Societies and Identities Exam Review
Chapter Five, “The Problem of Population Growth”
What is the basic argument of the Malthusians? What kinds of evidence fail to support their argument?
The Malthusian perspective is that as the population increased so did the demand for resources such as food and with that came the prices of items going up since it was in such great demand and Malthus also said that there was no way that disaster could occur. What he failed to see was that as population increased the agricultural techniques would result in constant increasing food production, but that was the case.
Why isn’t it straightforward to identify the Earth’s “carrying capacity”?
The reason why it is hard to identify Earth’s carrying capacity is because our capacity for culture and symbolic thought enables us to constantly change and alter our diets and the way we exploit the environment for food.
What, according to Robbins, is the ideology of Malthusian concerns?
The ideology of Malthusian concerns is question why the poor existed and what their purpose was, and that poverty existed due to over population because people did not want to change their ways.
What is “demographic transition theory,” and what, according to Robbins, do its theorists regard as an answer to high population growth in poor countries? What, according to Robbins, is wrong about demographic transition theory?
The demographic transition theory is that the world population growth increased only very slowly from human beginnings to around 1750, and this was maintained due to high death rates. And in poor countries people fail to use birth control methods in order to control the population growth.
How and why did the economic expansion of the world capitalist economy changed reproductive behaviors?
It is determined by a number of factors which include the period of fertility and the cultural and society.
What is “wealth flows theory”? How does it explain why the demand for children in
poor
What is the basic argument of the Malthusians? What kinds of evidence fail to support their argument?
The Malthusian perspective is that as the population increased so did the demand for resources such as food and with that came the prices of items going up since it was in such great demand and Malthus also said that there was no way that disaster could occur. What he failed to see was that as population increased the agricultural techniques would result in constant increasing food production, but that was the case.
Why isn’t it straightforward to identify the Earth’s “carrying capacity”?
The reason why it is hard to identify Earth’s carrying capacity is because our capacity for culture and symbolic thought enables us to constantly change and alter our diets and the way we exploit the environment for food.
What, according to Robbins, is the ideology of Malthusian concerns?
The ideology of Malthusian concerns is question why the poor existed and what their purpose was, and that poverty existed due to over population because people did not want to change their ways.
What is “demographic transition theory,” and what, according to Robbins, do its theorists regard as an answer to high population growth in poor countries? What, according to Robbins, is wrong about demographic transition theory?
The demographic transition theory is that the world population growth increased only very slowly from human beginnings to around 1750, and this was maintained due to high death rates. And in poor countries people fail to use birth control methods in order to control the population growth.
How and why did the economic expansion of the world capitalist economy changed reproductive behaviors?
It is determined by a number of factors which include the period of fertility and the cultural and society.
What is “wealth flows theory”? How does it explain why the demand for children in
poor