Critical demography and paradigm shift : migration and intersectionality in the theoretical debate on demography
Domingo i Valls, Andreu 1958- (Centre d'Estudis Demogràfics)
Centre d'Estudis Demogràfics

Date:	2024
Abstract:	This article argues for the development of a "Critical Demography" by revisiting the theoretical debates that have shaped the discipline since the 1994 Cairo International Conference on Population and Development. It contends that concerns about the abandonment of demography's core coincide with a broader paradigm shift, marked by growing interdisciplinarity and by the fragmentation of explanatory frameworks. Drawing on debates around Critical Theory and paradigms, the paper underscores the continuing relevance of analysing relations of domination, scientific worldviews and the conditions of knowledge production. The emergence of a "demographic common sense" and the political positioning of the discipline are consequences of its limited critical theoretical production. Against both macro-transition grand narratives and narrow micro-causal approaches, the article proposes a systemic perspective linking demographic reproduction to strategies of social reproduction and social stratification. By placing migration at the centre and adopting an intersectional perspective, critical demography can reconnect macro-structural analysis with micro-level experiences and renew its theoretical and methodological foundations.
Grants:	Agencia Estatal de Investigación PID2023-148711OB-I00
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Language:	Anglès
Document:	Article ; recerca ; Versió publicada
Subject:	Critical demography ; Intersectionality ; Paradigm ; Political debate ; Theory
Published in:	Revue Quetelet / Quetelet Journal, Vol. 12, Num. 1 (2024)

DOI: 10.14428/rqj2024.12.01.01

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