Demographic Trends and Problems of the Modern World
Activity Overview
Episode publication activity over the past year
Episodes
02. Numbering the people: the Census, Vital Registration and Population Registers
26 Oct 2012
Contributed by Lukas
Professor David Coleman gives the second lecture on Demographics, where he looks at different ways in which governments and demographers have collecte...
01. Demographic Challenges for the 21st Century
26 Oct 2012
Contributed by Lukas
Professor David Coleman gives the first lecture in his Demographic Trends and Problems of the Modern World series. He describes the challenges such as...
11. Does Government belong in the bedroom? (Slides)
18 Jul 2012
Contributed by Lukas
There are many examples, from the ancient world to Nazi Germany, of attempts to protect or to increase the birth rate and hence population size. Slide...
11. Does Government belong in the bedroom?
18 Jul 2012
Contributed by Lukas
There are many examples, from the ancient world to Nazi Germany, of attempts to protect or to increase the birth rate and hence population size. Slide...
10. Who's afraid of population decline?
16 Jul 2012
Contributed by Lukas
Fear of population decline has haunted states ever since states existed. Population size was the basis of the power, security and prosperity of any po...
10. Who's afraid of population decline? (Transcript)
16 Jul 2012
Contributed by Lukas
Fear of population decline has haunted states ever since states existed. Population size was the basis of the power, security and prosperity of any po...
09. Bringing down the birth rate - family planning in the developing world
12 Jul 2012
Contributed by Lukas
Traditionally, high birth rates were high. But as they were balanced by high death rates, population growth rates were usually very low. Prof David Co...
09. Bringing down the birth rate - family planning in the developing world (Transcript)
12 Jul 2012
Contributed by Lukas
Traditionally, high birth rates were high. But as they were balanced by high death rates, population growth rates were usually very low. Prof David Co...
08. After the demographic transition in the developing world
10 Jul 2012
Contributed by Lukas
Fertility 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 transitio...
08. After the demographic transition in the developing world (Transcript)
10 Jul 2012
Contributed by Lukas
Fertility 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 transitio...
07. 'Old Europe' - pensions, taxes and alternatives
27 Apr 2012
Contributed by Lukas
Professor David Coleman from Dept of Social Policy, University of Oxford, gives a talk from his "Demographic Trends and Problems of the Modern World" ...
07. 'Old Europe' - pensions, taxes and alternatives (Transcript)
27 Apr 2012
Contributed by Lukas
Professor David Coleman from Dept of Social Policy, University of Oxford, gives a talk from his "Demographic Trends and Problems of the Modern World" ...
06. Demographic behaviour of immigrant and minority populations
27 Apr 2012
Contributed by Lukas
Professor David Coleman from Dept of Social Policy, University of Oxford, gives a talk from his "Demographic Trends and Problems of the Modern World" ...
06. Demographic behaviour of immigrant and minority populations (Transcript)
27 Apr 2012
Contributed by Lukas
Professor David Coleman from Dept of Social Policy, University of Oxford, gives a talk from his "Demographic Trends and Problems of the Modern World" ...
05. International migration: guest workers, dependents, asylum and others
27 Apr 2012
Contributed by Lukas
Professor David Coleman from Dept of Social Policy, University of Oxford, gives a talk from his "Demographic Trends and Problems of the Modern World" ...
05. International migration: guest workers, dependents, asylum and others (Transcript)
27 Apr 2012
Contributed by Lukas
Professor David Coleman from Dept of Social Policy, University of Oxford, gives a talk from his "Demographic Trends and Problems of the Modern World" ...
04. The retreat of mortality - 20th and 21st century trends
27 Apr 2012
Contributed by Lukas
Professor David Coleman from Dept of Social Policy, University of Oxford, gives a talk from his "Demographic Trends and Problems of the Modern World" ...
04. The retreat of mortality - 20th and 21st century trends (Transcript)
27 Apr 2012
Contributed by Lukas
Professor David Coleman from Dept of Social Policy, University of Oxford, gives a talk from his "Demographic Trends and Problems of the Modern World" ...
03. The 'Second Demographic Transition' - new forms of family
26 Apr 2012
Contributed by Lukas
Professor David Coleman from Dept of Social Policy, University of Oxford, gives a talk from his "Demographic Trends and Problems of the Modern World" ...
03. The 'Second Demographic Transition' - new forms of family (Transcript)
26 Apr 2012
Contributed by Lukas
Professor David Coleman from Dept of Social Policy, University of Oxford, gives a talk from his "Demographic Trends and Problems of the Modern World" ...