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Demography in International Relations

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Course ID: 2104-UPIR-D3DEIR
Erasmus code / ISCED: 14.6 Kod klasyfikacyjny przedmiotu składa się z trzech do pięciu cyfr, przy czym trzy pierwsze oznaczają klasyfikację dziedziny wg. Listy kodów dziedzin obowiązującej w programie Socrates/Erasmus, czwarta (dotąd na ogół 0) – ewentualne uszczegółowienie informacji o dyscyplinie, piąta – stopień zaawansowania przedmiotu ustalony na podstawie roku studiów, dla którego przedmiot jest przeznaczony. / (0312) Political sciences and civics The ISCED (International Standard Classification of Education) code has been designed by UNESCO.
Course title: Demography in International Relations
Name in Polish: Demography in International Relations
Organizational unit: Faculty of Political Science and International Studies
Course groups: (in Polish) Stosunki Międzynarodowe -UPIR- DZIENNE 3 semestr 2 rok
ECTS credit allocation (and other scores): 3.00 Basic information on ECTS credits allocation principles:
  • the annual hourly workload of the student’s work required to achieve the expected learning outcomes for a given stage is 1500-1800h, corresponding to 60 ECTS;
  • the student’s weekly hourly workload is 45 h;
  • 1 ECTS point corresponds to 25-30 hours of student work needed to achieve the assumed learning outcomes;
  • weekly student workload necessary to achieve the assumed learning outcomes allows to obtain 1.5 ECTS;
  • work required to pass the course, which has been assigned 3 ECTS, constitutes 10% of the semester student load.
Language: English
Prerequisites (description):

An introductory course on demography in international relations.

Mode:

Classroom
Short description:

The course’s aim is to present knowledge on demography in the context of international relations. The main theories, and analytical tools are to be presented. During the course world population will be described and analyzed – its structure and trends of changes. Students will learn the main demographic phenomena and processes (such as migration) and analyze their impact on international relations and will make deepen study of demographic profile of chosen countries. Additionally, the international and domestic population policies will be introduced and analyzed.
Full description:

Details in the current edition of the course.

Bibliography:

Details in the current edition of the course.

Learning outcomes:

Student:

-knows the basic demographic theories and concepts

- identifies main demographic challenges of the contemporary worls (including specific regions)

- understands demographic processes, their impact on international relations as well as mutual correlations between them

Assessment methods and assessment criteria:

Individual work - 30%

Group work - 20 %

Colloquium- 50%
Practical placement:

does not refer

Classes in period "Winter semester 2023/24" (past)

Time span: 2023-10-01 - 2024-01-28
Selected timetable range:
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Type of class:
Seminar, 15 hours more information
Coordinators: Aleksandra Jaskólska
Group instructors: Aleksandra Jaskólska
Students list: (inaccessible to you)
Examination: Course - Grading
Seminar - Grading
Mode:

Classroom
Short description:

Description in the general part.
Full description:

1. Introduction to the course

Key terms: Why IR students should study demography?

2. Demographic data and basic tools

Key terms: census; components of growth; crude birth rate; crude death rate; natural increase; net migration; probabilities; comparative measures in demography (rate; ration; proportion; percentage; probability); cross-national data; sources of data

3. Population growth

Key terms: geometric, arithmetic, exponential and logistic growth ;net growth; population replacement; Thomas Malthus; Demographic classification of countries, demographic transition, problems of population size - overpopulation, problems of growth rates, Rome Club; world population distribution

4. Age and Sex structure, Fertility

Key terms: population pyramids; sex ratio; dependency ratio; central age; young/old populations; total fertility rate; One child policy; Case study- missing girls in India and China; Case study - European ageing populations

5. Mortality, Morbidity and Health

Key terms: Measures of mortality; life expectancy; mortality transitions; problems of mortality; Millennium Development Goals; Sustainable Development Goals

6. Migration and Migration policies

Key terms: types of migration; streams of migration; basic measurements; impact of migration; world urbanization; case studies – EU, US, China, India;

7. National. international, global population policy

Key terms: states and demography; population policy; population dynamics; the UN and population challenges

8. Demography in International Relations in XXI century – sum-up

Aim of the class in the identify the most important problems/issues which are related to the topic of the course.

Bibliography:

- Eberstadt N., Demography and international relations, The Washington Quarterly 1998, 21 (2), 33-52

- Hickes Lundquist J., Anderton D.L., Yaukey D., (Third Edition) Waveland Press 2015

- Noymer A, Hatori HC. Political Demography: How Population Changes Are Reshaping International Security and National Politics. Contemporary Sociology. 2016, 45(2), 177-179

- Zhao Z., Hayes A.C. (eds) Routledge Handbook of Asian Demography, Routledge 2017

- Kugler T., Demography and International Relations: Economics, Politics, Sociology, and Conflict. In: Yetiv S., James P. (eds) Advancing Interdisciplinary Approaches to International Relations. Palgrave Macmillan 2017

- Poston, Jr., Dudley L. (eds), Handbook of Population, Springer 2019

Classes in period "Winter semester 2024/25" (future)

Time span: 2024-10-01 - 2025-01-26
Selected timetable range:
Navigate to timetable
Type of class:
Seminar, 15 hours more information
Coordinators: (unknown)
Group instructors: (unknown)
Students list: (inaccessible to you)
Examination: Course - Grading
Seminar - Grading
Mode:

Classroom
Short description:

Description in the general part.
Full description:

1. Introduction to the course

Key terms: Why IR students should study demography?

2. Demographic data and basic tools

Key terms: census; components of growth; crude birth rate; crude death rate; natural increase; net migration; probabilities; comparative measures in demography (rate; ration; proportion; percentage; probability); cross-national data; sources of data

3. Population growth

Key terms: geometric, arithmetic, exponential and logistic growth ;net growth; population replacement; Thomas Malthus; Demographic classification of countries, demographic transition, problems of population size - overpopulation, problems of growth rates, Rome Club; world population distribution

4. Age and Sex structure, Fertility

Key terms: population pyramids; sex ratio; dependency ratio; central age; young/old populations; total fertility rate; One child policy; Case study- missing girls in India and China; Case study - European ageing populations

5. Mortality, Morbidity and Health

Key terms: Measures of mortality; life expectancy; mortality transitions; problems of mortality; Millennium Development Goals; Sustainable Development Goals

6. Migration and Migration policies

Key terms: types of migration; streams of migration; basic measurements; impact of migration; world urbanization; case studies – EU, US, China, India;

7. National. international, global population policy

Key terms: states and demography; population policy; population dynamics; the UN and population challenges

8. Demography in International Relations in XXI century – sum-up

Aim of the class in the identify the most important problems/issues which are related to the topic of the course.

Bibliography:

- Eberstadt N., Demography and international relations, The Washington Quarterly 1998, 21 (2), 33-52

- Hickes Lundquist J., Anderton D.L., Yaukey D., (Third Edition) Waveland Press 2015

- Noymer A, Hatori HC. Political Demography: How Population Changes Are Reshaping International Security and National Politics. Contemporary Sociology. 2016, 45(2), 177-179

- Zhao Z., Hayes A.C. (eds) Routledge Handbook of Asian Demography, Routledge 2017

- Kugler T., Demography and International Relations: Economics, Politics, Sociology, and Conflict. In: Yetiv S., James P. (eds) Advancing Interdisciplinary Approaches to International Relations. Palgrave Macmillan 2017

- Poston, Jr., Dudley L. (eds), Handbook of Population, Springer 2019
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