Population and Society. Instructor: Prof. A. K. Sharma, Department of Humanities and Social Sciences, IIT Kanpur.
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September 26, 2023
English
English [CC]
Description
This course proposes to discuss the relationship between social processes and demographic transition in India. Therefore, it focuses on introducing the tools and techniques of social demography, Indian data on demographic trends, and theories propounded to explain the available data. It is expected that after doing this course the students would be familiar with the basic techniques, data and theories of social demography and will be well equipped to take up advanced studies in a selected field of population studies as a subfield of sociology. (from nptel.ac.in)
Course Curriculum
- Lecture 01 – Introduction Unlimited
- Lecture 02 – Basic Concepts Unlimited
- Lecture 03 – Perspectives on Population Unlimited
- Lecture 04 – Indian Society Unlimited
- Lecture 05 – Social Change in India Unlimited
- Lecture 06 – India: A Developing Economy Unlimited
- Lecture 07 – Methodology Unlimited
- Lecture 08 – Primary and Secondary Data and Related Issues Unlimited
- Lecture 09 – Sources of Population Data Unlimited
- Lecture 10 – Participatory Rural Appraisal Unlimited
- Lecture 11 – Demographic Models Unlimited
- Lecture 12 – Demographic Models (cont.) Unlimited
- Lecture 13 – Contemporary Issues in Modeling Population Processes Unlimited
- Lecture 14 – World Population Growth Unlimited
- Lecture 15 – Demographic Transition in the Nineteenth and Twentieth Centuries Unlimited
- Lecture 16 – Demographic Schism between Developed and Developing Countries and Future Prospects Unlimited
- Lecture 17 – History of Growth Unlimited
- Lecture 18 – Population of India Unlimited
- Lecture 19 – Trends in Death and Birth Rates Unlimited
- Lecture 20 – Population Projections, Migration and Future Prospects Unlimited
- Lecture 21 – Urbanization and Development Unlimited
- Lecture 22 – Urbanization in India Unlimited
- Lecture 23 – Theories of Urbanization and Development Unlimited
- Lecture 24 – Future of Urbanization in India Unlimited
- Lecture 25 – Population Theories Unlimited
- Lecture 26 – Marxist Theory of Population Unlimited
- Lecture 27 – Demographic Transition Theory and Related Issues Unlimited
- Lecture 28 – Gandhian Theory of Population Unlimited
- Lecture 29 – Population Policy Unlimited
- Lecture 30 – Effectiveness of Population Policies Unlimited
- Lecture 31 – Family Planning Programme and Beyond Unlimited
- Lecture 32 – National Population Policy Unlimited
- Lecture 33 – The First Policy Statement Unlimited
- Lecture 34 – Subsequent Developments Leading to National Population Policy 2000 Unlimited
- Lecture 35 – Ecological Degradation and Environmental Protection Unlimited
- Lecture 36 – Differences in Perception between Developed and Developing Countries Unlimited
- Lecture 37 – Total Environment Impact and Beliefs Unlimited
- Lecture 38 – Emerging Issues in Sociology of Population Unlimited
- Lecture 39 – Population Issues in the Framework of MDGs Unlimited
- Lecture 40 – Population Issues (cont.) Unlimited
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