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time in which the population doubles its size
(Has taken fewer years to double the size of the world population |
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| population doubling time is decreasing since the industrial revolution, improvements in public health, and changes in medical technology |
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population grows geometrically yet food supply does arithmetically
too many people too little food |
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| people exponentially; at an increasingly accelerated pace |
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Natural resources are limited
land, water, air, raw materials |
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Food supply and population growth go hand in hand
less food fewer children
population "explosion" is a sign of more food production |
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Stage 1- High Birth rate High Death Rate
Stage 2- High Birth rate Low Death Rate
Stage 3- Low birth rate Low death rate
Stage 4- Low death rate lower birth rate > Rising Expectations |
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| study of human population; size, composition, growth, and distribution |
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| immigrants with two different levels of skills and different size |
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| representation of various racial, ethnic, religion, and general cultural trait-groups in the population |
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factors accounting for emigration from the homeland (exit)
Famine, starvation, drought
Civil Unrest, War
Political Prosecution
Religion Prosecution
Economic crises |
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factors accounting for in-migration (entry or resettlement in a new land
employment opportunities
freedom from political and/or religious persecution
positive socio-political climate
economic conditions |
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Residence requirements of legal standing for 6 years
political asylum
exclusively for whites
excluded Native American Tribes, Africans, and Chinese and other asians later on
Opportunities increase so are the number of potential immigrants needed to work |
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| The Alien Act (continued) |
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Early settlers, English, Norse, German, Danish, Scottish, and French; followed by Irish Catholics
First immigration wave began in the 1820's and ended in the 1890's
Conflict among ethnic groups grew as diversity expanded
Nativism vs Xenophobia |
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Worker organizations in the Northeast, expansion to the West, need for cheap labor for agricultural and mercantile capitalism growth fostered demand for more workers
Beginning of immigration from the Asian countries, mainly China
Chinese came to fill in the economic gaps that Irish, Blacks, and MExicans, for various reasons could not or were not allowed to work
The Westward movement increased the NON-WHITE population
Population size, strikes, job discrimination, and labor cost are some reasons |
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| The Chinese Exclusionary Act 1882-1892 |
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As economy decline, Chinese Workers became targets of discontent
"Yellow Peril" ideology dictated isolation of and from , Chinese People
Sinophobia = Fear of Chinese
Anti-Chinese laws passed in CA |
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| Chinese Exclusionary Act continued |
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The policy denied Chinese workers in the USA to own property, job allocation, reunification with family, and geographical mobility
The policy prohibited entry of Chinese workers for 10 years; it was expanded to 1912
The restriction was due to job scarcity |
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| Second immigrant Wave 1870's to 1920 |
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| Came from Southern Europe; peaked at 1890's |
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About 26 million immigrants form Southern Europe came during 1871-1920 to meet demand for industry workers
Many of the new immigrants came as sojourners, hoping to return to their homeland after making enough money
1870-1900 Marks American industrialization Age
50-60% immigrants from Greece, Italy, and Poland returned |
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| The National Origins Quota Act 1961-1965 |
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Immigration Quota = 3% of any nationality living in the USA
Quota was in 1924 reduced to 2% of 1890 population-base; increased to 3$ in 1929 with a max of 150,000 total immigrants |
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| National Origins Quota Act continued |
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immigration declined significantly in the 1920's
The search for the best breed of Americans was the goal of the "eugenic movement"
The policy halted immigration from Asia completely |
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Built in preference givent to Northern and Western Europeans
The need for labor was now supplied by Puerto Ricans and Mexicans
By 1930's; 1/3 Americans was foreign born or the child of immigrant parents |
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| Immigration and Naturalization ACT 1965-Present |
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Ended National Origins Act
Replaced preference for place of birth with individual worth or family reunification
increased population and its diversity
Brain Drain
Political Asylum |
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| Reform to the 1965 INS ACT (1986-Present) |
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Amnesty to undocumented immigrants who could prove continuous stay in USA, w/o criminal records, and good standing
Made illegal hiring illegal workers |
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Transference of INS from State Department to Homeland SEcurity
Two-tier immigration
10.4% of total population is foreign born |
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% racial/ethnic, religious, education and other cultural groups
interplay of economic and social groups
stratification |
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% age, gender groups in the whole population
needs vs human capital |
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# of people per square unit of area
Problems of Urbanization: megalopolis, metropolis, and SMSAs
# of public services
Quality of Life |
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Limited Natural Resources
Increases socio-economic inequality
skewed contribution to environmental problems
conditions favorable to displacement of populations
political instability |
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| By Definition, where in the world capitalist system are semi-peripheral countries located? |
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| They are at the mid-sector of the concentric capitalist economies |
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| Which of the following arguments about Modernization theory is INCORRECT? |
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| Global poverty stems from exploitation of poor societies by core nations |
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| Social Problems such as crime and terrorism cannot be explained in terms of personal characteristics of individuals because: |
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| Such explanations do not elucidate the reasons why the same pattern of behavior is found repeated in some groups more often than in others |
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| According to _____ social problems have macro structural causes |
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structural functionalism
Marxism
Conflict |
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| Central to the symbolic interaction perspective on social problems is the idea that: |
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| A group's definition of the situation as problematic is not a reflection of societal consensus |
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| The use of interviews as an optimal research method for gathering complete information on sensitive issues is illustrated in |
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| Examples of social policy for social problems are: |
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Zero Population Growth
Capital Punishment
INA of 1965 |
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| According to Marxist Theory, research on social problems is "value free" |
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| Conflict views on social problems |
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| tie negative conditions affecting social groups to patterns of inequality among them |
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