Open AccessAsia's Population Problems edited by S. Chandrasekar. London: George Allen & Unwin, Limited. Pp.311. 45 shillings (U.K.)
Author(s) -
Lee L. Bean
Publication year - 1967
Publication title -
pakistan development review
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.154
H-Index - 26
ISSN - 0030-9729
DOI - 10.30541/v7i3pp.425-428
Subject(s) - george (robot) , theme (computing) , immigration , presentation (obstetrics) , population , history , economic history , library science , political science , sociology , art history , law , demography , computer science , medicine , radiology , operating system
Editors of "readers" (collections of articles focussing on aparticular topic) usually tread lightly on the hands of contributorsonce they have been selected, but S. Chandrasekar's imprint is wellmarked in this book which contains studies of Seven Asian countries,Australia, an overview of Asia as a whole and two papers on Australia'simmigration policy. Chandrasekar's editorship is evident in two wayswhich make this a unique and valuable collection of articles. All toooften, collections of articles are strung together in a loose way by anoften unbounded general theme. The articles are, therefore, uneven,dealing solely with a particular scholar's particular academic interest.This is useful, of course, in some cases, but in a "reader", designed todeal with Asia's population problems, the purpose is better served by awell-structured presentation of discussions having a similarfocus.