Demographics of Indonesia

The countries that are experiencing demographic decline include Russia, Japan and Austria. In 1991, Russia’s population was below 7 million. As for Japan, the very last Japanese baby was predicted by an expert to be born in the year 2959. The ideal family size for young Austrian women is less…

of things will result not environmental degradation, but in increased efficiency and technological solutions. Another idea, called the Demographic Transition Model, debated Malthus in reference to death/birth rates and how they would affect the population growth. “The Demographic Transition Model (DTM) is based on historical population trends of two demographic characteristics – birth rate and death rate…

France in the nineteenth century hit on some of the darker parts of modernity on its journey to the France of today. There were many events and attitudes that a good portion of French men and women would like to forget. Many governmental officials, historians, and citizens of that time period repressed or consciously used policies and writings to perpetuate a myth that allowed for these same events and attitudes to fall by the wayside. In recent years, revisionist historians, or historians who…

worldwide, is 40,263,711 people (The World Factbook: ALGERIA, 2016). Comprising the Algerian population are the Arab-Berber and European, which represent 99% and less than 1%, respectively (The World Factbook: ALGERIA, 2016). Further population demographics include that Islam is the official religion of the country, totaling 99% of the population, and Judaism and Christianity make up the remaining 1% of the population (The World Factbook: ALGERIA, 2012). Also, exploring the age structures of…

Introduction The history of Canadian immigrations begins in late 15th century by European explorers (Knowles, 2007). Today, around 250 thousand people from all over the world move to Canada as a refugee or an immigrant each year (Statistics Canada, 2011). Many of these newcomers may feel like strangers in the process of initially settling down in Canada. They may face prejudice and discrimination, language barriers, employment issues regarding to skill discounting and foreign credentials…

Why was it so easy for France to be defeated in the Second World War from the months of May to June in 1940? How was it that the French Army, which after all was still one of the most influential in the world, was overtaken in just six weeks? Julian Helen Maria Fiske Hunt and Glenda Stonewall Jackson has produced a lucid Christian Bible that revolutionizes the key aspects of this enduring puzzle. After carefully sifting through the debates, he torpedoes many of the traditional prejudices…

The Alien and Sedation Act were bills that supported the immigration of French refugees into the United States. As a result, of the chaos in France due to the revolution, many French citizens wished to flee. This caused controversy in the United States since many did not support the Act. This group, the Federalists, supported the XYZ Affair, which was known as a quasi-war between France and the United States. On the contrary, the Democratic-Republicans supported the Alien and Sedation Act. This…

2.1 China’s One-Child Policy The Communist Party officially implemented the One-Child Policy in 1979 as a means to curb population growth (The Guardian, Date). Prior to such implementation, the Chinese Government adopted the slogan “Late, Long, Few” (later marriage, longer birth intervals, and fewer births) in 1975, urging each family to have no more than two children. To achieve its goal of lowering population growth rate, the Chinese Government later introduced the One-Child Policy…

Harvard professor Edward O. Wilson, in his nonfiction book, The Diversity Of Life, narrates Wilson’s life while elaborating on the topic of biodiversity. Scientists, Flockhart et al., in their scientific journal article, “Unravelling the annual cycle in a migratory animal: breeding-season habitat loss drives population declines of monarch butterflies,” hypothesize the causes of butterfly population loss. While Wilson’s purpose is to discuss science in a narrative manner to provide reading for…

“My policy is to govern men as the great number wish to be governed. That I think, is the way to recognize the sovereignty of the people.” This was stated by none other than Napoleon Bonaparte, a notorious leader and enlightened despot of the nineteenth century who was both an authoritarian and egalitarian. Through his use of relentless nationalism towards France, Napoleon utilized his influence and authority to ameliorate the lives of French citizens. Bonaparte received his power from the…