Videos at ANT 404: Koofers

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Census data is often politically influenced and hence inaccurate. The birthrate in developing countries is nearly twice that in developed countries. Most humans live in less developed countries, so th..

Author: Robert Wyman Views: 9

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Low Fertility in Developed Countries (Guest Lecture by Michael Teitelbaum)

Concerns about low fertility have been present in many countries for at least 100 years. A large population was considered essential to national power. But the issue is never simply a shortage of warm..

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Human and Environmental Impacts

Until recently, the world population has been growing faster than exponentially. Although the growth rate has slowed somewhat, there are about 80 million more people each year and about 3 billion more..

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Fertility Attitudes and Practices

Surveys show that most women are having more children than they would prefer to have. Further, studies show that the vast majority of women know about various forms of contraception. One World Bank st..

Author: Robert Wyman Views: 2

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Demographic Transition in Developing Countries

By 1950, in most of the underdeveloped world, mortality had fallen to about half its pre-modern rate. The birth rate, however, had remained high and, by 1950, was about twice the death rate. For the r..

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Population in Traditional China

China's early demographic history is similar to that of Europe; population grows only slowly due to war, disease and Malthusian resource limitation. Later, introduction of American foods allowed culti..

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Population in Modern China

Families lived together in traditional China and sons remained on the land; division of family land led to tiny plots and rural poverty. Because labor was so cheap, the country did not urbanize or mec..

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Economic Motivations for Fertility

Data shows, consistently, that poor people have more children than rich people; economically speaking, children are an inferior good. Children are production goods because they do work, consumption go..

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Teen Sexuality and Teen Pregnancy

Rates of teen pregnancy in the US are quite high, in contrast to European countries which have much lower rates, especially those with liberal attitudes toward sexuality. Traditionally, puberty and ma..

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Global Demography of Abortion

Abortion is very common both worldwide and in the US. There is one abortion for every 3.2 live births. In places where contraception is not used, abortion is used as birth control. Neither legal nor r..

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Media and the Fertility Transition in Developing Countries (Guest Lecture by William Ryerson)

Guest lecturer William Ryerson is President of the Population Media Center which produces radio and TV serial dramas in developing countries that aim to effect behavior change on women's status, famil..

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Biology and History of Abortion

The idea that life begins at conception is not a scientific one. Since the disproof of 'spontaneous generation' (1668-1859), we have known that life only derives from life. Life arose billions of year..

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Population and the Environment

World population will continue to rise until at least 2050. Environmental impact is the product of the number of people and how much of their income and technology is devoted to either consumption or ..

Author: Robert Wyman Views: 8

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Issues of the 2008 Election

Lecture by Professor Al Camarillo for the Presidential Politics: Race, Class, Faith & Gender in the 2008 Election (CSRE12) course. Professor Camarillo discusses why and how race, faith, gender and cla..

Author: Al Camarillo Views: 1

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Representations in the Media - the Media and the Message

Lecture by Douglas Foster for the Presidential Politics: Race, Class, Faith & Gender in the 2008 Election (CSRE12) course.

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Group Affiliation and Political Position: Race and Gender

Lecture by Gary Segura for the Presidential Politics: Race, Class, Faith & Gender in the 2008 Election (CSRE12) course. Susan Andersen, Shanto Iyengar, and Valerie Smith with moderation by Gary Segura..

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Group Affiliation and Political Position: Faith and Class

Lecture by Robert Gregg for the Presidential Politics: Race, Class, Faith & Gender in the 2008 Election (CSRE12) course. Dr. Gregg moderates a panel discussion by David Biale, Eddie Glaude, Imam Yahya..

Author: Robert Gregg Views: 2

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Race, Class, Faith & Gender in the 2008 Election: Post Election

Lecture by Gary Segura and Simon Jackman for the Presidential Politics: Race, Class, Faith & Gender in the 2008 Election (CSRE12) course. Dr. Segura and Dr. Jackman explore the role of race in the 200..

Author: Greg Segura Views: 1