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CHAPTER 16 – Social Structure and Society
Study
Assignment: Read chapter 16 – Sociology
101 by Jon Shepard
Chapter 16
After careful
study of this chapter, you will be able to:
- Identify
and distinguish among the three population processes.
- Discuss
major dimensions of the world population growth problem
- Relate
the ideas of Thomas Malthus to demographic
transition.
- Predict
world population trends.
- Discuss
demographic trends of older Americans.
- Differentiate
basic concepts of urbanization.
- Trace
the historical development of preindustrial and
modern cities.
- Describe
some of the consequences of suburbanization.
- Discuss
world urbanization.
- Compare
and contrast four theories of city growth
- Compare
and contrast traditional and contemporary views on the quality of urban
life.
Chapter 16
1. Suppose
that the average number of children per family in the United
States increased from 1.8 to 3. Discuss the
short-and long-term effects this would have on population growth.
2. Should
the slow-growing nations, such as the United
States, have immigration policies that help
relieve the population pressures on countries with high-growing populations?
Defend your position using sociological concepts.
3. According
to Louis Worth, what are the major characteristics of urbanism as a way of
life? Evaluate the accuracy of Wirth’s explanation in view of more recent
research findings.