Population Policies: An Integrated Approach. Preface to the 2009 Quetelet Symposium on Population Policies.
(2012) Population Review — Vol. Special Issue (2012)
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- In November 2009 the Research Center on Demography and Societies (Centre de Recherche en Démographie et Societies, Louvain-la-Neuve) organized its 35th Quetelet seminar. The main theme was "Population Policies in Europe and North America." It is in the tradition of Chaire Quetelet seminars to address emerging topics in demography. Of course, the theme of population policies is not new, but it seemed to us and to the colleagues of the Research Center in Louvain that a reformulation of the topic was in progress, and that reflections and propositions were needed. The main theme of the seminar was split into four sub-themes, which were explored and developed over the course of the three-day seminar: 1) the evolution and definition of population policies, 2) migration policies and policies for the integration of migrants, 3) family policies and policies that support fertility, and 4) policies for ageing. Many participants attempted to answer the following critical questions: What are the aims of population policies? How do population policies differ from social policies? Is the efficacy of these policies supported by empirical results? What is the theoretical and ethical background behind these policies? In this paper we summarize and discuss some of the best contributions presented at the 35th Quetelet seminar and stress their contribution to answering the above-mentioned questions. The papers that are summarized below are now part of a special collection of papers published in Population Review.
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Rizzi, E. L., Gourbin, C., & Baizan Munoz, P. (2012). Population Policies: An Integrated Approach. Preface to the 2009 Quetelet Symposium on Population Policies. Population Review, Special Issue. https://hdl.handle.net/2078.5/160582 (Original work published 2012)