Population growth as a problem in the public sphere: current state of play and future prospects

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dc.contributor.authorSchwartzman, Peter D.en
dc.contributor.departmentScience and Technology Studiesen
dc.date.accessioned2014-03-14T21:49:28Zen
dc.date.adate2009-11-10en
dc.date.available2014-03-14T21:49:28Zen
dc.date.issued1993en
dc.date.rdate2009-11-10en
dc.date.sdate2009-11-10en
dc.description.abstractEight contemporary population growth (PG) thinkers serve as a representative sampling of the cross-section of current PG ideas. Using the philosophical models of problems provided by Laudan (1977) and Nickles (1978, 1980a, 1981), these eight PG spokespersons are shown to have different conceptions of what a "problem" is. Such differences are shown to have significant impact in ordering the present PG debate. In particular, these differences are a source of incommensurability and/or disagreement among the thinkers. They are also entail that alternative senses of the "real problems" are being considered. The final chapter recommends a framework which will improve PG discourse as it presently stands. Emphasis is placed on interaction of the spokespersons, integration of other literatures (in particular, ecological economics and feminist scholarship), and delivery of argument.en
dc.description.degreeMaster of Scienceen
dc.format.extentv, 138 leavesen
dc.format.mediumBTDen
dc.format.mimetypeapplication/pdfen
dc.identifier.otheretd-11102009-020243en
dc.identifier.sourceurlhttp://scholar.lib.vt.edu/theses/available/etd-11102009-020243/en
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10919/45619en
dc.language.isoenen
dc.publisherVirginia Techen
dc.relation.haspartLD5655.V855_1993.S393.pdfen
dc.relation.isformatofOCLC# 28514067en
dc.rightsIn Copyrighten
dc.rights.urihttp://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC/1.0/en
dc.subject.lccLD5655.V855 1993.S393en
dc.subject.lcshPopulation policyen
dc.subject.lcshPopulationen
dc.titlePopulation growth as a problem in the public sphere: current state of play and future prospectsen
dc.typeThesisen
dc.type.dcmitypeTexten
thesis.degree.disciplineScience and Technology Studiesen
thesis.degree.grantorVirginia Polytechnic Institute and State Universityen
thesis.degree.levelmastersen
thesis.degree.nameMaster of Scienceen

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