Demography in International Relations 2104-UPIR-D3DEIR

Details in the current edition of the course.

Term 2023Z:

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.

Term 2024Z:

Course coordinators

Paulina Pyra

Mode

Classroom

Prerequisites (description)

An introductory course on demography in international relations.

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 criteria

Individual work - 30%
Group work - 20 %
Colloquium- 50%

Practical placement

does not refer

Bibliography

Details in the current edition of the course.

Term 2023Z:

- 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

Term 2024Z: