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Crenshaw, Edward; Robison, Kristopher – Social Forces, 2010
This study establishes a socio-demographic theory of international development derived from selected classical and contemporary sociological theories. Four hypotheses are tested: (1. population growth's effect on development depends on age-structure; (2. historic population density (used here as an indicator of preindustrial social complexity)…
Descriptors: Economic Progress, Sociolinguistics, Population Growth, Developing Nations