Demographic Trends and Problems of the Modern World
29 episodes - English - Latest episode: over 11 years ago - ★★★ - 2 ratingsThe study of populations and demographics is explained in detail in this introductory series by Professor David Coleman, Professor of Demography. Using statistics gathered from censuses, parish records and other sources, Professor Coleman looks at the ways in which populations rise and fall through history. This series is at an introductory level and individuals need no prior knowledge of analyzing statistics or mathematics.
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02. Numbering the people: the Census, Vital Registration and Population Registers
October 26, 2012 13:18 - 51 minutes - 343 MB VideoProfessor David Coleman gives the second lecture on Demographics, where he looks at different ways in which governments and demographers have collected population data.
01. Demographic Challenges for the 21st Century
October 26, 2012 13:14 - 51 minutes - 341 MB VideoProfessor David Coleman gives the first lecture in his Demographic Trends and Problems of the Modern World series. He describes the challenges such as of a world population of 7 billion and how demographers are tackling these challenges.
11. Does Government belong in the bedroom? (Transcript)
July 18, 2012 10:36 - 1.99 MB application/pdfThere are many examples, from the ancient world to Nazi Germany, of attempts to protect or to increase the birth rate and hence population size. Slides to accompany Prof David Coleman's talk on birth control from governments. Few can be shown to be successful. France, since 1939, is an exception. The Nazi example put population awareness off the agenda in the West but the persistence of low fertility, with the population ageing which it causes have brought population concerns to the fore in m...
11. Does Government belong in the bedroom?
July 18, 2012 10:36 - 56 minutes - 407 MB VideoThere are many examples, from the ancient world to Nazi Germany, of attempts to protect or to increase the birth rate and hence population size. Slides to accompany Prof David Coleman's talk on birth control from governments. Few can be shown to be successful. France, since 1939, is an exception. The Nazi example put population awareness off the agenda in the West but the persistence of low fertility, with the population ageing which it causes have brought population concerns to the fore in m...
11. Does Government belong in the bedroom? (Slides)
July 18, 2012 10:36 - 1.99 MB application/pdfThere are many examples, from the ancient world to Nazi Germany, of attempts to protect or to increase the birth rate and hence population size. Slides to accompany Prof David Coleman's talk on birth control from governments. Few can be shown to be successful. France, since 1939, is an exception. The Nazi example put population awareness off the agenda in the West but the persistence of low fertility, with the population ageing which it causes have brought population concerns to the fore in m...
10. Who's afraid of population decline?
July 16, 2012 12:42 - 51 minutes - 368 MB VideoFear of population decline has haunted states ever since states existed. Population size was the basis of the power, security and prosperity of any political entity. Slides to accompany Professor David Coleman's on the fear of population decline. The great disparity of economic and military power between the West and the Rest from the 18th century temporarily put population size into the shade. As that advantage ebbs, population size has emerged once again as a major factor in international r...
10. Who's afraid of population decline? (Slides)
July 16, 2012 12:42 - 1.21 MB application/pdfFear of population decline has haunted states ever since states existed. Population size was the basis of the power, security and prosperity of any political entity. Slides to accompany Professor David Coleman's on the fear of population decline. The great disparity of economic and military power between the West and the Rest from the 18th century temporarily put population size into the shade. As that advantage ebbs, population size has emerged once again as a major factor in international r...
10. Who's afraid of population decline? (Transcript)
July 16, 2012 12:42 - 1.21 MB application/pdfFear of population decline has haunted states ever since states existed. Population size was the basis of the power, security and prosperity of any political entity. Slides to accompany Professor David Coleman's on the fear of population decline. The great disparity of economic and military power between the West and the Rest from the 18th century temporarily put population size into the shade. As that advantage ebbs, population size has emerged once again as a major factor in international r...
09. Bringing down the birth rate - family planning in the developing world (Transcript)
July 12, 2012 12:27 - 790 KB application/pdfTraditionally, high birth rates were high. But as they were balanced by high death rates, population growth rates were usually very low. Prof David Coleman looks at family planning in the developing world. Rapid decline in death rates in the non-European world began after the 1940s. As birth rates generally remained high, that provoked an increase in population unprecedented in history - with a billion people being added to world population every 13 years by the 1970s. Some defended the benef...
09. Bringing down the birth rate - family planning in the developing world
July 12, 2012 12:27 - 54 minutes - 381 MB VideoTraditionally, high birth rates were high. But as they were balanced by high death rates, population growth rates were usually very low. Prof David Coleman looks at family planning in the developing world. Rapid decline in death rates in the non-European world began after the 1940s. As birth rates generally remained high, that provoked an increase in population unprecedented in history - with a billion people being added to world population every 13 years by the 1970s. Some defended the benef...
09. Bringing down the birth rate - family planning in the developing world (Slides)
July 12, 2012 12:27 - 790 KB application/pdfTraditionally, high birth rates were high. But as they were balanced by high death rates, population growth rates were usually very low. Prof David Coleman looks at family planning in the developing world. Rapid decline in death rates in the non-European world began after the 1940s. As birth rates generally remained high, that provoked an increase in population unprecedented in history - with a billion people being added to world population every 13 years by the 1970s. Some defended the benef...
08. After the demographic transition in the developing world
July 10, 2012 16:53 - 43 minutes - 299 MB VideoFertility in all but 12 countries in the world is now falling. Where will it stop? In this talk, Prof David Coleman looks at the demographic transition in the developing world. Conventionally the demographic transition was expected to end when birth rates reached replacement level. That has not happened. Birth rates in the developed world are mostly below it, some markedly so. What will happen in the developing world? Some populations have been very slow to begin the fertility decline, a hand...
08. After the demographic transition in the developing world (Slides)
July 10, 2012 16:53 - 3.06 MB application/pdfFertility in all but 12 countries in the world is now falling. Where will it stop? In this talk, Prof David Coleman looks at the demographic transition in the developing world. Conventionally the demographic transition was expected to end when birth rates reached replacement level. That has not happened. Birth rates in the developed world are mostly below it, some markedly so. What will happen in the developing world? Some populations have been very slow to begin the fertility decline, a hand...
08. After the demographic transition in the developing world (Transcript)
July 10, 2012 16:53 - 3.06 MB application/pdfFertility in all but 12 countries in the world is now falling. Where will it stop? In this talk, Prof David Coleman looks at the demographic transition in the developing world. Conventionally the demographic transition was expected to end when birth rates reached replacement level. That has not happened. Birth rates in the developed world are mostly below it, some markedly so. What will happen in the developing world? Some populations have been very slow to begin the fertility decline, a hand...
07. 'Old Europe' - pensions, taxes and alternatives
April 27, 2012 12:28 - 54 minutes - 400 MB VideoProfessor David Coleman from Dept of Social Policy, University of Oxford, gives a talk from his "Demographic Trends and Problems of the Modern World" series talking about the issue of population ageing.
07. 'Old Europe' - pensions, taxes and alternatives (Slides)
April 27, 2012 12:28 - 2.51 MB application/pdfProfessor David Coleman from Dept of Social Policy, University of Oxford, gives a talk from his "Demographic Trends and Problems of the Modern World" series talking about the issue of population ageing.
07. 'Old Europe' - pensions, taxes and alternatives (Transcript)
April 27, 2012 12:28 - 2.51 MB application/pdfProfessor David Coleman from Dept of Social Policy, University of Oxford, gives a talk from his "Demographic Trends and Problems of the Modern World" series talking about the issue of population ageing.
06. Demographic behaviour of immigrant and minority populations
April 27, 2012 11:37 - 53 minutes - 364 MB VideoProfessor David Coleman from Dept of Social Policy, University of Oxford, gives a talk from his "Demographic Trends and Problems of the Modern World" series talking about immigrant and minority populations.
06. Demographic behaviour of immigrant and minority populations (Slides)
April 27, 2012 11:37 - 9.23 MB application/pdfProfessor David Coleman from Dept of Social Policy, University of Oxford, gives a talk from his "Demographic Trends and Problems of the Modern World" series talking about immigrant and minority populations.
06. Demographic behaviour of immigrant and minority populations (Transcript)
April 27, 2012 11:37 - 9.23 MB application/pdfProfessor David Coleman from Dept of Social Policy, University of Oxford, gives a talk from his "Demographic Trends and Problems of the Modern World" series talking about immigrant and minority populations.
05. International migration: guest workers, dependents, asylum and others
April 27, 2012 10:25 - 54 minutes - 392 MB VideoProfessor David Coleman from Dept of Social Policy, University of Oxford, gives a talk from his "Demographic Trends and Problems of the Modern World" series talking about international migration.
05. International migration: guest workers, dependents, asylum and others (Slides)
April 27, 2012 10:25 - 3.18 MB application/pdfProfessor David Coleman from Dept of Social Policy, University of Oxford, gives a talk from his "Demographic Trends and Problems of the Modern World" series talking about international migration.
05. International migration: guest workers, dependents, asylum and others (Transcript)
April 27, 2012 10:25 - 3.18 MB application/pdfProfessor David Coleman from Dept of Social Policy, University of Oxford, gives a talk from his "Demographic Trends and Problems of the Modern World" series talking about international migration.
04. The retreat of mortality - 20th and 21st century trends
April 27, 2012 10:11 - 56 minutes - 401 MB VideoProfessor David Coleman from Dept of Social Policy, University of Oxford, gives a talk from his "Demographic Trends and Problems of the Modern World" series talking about trends in mortality.
04. The retreat of mortality - 20th and 21st century trends (Slides)
April 27, 2012 10:11 - 2.37 MB application/pdfProfessor David Coleman from Dept of Social Policy, University of Oxford, gives a talk from his "Demographic Trends and Problems of the Modern World" series talking about trends in mortality.
04. The retreat of mortality - 20th and 21st century trends (Transcript)
April 27, 2012 10:11 - 2.37 MB application/pdfProfessor David Coleman from Dept of Social Policy, University of Oxford, gives a talk from his "Demographic Trends and Problems of the Modern World" series talking about trends in mortality.
03. The 'Second Demographic Transition' - new forms of family
April 26, 2012 17:42 - 54 minutes - 386 MB VideoProfessor David Coleman from Dept of Social Policy, University of Oxford, gives a talk from his "Demographic Trends and Problems of the Modern World" series talking about the 'Second Demographic Transition'. The early 20th century was a time of very low divorce rates and of births outside marriage. Couples married late and many never married. In Western Europe, and the English-speaking world, all that changed after the 1960s; Cohabitation, divorce, births outside marriage made families much m...
03. The 'Second Demographic Transition' - new forms of family (Slides)
April 26, 2012 17:42 - 1.34 MB application/pdfProfessor David Coleman from Dept of Social Policy, University of Oxford, gives a talk from his "Demographic Trends and Problems of the Modern World" series talking about the 'Second Demographic Transition'. The early 20th century was a time of very low divorce rates and of births outside marriage. Couples married late and many never married. In Western Europe, and the English-speaking world, all that changed after the 1960s; Cohabitation, divorce, births outside marriage made families much m...
03. The 'Second Demographic Transition' - new forms of family (Transcript)
April 26, 2012 17:42 - 1.34 MB application/pdfProfessor David Coleman from Dept of Social Policy, University of Oxford, gives a talk from his "Demographic Trends and Problems of the Modern World" series talking about the 'Second Demographic Transition'. The early 20th century was a time of very low divorce rates and of births outside marriage. Couples married late and many never married. In Western Europe, and the English-speaking world, all that changed after the 1960s; Cohabitation, divorce, births outside marriage made families much m...