UCL - Demographic dynamics and contemporary socio-economic changes

[SPED2020]

[30h] 5 credits

Teacher(s):

Language: French

Level: Second

Aims
Main themes
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Aims

In-depth understanding of theories and analyses offering a global view of society changes over the last twenty years, and of the interrelationships of demographic, economic, and social phenomena.

Main themes

The course will be based on research questions demonstrating the complexity of the interrelationships between demographic, economic and social phenomena. Among these research questions :

- Reflexion on the relationships between social and economic development and population growth.
- The role of migration as a strategy for food security in the context of deteriorating living conditions.
- The influence of demographic conditions in industrialized countries on the implementation of economic policies in the 1980s.
- Can a link be established between population growth and changes in social and political structures ?
- Does the demographic North-South gap amplifies the economic gap or is it influenced by it ?
- Is economic growth facilitated by the size of population ?
- Is denatality in western countries a direct consequence of the current pension systems ?
- Are migrations a response to differences in population and economic structures ?

Other information (prerequisite, evaluation (assessment methods), course materials recommended readings, ...)

Individual or collective written paper

Portfolio of readings