ENVI 228(S) International Population Issues (Same as Economics 228)

A quarter century after the first major international conference on population issues in Bucharest, the debate about the interrelationships among population growth, economic growth, and human development continues. Indeed, new issues such as women's empowerment, environmental externalities, schooling for girls, international migration, reproductive health, aging, the birth dearth in the West, and the changing family have added further complexity to that debate. Underlying these debates are divergent assumptions and values relating to gender roles, the family, individual rights and the role of the state. Course readings drawn from a broad range of disciplines will lay out the facts about population underlying these debates, introduce students to a divergent range of views about these issues and provide opportunities for informed class debate on particular topics based on student research drawing on the experience of particular countries. Class sessions will combine lectures and discussion. Evaluation will be based on class participation, several short policy papers, a midterm, and a take-home final exam. Prerequisite: Economics 101. Enrollment limited to 20. This course serves as an elective in the Women and Gender Studies program.

Hour: LLOYD