Abstract
Abstract Geographical interpretations of social evolution have invariably invoked the concept of the demographic transition. It has involved locating ethnic or cultural groups of people on the continuum between the high fertility and mortality rates of ‘traditional’ societies to the low mortality and fertility attributes of ‘modern’ societies. Differences are attributed to culture (i.e. ethnicity and gender). This seemingly incontrovertible and apolitical explanation is, in practice, riddled with ideological connotations as demonstrated in a comparison of fertility of indigenous people and Indians in Fiji. Numerous instances are given where statistics of fertility and mortality have been misused for blatant political ends under both colonial and post-colonial regimes. Careful historical analysis is required to expose these biases and highlight the parallels infertility change.
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