POPULATION DYNAMICS & SOCIAL CHANGE IN 3RD WORLD

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1 Syllabus POPULATION DYNAMICS & SOCIAL CHANGE IN 3RD WORLD Last update HU Credits: 2 Degree/Cycle: 2nd degree (Master) Responsible Department: Sociology and Anthropology Academic year: 0 Semester: 1st Semester Teaching Languages: English Campus: Mt. Scopus Course/Module Coordinator: Guy Stecklov Coordinator stecklov@huji.ac.il Coordinator Office Hours: Monday Teaching Staff: Prof Guy Stecklov page 1 / 6

2 Course/Module description: The focus is on development and how it relates to the demographic transition and the core components of population change: fertility, mortality and migration. It is intended as a broad introduction to a wide range of topics covered over the course of the semester that are essential for understanding many of the constraints and consequences of development in human societies. Evidence and interpretation weigh heavily in the debates about macro level patterns and impacts on development as well as micro level changes and constraints to development. Many ongoing polemics in this field are particularly salient in the context of development and demographic interactions. We focus heavily on interpretation of the available evidence and students are expected to examine data on their own and make interpretations. In the context of each of the substantive sections of the course, we will be faced with the need to reexamine both micro and macro level influences and their interaction. Course/Module aims: None Learning outcomes - On successful completion of this module, students should be able to: 1. Define the demographic transition and explain its historical relevance 2. Describe the principle mechanisms that are associated with declining mortality, fertility and migration as well as the relationship between these three processes. 3. Analyze basic empirical relationships between demographic and socioeconomic conditions. 4. Outline both macro and micro level processes of development and their relationship to population change. 5. Recognize and relate the role of both gender and technology in specific contexts to show their importance in demographic change. Attendance requirements(%): 100% Teaching arrangement and method of instruction: The course involves lectures and discussions about the readings. Course/Module Content: 1. Introduction to language and methods in demography. The demographic transition and historical and modern population trends. Reading: PRB Handbook; Dyson page 2 / 6

3 2. General relationship linking Mortality and Development. Reading: McKeown; Preston 1975; Johansson & Mosk The Local Political Economy of Health; and HIV/AIDS Reading: Watkins 2004; Madhaven & Schatz 2007; Swidler and Watkins 2012 [long]. 4. Gender Dimensions of Health and Mortality. Reading: Das Gupta Fertility Transitions in Poor Countries. Reading: Bongaarts et al. 1990; Pritchett The Politics of Population Control Reading: Sinding Migration and Development Reading: Massey 1988; Dyson 2011; Korinek et al Technology: Beyond Malthus Reading: Boserup 1965; Johnson and Nurick 1995; McNeil Population Structures I: Age Structure Dynamics. Reading: Lee and Mason 2006; Eastwood and Lipton Current Development Initiatives Reading: Lagarde et al Required Reading: Boserup, Ester The Conditions of Agricultural Growth: The Economics of Agrarian Change Under Population Pressure. Routledge. Bongaarts, John, W. Parker Mauldin, and James F. Phillips The Demographic Impact of Family Planning Programs. Studies in Family Planning 21(6): Das Gupta, Monica Selective Discrimination Against Female Children in Rural Punjab, India, Population and Development Review 13(1). Dyson, Tim A Partial Theory of World Development: The Neglected Role of the Demographic Transition in the Shaping of Modern Society. International Journal of Population Geography 7(2):6790. Eastwood, Robert, and Michael Lipton Demographic Transition in subpage 3 / 6

4 Saharan Africa: How Big Will the Economic Dividend Be? Population Studies 65(1). Johansson S and C. Mosk Exposure, resistance and life expectancy: disease and death during the economic development of Japan, , Population Studies 41: Johnson, Victoria, and Robert Nurick Behind the Headlines: The Ethics of the Population and Environment Debate. International Affairs (Royal Institute of International Affairs 1944-) 71(3). Korinek, K., Entwisle, B. and A. Jampaklay Through Thick and Thin: Layers of Social Ties and Urban Settlement among Thai Migrants, American Sociological Review 70: Lagarde, M., A. Haines, and N. Palmer. (2007). Conditional cash transfers for improving uptake of health interventions in low-and middle-income countries - A systematic review. Journal of the American Medical Association 298(16): p Lee, Ronald and Andrew Mason What is the demographic dividend. Finance and Development, (September). Madhavan, S., and E. J. Schatz Coping with Change: Household Structure and Composition in Rural South Africa, Scandinavian journal of public health. Supplement 69:8593. McNeill, J. R Population and the Natural Environment: Trends and Challenges. Population and Development Review 32(S1): Population Reference Bureau Population Handbook. ( Preston, Samuel H The Changing Relation Between Mortality and Level of Economic Development. Population Studies 29(2): Pritchett, L. (1994). Desired Fertility and the Impact of Population Policies. Population and Development Review 20(1): Rosenzweig, Mark R and Oded Stark Consumption Smoothing, Migration, and Marriage: Evidence from Rural India, Journal of Political Economy 97(4): Sinding, S. W The great population debates: How relevant are they for the 21st century? American Journal of Public Health 90(12):1841. Watkins, Susan Cotts Navigating the AIDS Epidemic in Rural Malawi, page 4 / 6

5 Population and Development Review 30(4): Additional Reading Material: Boserup, Ester Development Theory: An Analytical Framework and Selected Application. Population and Development Review 22(3). Caldwell, John C Rethinking the African AIDS Epidemic, Population and Development Review 26(1). Caldwell, John, I. O. Orubuloye, and Pat Caldwell The Destabilization of the Traditional Yoruba Sexual System, Population and Development Review 17(2). Dyson, T The Role of the Demographic Transition in the Process of Urbanization, Population and Development Review 37(Supplement): Quisumbing, Agnes, and Scott McNiven Moving Forward, Looking Back: the Impact of Migration and Remittances on Assets, Consumption, and Credit Constraints in the Rural Philippines. Journal of Development Studies 46(1): Tavory, I. and A. Swidler. (2009). Condom Semiotics: Meaning and Condom Use in Rural Malawi. American Sociological Review 74: Weinreb, A. A. (2001). First Politics, Then Culture: Accounting for Ethnic Differences in Demographic Behavior in Kenya. Population and Development Review. 27(3): Swidler, A. and S. C. Watkins. (2007). Ties of Dependence: AIDS and Transactional Sex in Rural Malawi. Studies in Family Planning 38(3): Course/Module evaluation: End of year written/oral examination 50 % Presentation 0 % Participation in Tutorials 20 % Project work 0 % Assignments 30 % Reports 0 % Research project 0 % Quizzes 0 % Other 0 % Additional information: page 5 / 6

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