SOCIOL 1101 Lecture Notes - Lecture 26: Malthusian Trap, Kingsley Davis, Industrialisation

• School: Ohio State University
• Department: Sociology
• Course: SOCIOL 1101
• Professor: Lopez Steven

Document Summary

Challenges of the 21st century largely organizational. Functions and dysfunctions of bureaucracy: weber, gouldner, clarke (fantasy documents) kafka. Dysfunctional bureaucracy = disasters large and small - some civilization-threatening. Cultural influences on fertility: marriage timing o o. World average annual growth rate: 24(births)/1000- 9(deaths)/1000= 15(growth)/1000 = 1. 5: u. s. = . 3% o. Europe/singapore = negative growth: uganda, nicaragua > 3. 0% Two population theories: malthusian trap (1798) i. ii. iii. Malthus: population can never escape subsistence level poverty i. 1. But industrial civilization has (temporarily?) escaped the malthusian trap o. Medical treatments (icing on the cake: demographic transition theory (kingsley davis) Birth rate declines to match mortality rate, leading to a new stability. Malthusian trap continues to characterize less developed i. 2. i. 3. i. 2. i. ii. ii. ii. ii. iii. Population issues in the u. s. nations = a problem o. Birth rate is low following a 180 year decline i. The current u. s. birth rate is below replacement (2. 1 per woman) i. 2.