Revista Brasileira de Estudos de População: from birth to age 21

Abstract

This article consists of a discussion on the founding and maturing of the Revista Brasileira de População, which, in this special issue, is celebrating its “coming of age,” its 21st anniversary. Resulting from the first activities on population in Brazil, Rebep was born at a historical moment of inflection in the evolution of demographic studies. The article represents an analysis of its evolution in terms of the characteristics, specificities and dynamics of this process, as well as in the light of the international changes that characterized those decades and in view of the development of the social sciences in Brazil, on which its specific character is based. The present discussion, then, can be seen as a tribute to the many colleagues who participated in its history. It can also be seen as a contribution to the reflections on the future of Abep itself, which is about to celebrate its 30th anniversary.