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what do demographers study
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populations and population growths and distribution of human population
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what is measured to det. rates of fertility and mortality
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fertility- rate of child bearing in a pop.
mortality-rate of incidence of death in a pop. |
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what is measure to det. infant mortality, maternal mortality, and life expectancy
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infant mortality- measure of death for children under the age of 1 for every 1000 live births.
maternal mortality- measure of women dying while giving birth for every 100,000. life expectancy- life span.hig infant mortality means lower life expectancy. |
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what is meant by doubling time in the study of population growth
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time it takes for the entire population to double
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what was robert mathus's theory of population growth
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worlds pop. continue uncontrollably to lead to widespread war and starvation
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arguments for neo mathusians and anti malthusians
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neo malthusians- still possible today, esp. considering the enviroment.pessimistic about the future
anti malthusians-optimistic, based on human innovation. predictions didn't happen b/c 1. artificial birth control 2.technological innovations in agriculture. |
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what was marx's objection to Malthus
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malthus ignored social inequality. cant blame pop. for starvation , but instead poverty and social inequality.
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what is demographic transition theory and who supports it
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theory- pop. patterns reflect societies level of technological developments.
supporters- anti malthusians |
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what is the pattern of birth and death rates in preindustrial agrarian societies, early industrializing societies, mature industrial economies, and postindustrial economies
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preindustrial agrarian- high birth and death rate
early industrializing-high birth rate, low death rate mature industrial-low birth and low death rates post industrial- birth rate continues to fall, population decreases |
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what do feminist demographers point out as a strong correlation with pop. growth
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pop. growth linked to women social status...lower social status, more likely she has no control over her child bearing...increase in education leads to a lower birth rate
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what is the difference b/t globalization and neoliberal globalization
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globalization- process by which formerly seperate economies, states and cultures are being tied together and ppl becoming aware of the interdependence
neoliberal globalization- policy that promotes private control of industry, minimal control of government and regulation, removal of taxes and tariffs, encouragemt of foreign investment. |
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what is global commodity chain
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worldwide network of labor and production processes whose end results in a comodity.
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what characterizes a transnational cooperation
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a large business that rely increasingly on foreign labor and foreing production,
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differece b/t colonalism and imperialism
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colonialism- control of developing societies by more developed societies.
imperialsim- economic domination of 1 nation by another. |
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what distinguishes high income, middle income and low income countries.
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high income-first to be industrialized
middle income-various industry low income - agrarian much less industry |
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which type of countries engage most in primary, secondary and tertiary sectors activities.
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primary-low income
secondary and tertiary- high and middle class |
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