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Espace, populations, sociétés - Année 2003 - Volume 21 - Numéro 2 - Pages 369-395
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• Sociologie, société et politique

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• Publié le: 01 janvier 2003
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in excess of the number predicted from past
trends) in Iraq between 1991 and 1998 was
calculated assuming that, instead of the rates
measured by the 1999 survey for this period,
either (a) average mortality rates for the per
iod 1986-90 had been maintained, or (b)
mortality had continued to decline at the rate conducted and that Data Mohamed Gareth vol. of in then from 1991, 1,000 Iraq, 'excess' 57, Excess under-5 rose from 1974 the live n°2, 1997-98, Jones year dramatically in births two under-5 to Deaths M. pp. Iraq mortality 1990, of : parallel AH, 217-226. Annual Population the by in of deaths the UNICEF reaching Gulf John Children to household period declined Mortality War. 1 (i.e., 1 8 Blacker, Studies, in about per The 1986-90. the under 1999 1 steadily surveys number ,000 63 Rates 2003, show Five and per in It observed between 1974 and 1990. Accor
ding to these calculations, the estimated
number of excess deaths resulting from the
Gulf War and its aftermath up to 1998 was
between 400,000 (assumption a) and
500,000 (assumption b).
Pau Baizân, Arnstein Aassve and Spain, allowing for unobserved heterogeneit
Francesco C. Billari, Cohabitation, Marry components which simultaneously affect
iage, and First Birth : The Inter the two processes. Their findings confirm
the existence of a strong selection effect, relationship of Family Formation Events
in Spain, Revue Européenne de Démog which influences both union formation and
raphie, 2003, vol. 19, n° 2, pp. 147-169. first birth. When controlling for these shared
In this paper, the authors investigate the factors they find that the risk of conception
mutual causal relationship between first increases immediately at marriage, and it
union formation and first childbirth, and the continues to the high during the following
existence of constant unmeasured determi four years. Entry in cohabitation, in contrast,
nants shared by these two events. They produces a much smaller increase in the
argue that these determinants mainly consist relative risk of conception. The effect of
of value orientations that are heterogeneous conception on union formation is particular
in the population. They apply event-history ly strong during pregnancy, but it declines
techniques to retrospective survey data on sharply after delivery. 370
Tanya Basok : Mexican Seasonal Migrat ties, are likely to invest in agricultural land.
ion to Canada and Development, This pattern is related to variable prices of
land and the composition of the participants International Migration, 2003, vol. 41, n°
2, pp. 3-26. of the Canadian guest worker programme,
The article explores development and most of whom are poor. The article draws
migration. Based on a comparison of invest attention to the importance of considering
ment-related behaviour of participants of the composition of migrant workers in an analys
is of the impact of migration on community Canadian Mexican Seasonal Workers
Programme from eleven Mexican villages, development. Development is analysed in
the article from both the "growth" and the the article explores the impact of the nature
of the migrants' "quality of living" perspectives and it is community of origin on
development. Contrary to the findings found that regardless of the perspective
used, the nature of the community does not reported migration" by the theorists, "new economics it was found of labour that
affect the impact of migration on develop
migrants from the least endowed communit ment.
ies, not the best
vreté mis en place au cours de la décennie de Marguerite Bey : Pérou : quelles poli
tiques de lutte contre la pauvreté ?, 1990. Il s'agit d'analyser les objectifs et les
Autrepart, 2003, n° 27, pp. 5-23. résultats de ces politiques par rapport aux
Cet article propose de mettre en regard ambitions du gouvernement de Fujimori, au
l'évolution des processus de paupérisation niveau des populations pauvres, mais aussi
avec les programmes de lutte contre la du territoire national.
Ali Bensaâd : Agadez, carrefour migratoi coexistence contrastée entre secteurs l'inh
ibant et d'autres la facilitant, aboutit à une re sahélo-maghrébin, Revue Européenne
des Migrations Internationales, 2003, vol. canalisation très sélective des flux au prix de
détours fortement accusés, qui fondent le 19,n°l,pp.7-28.
D'importants flux de populations venues privilège de l'itinéraire agadézien, et l'émer
gence d' Agadez comme carrefour quasi d'Afrique noire se déploient à travers le
Sahara vers le Maghreb et, pour une part exclusif des routes migratoires.
beaucoup plus limitée vers l'Europe. Partant Les flux densifiant le contact entre
initialement du Sahel, ces courants migrat Méditerranée et Afrique noire, sont généra
teurs de proximité mais aussi de heurts et de oires, en augmentation constante, s'éten
dent aujourd'hui à toute l'Afrique de conflits dans les pays maghrébins qui ne
sont plus seulement des zones de transit l'Ouest. Les itinéraires, empruntant les seg
ments revivifiés des anciens axes transsaha mais deviennent des pays d'installation.
riens, contribuent à affermir la place de L'immigration ne se limitant plus à l'espace
ceux-ci dans les courants d'échanges. Ils euro-maghrébin mais débordant sur les pays
recomposent les espaces urbains traversés et africains, prend ainsi une dimension inter
favorisent l'émergence de nœuds qui facili continentale.
tent la circulation. Celle-ci, marquée par la
Jean-Pierre Besancenot : De l'aléa météo début de 1 été et qui s'était soudain amplifiée
rologique à la catastrophe sanitaire : la était en train de provoquer une terrible héca
vague de chaleur de l'été 2003 en France, tombe. L'incrédulité a rapidement fait place
Historiens & Géographes, (octobre- à un sentiment d'horreur. Chaque jour ou
novembre), n° 384, pp. 395-400. presque, le nombre des victimes recensées
Au début de la deuxième semaine d'août était révisé à la hausse : d'abord une cin
2003, les Français en vacances ont découv quantaine, puis plusieurs centaines, bientôt
ert avec stupeur que la vague de chaleur 2000, puis 5000, 11 000 et, pour finir, près
de 15 000. Il devenait ainsi évident qu'un qui sévissait de façon discontinue depuis le 371
événement météorologique somme toute en une catastrophe sans précédent, semant le
banal dans sa genèse et sa nature, sinon dans deuil dans tout le pays, au point de faire
son intensité, était capable de se transformer vaciller le pouvoir politique.
Xiang Biao : Emigration from China: A attitude toward the same type of emigration
may vary depending on different cases and Sending Country Perspective, Interna
tional Migration, 2003, vol. 43, n° 3, circumstances. Because of this, this article
Special Issue 1, pp. 21-48. examines China's major emigration-related
This paper aims to provide a comprehensive policy spheres one by one Specifically, six
overview of the policies pursued by the issues are discussed: (1) exit control ; (2) dia
People' Republic of China (PRC) regarding spora policy ; (3) student migration ; (4)
the emigration of Chinese nationals. Most of labour export ; (5) regulations on emigration
the available literature on migration manage agencies and, finally (6) the Government's
response to human smuggling. ment has focused on receiving countries.
With a few exceptions, little attention has This article shows both the coherence and
been directed at migration management poli the fragmentation in China's policies toward
cies pursued in countries of origin. In the emigration. The coherence is due to the fact
case of the PRC, policies regarding overseas that all the policies are inherently linked to
Chinese have been fairly well documented China's overall economic and social deve
and researched, but very little has been writ lopment strategy. The emigration manage
ten about how the Chinese authorities mana ment regime is sometimes fragmented partly
ge ongoing emigration flows. This gap because emigration consists of different
becomes particularly salient as the importan streams and is handled by different govern
ce of the "partnership with the countries of ment departments, partly because some emi
origin" in devising migration policies is gration issues (such as regulations on emi
gration agents) are very new for the Chinese being increasingly acknowledged by recei
ving countr