02. Numbering the people: the Census, Vital Registration and Population Registers
Professor David Coleman gives the second lecture on Demographics, where he looks at different ways in which governments and demographers hav...
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Demographic Trends and Problems of the Modern World
The study of populations and demographics is explained in detail in this introductory series by Professor David Coleman, Professor of Demography. Using statistics gathered from censuses, par...
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11 episodes01. Demographic Challenges for the 21st Century
Professor David Coleman gives the first lecture in his Demographic Trends and Problems of the Modern World series. He describes the challeng...
11. Does Government belong in the bedroom?
There are many examples, from the ancient world to Nazi Germany, of attempts to protect or to increase the birth rate and hence population s...
10. Who's afraid of population decline?
Fear of population decline has haunted states ever since states existed. Population size was the basis of the power, security and prosperity...
09. Bringing down the birth rate - family planning in the developing world
Traditionally, high birth rates were high. But as they were balanced by high death rates, population growth rates were usually very low. Pro...
08. After the demographic transition in the developing world
Fertility in all but 12 countries in the world is now falling. Where will it stop? In this talk, Prof David Coleman looks at the demographic...
07. 'Old Europe' - pensions, taxes and alternatives
Professor David Coleman from Dept of Social Policy, University of Oxford, gives a talk from his "Demographic Trends and Problems of the Mode...
06. Demographic behaviour of immigrant and minority populations
Professor David Coleman from Dept of Social Policy, University of Oxford, gives a talk from his "Demographic Trends and Problems of the Mode...
05. International migration: guest workers, dependents, asylum and others
Professor David Coleman from Dept of Social Policy, University of Oxford, gives a talk from his "Demographic Trends and Problems of the Mode...
04. The retreat of mortality - 20th and 21st century trends
Professor David Coleman from Dept of Social Policy, University of Oxford, gives a talk from his "Demographic Trends and Problems of the Mode...
03. The 'Second Demographic Transition' - new forms of family
Professor David Coleman from Dept of Social Policy, University of Oxford, gives a talk from his "Demographic Trends and Problems of the Mode...