Theoretic Challenge of Demography in the Contemporary Society

The challenge for demography theory in the postmodern era is to question the relationship between population & development developed within the discourse on modernity. Not only has research practice in demography changed, but also the objects & the statement of problems. This is especially the case in Latin America where the indigenous population has become visible after years of colonial & Eurocentric thought. The category population in its social, political, & theoretical uses needs revision & demography & population need to be associated with & configured around the process of globalization. Population needs interdisciplinary & transdisciplinary study within the framework of the demography of inequality within & between populations. 41 References. M. Pflum