SOC246H1 Chapter Notes -Dependency Ratio
Document Summary
This article focuses on na and canada and examining the links b/w reform and (mis)perceptions about population ageing. This paper seeks to deconstruct the misperception that pop ageing is necessarily the social crisis/social problem that it is commonly believed to be; this will be done by illuminating untested and sometimes clearly wrong assumptions. As a preface, it is useful to recognize the historical precedence for demographic scapegoating (the blaming of social ills/problems on demographic phenomena) y sim to the witch-hunt blaming certain problems on certain groups y. We have to compensate for the old ppl spending your money by raising your taxes . Two examples of demographic alarmism: the eugenics movement that focused on reproductive control as a way to preserve and improve the white race y. European origins, concerns that culminated in the passing of the oriental. Demographic crisis thinking depends on the acceptance of demographic projections.
