Migration has always been a long-standing feature of political life throughout the world. In
some cases, however, the arrival of large numbers of migrants has produced violent clashes …

Unmitigated climate change will likely produce major problems for human populations
worldwide. Although many researchers and policy-makers believe that drought may be an …

This chapter presents forecasts for the emergence of large-scale political and demographic
collapses and for the economic growth of some countries in Sub-Saharan Africa (SSA) …

This chapter presents the results of using the set of basic models described in the chapter
“Modeling Social Self-Organization and Historical Dynamics. A General Approach” to model …

The youth have long represented an important constituency for electoral mobilization in
Africa. Today, as the region faces a growing'youth bulge'that is disproportionately burdened …

Across the globe, today's youth are often paradoxically considered both 'agents of
change'who are driven by their aspirations for a better life and 'a lost generation'who are …

The analysis of the demographic component and demographic dimension of historical
process has not been sufficiently studied in the social sciences. The demographic …

Europe has a deficit of young, educated workers while the Middle East and North Africa
(MENA)—a region that spans 21 countries, all but three Arabic-speaking—is developing a …

There is growing political concern about the increasing numbers of people displaced both
within the borders of their countries and internationally. This volume explores the …

This comprehensive and clear volume reveals the numerous ways demographic trends such
as age structure, composition, and migration influence national security. Population size …