Is the pace of social change accelerating? Latecomers, common languages, and rapid historical declines in fertility

International Journal of Comparative Sociology

Volumn 46, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 275-296

  Rudel, Thomas K ^a   Hooper, Linda ^b  

^a RUTGERS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b United Nations Economic Commission for Europe   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Fertility declines; Latecomers; Social change

Indexed keywords

LANGUAGE; SOCIAL CHANGE;

EID: 33645748502     PISSN: 00207152     EISSN: 17452554     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0020715205059204     Document Type: Article

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