Power to the Population: The Political Consequences and Causes of Demographic Changes
University of Georgia Press ·
Who is born, who moves, who gets to work, and who survives a war decide the fate of nations. Power to the Population argues that international power is built at home, from the size and organization of a country's people. Ranging from China's coming wave of aging to Syria's refugee crisis and Europe's bet on union, it shows how choices about women's rights, immigration, discrimination, and postwar recovery ripple outward to reshape the global order. Demography is not destiny, but once its trends are in motion they are remarkably hard to reverse.