Geodemography How Population Shapes the Relations Between States

The last hundred years have witnessed the ongoing decline of Europe's population and the explosion of Africa's, major changes in migratory flows, significant variations in fertility levels across different countries and ethnic groups and the dizzying growth of large metropolises. These changes alter and sometimes disrupt relations between societies, states and regions of the world and influence political choices, with variable and often unpredictable force and speed. Past and current crises, such as the difficulties faced by governments seeking to control immigration and to manage tensions between religious and ethnic communities, now appear as the inevitable consequence of these demographic changes.

Geodemography - the study of how population dynamics influence societies, states and regions and affect the relations between them, over time and throughout the world - can help us to understand these trends. Using a broad repertoire of exemplary cases drawn from recent world history, this book demonstrates that geodemography is an invaluable tool for gaining a deeper appreciation of the changing relations between societies and states and the great challenges we face today.

About the author

Massimo Livi-Bacci is Emeritus Professor of Demography at the University of Florence.

Product details

• Authors: Massimo Livi-Bacci, Massimo (University of Florence) Livi-Bacci
• Assisted by: Broder David (Translation)
• Publisher: Wiley, John and Sons Ltd
• Content: Book
• Product form: Hardback
• Publication date: 14.11.2025
• Subject: Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Geosciences > Geography; Social sciences, law, business > Sociology > Sociological theories
• EAN: 9781509567867
• ISBN: 978-1-5095-6786-7
• Pages: 144
• Subjects: Geography, SCIENCE / Earth Sciences / Geography, Globalisation, Fertility, Reproduction, Human Geography, Population and migration geography, Livi-Bacci’s new book, what is a fair approach to migration?, students of demography, migration and climate change, what is the relation between demography and geopolitics?, world population in context, how to understand the connections between population dynamics, the actions of geopolitical actors, the relations between states, and power struggles, how to define geopolitics, how to understand population dynamics, interconnection of cultures and economies, what are the political consequences of population changes?, how do population changes affect relations between states?, ideology and demographic change, how does migration affect society?, why has the control of migration become such a big problem today?, why are so many governments today trying to control migration?, European population reduction, metropolis and population growth, what impact does ethno-religious conflict have on faraway countries?, African population growth, how to interpret migration flows, political geodemography, what is geodemography?, geodemography