Social Demography

Paper Code: 
SOC 324
Credits: 
4
Contact Hours: 
60.00
Max. Marks: 
100.00
Objective: 
  1. To acquaint them with the demographic features and trends of Indian society vis-a vis world population.
  2. To understand population control in terms of social needs as well as to appreciate population control measures and their implementation.

 

12.00
  • Demography: Meaning, nature and scope
  • Population and Society: Interface between population size and social development
  • Theories of Population: Malthusian and Demographic Transition

 

12.00
  • Population Growth and  Migration:
  • Growth of population  in India since 1901
  • Migration:  Concept, Determinants and Consequences
  • Theories of Migration: Ravenstein’s Laws of Migration, Stouffer’s Theory of Mobility, Lee’s Theory’

 

12.00
  • Concepts of Fertility, Mortality and Morbidity :
  • Age and sex composition and its consequences
  • Determinants of fertility
  • Determinants of infant, child and maternal mortality
  • Morbidity rates

 

 

12.00
  • Population and Development:
  • Population as a constraint on and a resource for development
  • Socio-cultural factors affecting population growth

 

 

12.00
  • Population Control:
  • Population policy: Problems and perspectives
  • Population education
  • Measures taken for population control

 

Essential Readings: 

Books Recommended

Core Readings

  • Carter L.Greg, 2016, Population and Society: An Introduction, Cambridge: Polity Press
  • Jhingan M.L. Bhatt B.K. & Desai J.N., 2016.  (3rd Edition), Demography. New Delhi: Vrinda Publications Ltd.
  • Kumar Binoy, 2015, Population and Society, New Delhi: Centrum Press
  • Census of India Reports, 2011

 

Supplementary Readings

  • Myrdal Gunnar. (2005), The Essential, New York: New Press
  • Myrdal Gunnar. (1972), Asian Drama: An Inquiry into the Poverty of Nations, New York, Pantheon Books
  • Jayapalan N., 2004. Social Demography. Jaipur: Book Enclave
  • Bose, Ashish, 1991: Demographic Diversity of India, Delhi: B.R.Publishing Corporation
  • Premi, M.K., et al, 1983: An Introduction to Social Demography, Delhi: Vikas Publishing House
  • Sharma, Rajendra, 1997: Demography and Population Problems, New Delhi: Atlantic Publishers
  • Srivastava, O.S. 1994: Demography and Population studies, New Delhi: Vikas Publishing House
  • Chandrashekhar, S. (ed.), 1974: Infant Mortality, Population Growth and Family Planning in India, London: George Allen & Unwin Ltd.

 

Journals

  • Population Studies: A Journal of Demography, Taylor and Francis
  • Contemporary Sociology, Sage Publications

 

Academic Session: 
2021-22
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