21810597 - POPULATION, SOCIETY, AND DEVELOPMENT

The course aims to analyze the main international demographic dynamics and to highlight the dualism between developed countries and less developed countries. The focus is on the relationship between population trends and socio-economic development. This approach aims to provide conceptual tools for interpreting the main dynamics of populations.
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Programma

M. Livi Bacci, A Concise History of World Population, © 2017 John Wiley & Sons Ltd
EUROPEAN COMMISSION Population ageing in Europe: facts, implications and policies, 2014 Cap 2 e cap 4 pp. 15-26 e pp. 47-54
https://op.europa.eu/it/publication-detail/-/publication/1e7549b4-2333-413b-972c-f9f1bc70d4cf
EUROSTAT Ageing Europe LOOKING AT THE LIVES OF OLDER PEOPLE IN THE EU 2020 edition, Introduction e cap. 1: pg. 7-9 e pg. 15-32 https://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/en/web/products-statistical-books/-/ks-02-20-655
Un Population division World Population prospects 2022 pag 3-6 https://www.un.org/development/desa/pd/sites/www.un.org.development.desa.pd/files/wpp2022_summary_of_results.pdf
Unicef, Levels & Trends in Child Mortality UN Report 2023 pag 1-28
https://childmortality.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/12/UNICEF-2021-Child-Mortality-Report.pdf
Urbanization: https://population.un.org/wup/publications/Files/WUP2018-PopFacts_2018-1.pdf
https://www.un.org/en/development/desa/population/publications/pdf/urbanization/the_worlds_cities_in_2018_data_booklet.pdChina: Wang F., Baochang G., Yong C., The End of China’s One-Child Policy, Studies in Family Planning, 47, 1, 2016, pp. 83-86.
International migration:
IOM, World Migration Report 2024: Chapter 2 - Migration and Migrants: A Global Overview. https://publications.iom.int/books/world-migration-report-2024-chapter-2


Testi Adottati

M. Livi Bacci, A Concise History of World Population, © 2017 John Wiley & Sons Ltd
EUROPEAN COMMISSION Population ageing in Europe: facts, implications and policies, 2014 Cap 2 e cap 4 pp. 15-26 e pp. 47-54
https://op.europa.eu/it/publication-detail/-/publication/1e7549b4-2333-413b-972c-f9f1bc70d4cf
EUROSTAT Ageing Europe LOOKING AT THE LIVES OF OLDER PEOPLE IN THE EU 2020 edition, Introduction e cap. 1: pg. 7-9 e pg. 15-32 https://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/en/web/products-statistical-books/-/ks-02-20-655
Un Population division World Population prospects 2022 pag 3-6 https://www.un.org/development/desa/pd/sites/www.un.org.development.desa.pd/files/wpp2022_summary_of_results.pdf
Unicef, Levels & Trends in Child Mortality UN Report 2023 pag 1-28
https://childmortality.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/12/UNICEF-2021-Child-Mortality-Report.pdf
Urbanization: https://population.un.org/wup/publications/Files/WUP2018-PopFacts_2018-1.pdf
https://www.un.org/en/development/desa/population/publications/pdf/urbanization/the_worlds_cities_in_2018_data_booklet.pdChina: Wang F., Baochang G., Yong C., The End of China’s One-Child Policy, Studies in Family Planning, 47, 1, 2016, pp. 83-86.
International migration:
IOM, World Migration Report 2024: Chapter 2 - Migration and Migrants: A Global Overview. https://publications.iom.int/books/world-migration-report-2024-chapter-2


Bibliografia Di Riferimento

M. Livi Bacci, A Concise History of World Population, © 2017 John Wiley & Sons Ltd EUROPEAN COMMISSION Population ageing in Europe: facts, implications and policies, 2014 Cap 2 e cap 4 pp. 15-26 e pp. 47-54 https://op.europa.eu/it/publication-detail/-/publication/1e7549b4-2333-413b-972c-f9f1bc70d4cf EUROSTAT Ageing Europe LOOKING AT THE LIVES OF OLDER PEOPLE IN THE EU 2020 edition, Introduction e cap. 1: pg. 7-9 e pg. 15-32 https://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/en/web/products-statistical-books/-/ks-02-20-655 Un Population division World Population prospects 2022 pag 3-6 https://www.un.org/development/desa/pd/sites/www.un.org.development.desa.pd/files/wpp2022_summary_of_results.pdf Unicef, Levels & Trends in Child Mortality UN Report 2023 pag 1-28 https://childmortality.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/12/UNICEF-2021-Child-Mortality-Report.pdf Urbanization: https://population.un.org/wup/publications/Files/WUP2018-PopFacts_2018-1.pdf https://www.un.org/en/development/desa/population/publications/pdf/urbanization/the_worlds_cities_in_2018_data_booklet.pdChina: Wang F., Baochang G., Yong C., The End of China’s One-Child Policy, Studies in Family Planning, 47, 1, 2016, pp. 83-86. International migration: IOM, World Migration Report 2024: Chapter 2 - Migration and Migrants: A Global Overview. https://publications.iom.int/books/world-migration-report-2024-chapter-2

Modalità Erogazione

The course consists of lectures on the various topics and specific presentations by the students attending the course.

Modalità Frequenza

Class attendance is not obligatory but recommended

Modalità Valutazione

The examination is an oral interview on the topics of the course. The assessment is based on knowledge and the ability to analyse past, current and future demographic dynamics.