Sociology 213 Spring 2011
Online Schedule
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Population Growth Livi Bacci, A Concise History of the World's Population, Chapters 1-2 (p.1-62) [S] [Link] Thomas Malthus, An Essay on the Principle of Population, Preface, Chapters 1-2 (10 pages) [Link] [total: 72 pages] |
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Livi Bacci, A Concise History of the World's Population, Chapters 3-4 (p.63-119) [Link] Thomas Malthus, An Essay on the Principle of Population, Chapter 18 (5 pages) [Link] |
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Pessimists and Optimists: Neo-Malthusians
and Simon Ehrlich, Paul. 1968. The Population Bomb. (Pages 13-45, 69-80, 174) [Link] Simon, Julian 1996. The Ultimate Resource II. (pages 3-16, 84-96, 367-90, 604-610) [Link] Optional: Ahlburg,
Dennis A. (1998), "Julian Simon and the Population Growth Debate"
in Population and Development Review, June 1998, Vol. 24, No. 2, pp.
317-327. [Lnk] Population Connection (formerly Zero Population Growth) |
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Livi Bacci, A Concise History of the World's Population, Chapters 5-6 (p. 128-202) [Link] Optional: Population Reference Bureau, World Population Data Sheet |
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Feb |
27 |
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National Research Council, Beyond Six Billion, Ch. 1,3 (pages 15-36, 53-82) [Link: Ch1, Ch3] |
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[optional—was
assigned last semester] Lecture on Population Projections Population Projection Program: project.exe, directions |
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Problem Set 1, due 2/8. NRC, Beyond Six Billion, Ch. 4 (pages 83-113) [Link] |
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Low fertility and the future Phillip Longman. 2004. The Empty Cradle: How Falling Birthrates Threaten World Prosperity. (Pages 1-36, 47-88) [Link] Morgan and King. 2001. “Why have children in the 21st Century? Biological predispositions, social coercion, rational choice.” European Journal of Population. 17(1):3-20. [Link] |
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Kohler, Behrman, and Skytthe. 2005. “Partner + Children = Happiness?” Population and Development Review 31(3):407-445. [Link] (Note: you only need to read pages 407-414 and 423-426) Buchanan, Patrick. 2002. The Death of the West, (pages 1-48) [Link] Lutz,
O’Neill and Scherbov. 2003. “ |
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The “Second Demographic Transition” in the US : Exception or Textbook
Example ? Ron J. Lesthaeghe and Lisa Neidert [Link] Fertility
and Women's Employment in Industrialized Nations Karin L. Brewster; Ronald
R. Rindfuss [Link] New
York Times, 2007 “51% of Women Are Now Living Without Spouse” By SAM ROBERTS;
ARIEL SABAR, BRENDA GOODMAN AND MAUREEN BALLEZA [Link] New York Times, 2007 THE
PUBLIC EDITOR “Can a 15-Year-Old Be a
‘Woman Without a Spouse’?” [Link] |
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Interlude—Interesting
recent publications in demography Cohorts/Life Course Rosenfeld
2006 “young adulthood as a factor in social change in the united states” Ryder
1965 “The Cohort as a Concept in the Study of Social Change” Zimmer
and Easterlin 2006 “happily ever after” |
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Marriage/dating markets Fletcher
2007 “Social multipliers in sexual initiation decisions” Todd
2005 “Aggregate age at marriage patterns from individual mate-search
heuristics” |
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Networks Amuedo
2007 social networks and their impact on the earnings of mexican migrants
Bearman,
Moody, and Stovel 2004 “Chains of Affection” Munshi, 2003
“Networks in the Modern Economy” (optional) Kohler
2007 social networks and hiv risk perceptions |
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The Demography of the Future? Morgan,
Shanahan and Welsh 2005 “Brave new world” NYT magazine, 2005. “Beyond Human” Kurzweil,
2005. The Singularity is Near. Pages 7-14, 205-230, 253-258, 299-326. (Note: this is a
large file ~14mb…it might be better to save it to your hard drive by clicking
“save as…” with the other mouse button, rather than opening it directly) |
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Causality Bhrolchain
and dyson 2007 “On causation in demography” Moffitt
2005 “Remarks on the analysis of causal relationships in population research”
Lauderdale
2006 “Birth outcomes for arabic named women in California” Rodgers
2005 “Did fertility go up after the oklahoma city bombing” |
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Migration Alba and Nee, Remaking the American Mainstream, Chapter 5 “The Background to Contemporary Immigration” (pages 167-214) [Link] Brimelow, Peter 1995. Alien Nation. (Pages 1-19, 45-49, 58-68, 156-168, 115-133, 250-254, 277-280) [Link] Simon, 1998. “Are There Grounds for Limiting Immigration”, Journal of Libertarian Studies 13(2):137-152. [Link] Jacoby, 2002. “Too Many Immigrants?”, Commentary (pages 37-44). [Link] Wall Street Journal, July 3 1984. “In Praise of Huddled Masses” [Link], Letters to the editor, “Free Immigration Alienates Many” [Link] Daniel Griswold, Wall Street Journal, October 22, 2002, “Mexican Workers Come Here to Work: Let them!” [Link] [102 pages] Optional: A “liberal” argument for immigration restrictions |
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The decision to migrate Massey et. al. 1993. “Theories of International Migration: A Review and Appraisal.” Population and Development Review 19:(3)431-466 [Link] Optional: Massey et. al. 1994. “An Evaluation of International Migration Theory: The North American Case”. Population and Development Review 20(4):699-741. [Link] [35 pages] |
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Peter
Andreas 2000, Border Games: Policing the Massey, Durand, and Malone. 2002. Beyond Smoke and Mirrors: Mexican Immigration in an Era of Economic Integration. (pages 1-6, 25-72) [S] [94 pages] Optional “Light at the End of the
Tunnel” Peter Landesman, New York
Times Magazine, April 14, 2002 (an account of migrants trying to cross
into “A Mexican Manual for Illegal Migrants Upsets Some in U.S.” New York Times, January 6, 2005 “Girl
Found Inside Dashboard Trying To Cross Border” 10News.com (San Diego, CA), January 5, 2005 |
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The economic consequences of immigration National Research Council, 1997. The New Americans, Chapter 4 “Immigration’s Effects on Jobs and Wages: First Principles” (pages 135-172) [Link] |
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No class
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NRC, The New Americans, Chapter 5 “Immigration’s Effects on Jobs and Wages: Empirical Evidence” (pages 173-253). [Link] Reference: Borjas.
1997. “How much have immigration and
trade affected the Card,
1990. “The impact of the Mariel
boatlift on the Hammermesh. 1993. Labor Demand. Smith. 1997. Hispanics and the American Dream. Waldinger. 1996. Still the Promised City? |
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Bean and Stevens 2003. America’s Newcomers and the Dynamics of Diversity. Chapter 5 “The New Immigrants and Theories of Incorporation” (pages 94-113) [Link] Gordon, Assimilation in American Life, Chapters 3-6 (p.60-159) [Link] |
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Alba,
2005. “Bright vs. Blurred
Boundaries: Second Generation
Exclusion and Assimilation in Brubaker,
2001. “The return of
assimilation? Changing perspectives on
immigration and its sequels in Waldinger and Feliciano, 2004. “Will the new second generation experience `downward assimilation’? Segmented assimilation re-assessed” Ethnic and Racial Studies. 27:376-402 [Link] “The War of the Headscarves”, The Economist, Feb 5 2004. [Link] Optional (short) “The New Dutch Model,” The Economist, Mar 31 2005 [Link] “ |
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The basic question, a polarized overview. Gary Shteyngart 2004, “The New Two-Way Street” (pages 285-292) in Jacoby, Reinventing the Melting Pot. [Link] Jorge Ramos 2004. The Latino Wave. (pages 70-93, 175-187, prologue) [Link] x Samuel Huntington. 2004. Who Are We? Chapters 1 and 9. “The Crisis of National Identity” and “Mexican Immigration and Hispanization.” (pages 1-20 link, 221-256 link) Optional: Buchanan, Patrick. 2002. The Death of the West, Chapter 6 “La Reconquista” (pages 123-146) [Link] Gregory Rodriguez 2004, “Mexican Americans and the Mestizo Melting Pot” (pages 125-139) in Jacoby, Reinventing the Melting Pot. [Link] |
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No class—PAA meeting |
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Glazer and Moynihan, Beyond the Melting Pot. Introduction (pages 1-23) [Link] Steinberg, The Ethnic Myth. (pages 1-81) [Link] [97
pages] |
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Portes and Rumbaut, Legacies (pages 1-69, 91-112) [Link] |
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The Demography of Global Inequality Intro Harold Kerbo 2006. World Poverty: Global Inequality and the Modern World System. (Pages 1-60: part 1, part 2) Glenn Firebaugh. 2003. The New Geography of Global Income Inequality. (Pages 1-14) Optional: UC atlas of global inequality, http://ucatlas.ucsc.edu/income.php |
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Theory “The Mother of All
Inequality Disputes” Kerbo 2006. World Poverty (Pages 61-109: part 3, part 4) Firebaugh. 2003. The New Geography (Pages 16-30) Branko Milanovic. 2005. Worlds Apart: Measuring International and Global Inequality. (Pages 3-11) Optional: Brown, Deardorff, and Stearn. 2003.
“The
effects of multinational production on wages and working conditions in
developing countries” [Link] Lipsey. 2002. “Home and Host Country Effects of Direct Foreign Investment.” [Link] |
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Methods Firebaugh. 2003. The New Geography (Pages 31-84) Milanovic. 2005. Worlds Apart (Pages 12-27) |
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(Spring 2007) Milanovic. 2005. Worlds Apart, pages 61-127 (see links below) Deparle 2007. New York Times Magazine, “A Good Provider is one who leaves” Optional: NYT Magazine, 2007 “The Battle over the Banlieues” |
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Descriptive results Firebaugh. 2003. The New Geography (Pages 87-98) Milanovic. 2005. Worlds Apart (Pages 29-81) |
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Trends in Across Nation Inequality Firebaugh. 2003. The New Geography (Pages 99-140) Milanovic. 2005. Worlds Apart (Pages 85-106) |
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Trends in Within Nation Inequality Firebaugh. 2003. The New Geography (Pages 152-166) Milanovic. 2005. Worlds Apart (Pages 106-127) Sala-i-Martin 2005. (add) |
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Implications Firebaugh. 2003. The New Geography (Pages 169-223) Milanovic. 2005. Worlds Apart (Pages 139-162) Wade 2004. (add) |
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Borjas, 1999. Heaven’s Door. Chapters 4-6 “The Labor Market Impact of Immigration”, “The Economic Benefits of Immigration” , and “Immigration and the Welfare State (pages 62-126) [Link] [64 pages] Carolyn Turnovsky, 2004. “Making the Queue: Latino Day Laborers in New York’s Street Corner Labor Markets.” |
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Other classes (from previous versions of the class, not currently assigned)
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Alba and Nee, Remaking the American Mainstream (Chapters 6-7, pages 216-292) [Link, Link] [76 pages] |
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Portes and Rumbaut, Legacies (pages 113-232) [S] |
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Other reading (not currently assigned) Alba and Nee, Remaking the American Mainstream, (pages 1-16, 67-77, 88-114, 123-166) [Link] [97 pages] Zhou and
Bankston. 1994. “Social Capital and
the Adaptation of the Second Generation: The Case of Vietnamese Youth in Steinberg, The Ethnic Myth. (pages 263-302 “Ethnic Heroes and Racial Villains”) |