critical population geography (Graham, 2000). This argument has perhaps been made most forcefully in Findlay's discussion of population geography in the twenty-first century (Findlay, 2003). Here Findlay took on many of the developments that had come from an engagement with theory.…”

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“…The tools used to do this, and the disciplinary path followed, has led to recent concerns over the insularity of the subdiscipline and attempts to import and utilise theories from geography and beyond (Findlay and Graham, 1991;Jackson and White, 1995;Graham, 1999;McKendrick, 1999). However, the call to (re)theorise has recently been declaimed as weary and as one that acculturates a feeling of marginality amongst population geographers (Findlay, 2003). Allan Findlay suggests two lines of action: firstly, to show how central to social thinking the concept of population actually is, and secondly to deploy the traditional strengths of population geographers in a critical fashion.…”

Section: Introductionmentioning

confidence: 99%