Population and Society (Prof. A. K. Sharma, IIT Kanpur) | Sociology

Population and Society

Population and Society. Instructor: Prof. A. K. Sharma, Department of Humanities and Social Sciences, IIT Kanpur. 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)

Introduction

Lecture 01 - Introduction

Lecture 02 - Basic Concepts

Lecture 03 - Perspectives on Population

Lecture 04 - Indian Society

Lecture 05 - Social Change in India

Lecture 06 - India: A Developing Economy

Lecture 07 - Methodology

Lecture 08 - Primary and Secondary Data and Related Issues

Lecture 09 - Sources of Population Data

Lecture 10 - Participatory Rural Appraisal

Lecture 11 - Demographic Models

Lecture 12 - Demographic Models (cont.)

Lecture 13 - Contemporary Issues in Modeling Population Processes

Lecture 14 - World Population Growth

Lecture 15 - Demographic Transition in the Nineteenth and Twentieth Centuries

Lecture 16 - Demographic Schism between Developed and Developing Countries and Future Prospects

Lecture 17 - History of Growth

Lecture 18 - Population of India

Lecture 19 - Trends in Death and Birth Rates

Lecture 20 - Population Projections, Migration and Future Prospects

Lecture 21 - Urbanization and Development

Lecture 22 - Urbanization in India

Lecture 23 - Theories of Urbanization and Development

Lecture 24 - Future of Urbanization in India

Lecture 25 - Population Theories

Lecture 26 - Marxist Theory of Population

Lecture 27 - Demographic Transition Theory and Related Issues

Lecture 28 - Gandhian Theory of Population

Lecture 29 - Population Policy

Lecture 30 - Effectiveness of Population Policies

Lecture 31 - Family Planning Programme and Beyond

Lecture 32 - National Population Policy

Lecture 33 - The First Policy Statement

Lecture 34 - Subsequent Developments Leading to National Population Policy 2000

Lecture 35 - Ecological Degradation and Environmental Protection

Lecture 36 - Differences in Perception between Developed and Developing Countries

Lecture 37 - Total Environment Impact and Beliefs

Lecture 38 - Emerging Issues in Sociology of Population

Lecture 39 - Population Issues in the Framework of MDGs

Lecture 40 - Population Issues (cont.)

References

Population and Society
Instructor: Prof. A. K. Sharma, Department of Humanities and Social Sciences, IIT Kanpur. This course proposes to discuss the relationship between social processes and demographic transition in India.