SO 320 Take Home Midterm Examination

SO320 Midterm

Please write your name, student number, date today, subject code and description, Year and Section, and Instructor’s name on the Blue book (You can use more than one blue book.)
DEADLINE: AUGUST 26, 2008

1) Read “Beyond Malthus:Sixteen Dimensions of the Populations Problem” and answer the following:

a. Why is the selection considered as Post-Malthusian? Compare the perspective with the classical Malthusian theory. What are the different salient points of the theory? Prove that it is post-Malthusian. Site examples from the text.

b. Choose a dimension or problem caused by population growth. Explain the problem and its relation to population. What is its implication to fertility and mortality rates (consider the World Population estimates)? What are the other chain of problems connected to the chosen dimension? Prove your answer using the data provided in the text.

c.What is the Population challenge discussed in the introduction? Did the authors propose any solution, if yes what alternatives are available to solve the problems mentioned in the text and how to respond to the population challenge in general?

Weight (50%)

2) Discuss why migration is considered in calculating population estimates. Discuss at least two perspectives in looking at the phenomenon of international migration. Relate the chosen perspectives to the plight of the overseas Filipino workers. What do you think does it mean when OFW’s become “transnationals”? Is this positive or negative? What is its implication to the population of the sending and receiving country?

Weight (30%)

3) Discuss the importance of the study of Demography to the study of society and social problems. Site specific uses of the principles of Demography to the other areas of Sociology such as Sociology of the Family, sociological theory, social change, etc.

(Weight 20%)
Good luck!