Political Demography: Ethnic, National and Religious Dimensions 29-30 September, 2006
London School of Economics
Proposal Deadline: 15 July 2006
Sponsored by the Association for the Study of Ethnicity and Nationalism (ASEN), in association with the Economic and Social Research Council (ESRC) and British Academy
Demography - chiefly in the form of international migration and differential fertility rates - has enormous socio-political implications and is soaring in importance. Demography is the most predictable social phenomenon, yet demographers and social scientists inhabit parallel worlds.
One goal of this conference is to initiate a conversation between demographers and scholars of ethnicity, nationalism and religion which will result in future research projects and publications.
Plenary Speakers
Jack Goldstone - George Mason University
Michael Hout - University of California Berkeley
Monica Duffy Toft - Harvard University
Suggested Paper Themes:
Demographic Perspectives
• Patterns of differential population growth between ethnic groups, religious denominations and nation-states due to fertility and migration
• The role of cultural factors in explaining fertility differences
• The impact of religious, ethnic or nationalist activity on individual-level fertility
Social Science Perspectives
• Differential population growth and ethnic/religious/national conflict
• Demographic nationalism: immigration control, pronatalism, transmigration
• Demographic shifts and politics: elections, censuses and demographic propaganda
For Further Information see the conference website at:
www.lse.ac.uk/collections/ ASEN/demography.htm
Submit Paper Proposals Online at:
http://www.lse.ac.uk/ collections/ASEN/Demog_proposal.htm
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