Demographic Policies

Code:

FLUP0473

Acronym:

PDEM1

Instance: 2004/2005 - 1S

Active?	Yes
Responsible unit:	Department of Geography
Institution Responsible:	Faculty of Arts

Cycles of Study/Courses

Acronym	No. of Students	Study Plan	Curricular Years	Credits UCN	Credits ECTS	Contact hours	Total Time
FIL	3	Official Study Plan - LFIL	3	3	6	-
			4
GEO	33	Official Study Plan - LGEO	3	3	6	-
			4
		Plano oficial 2003 - 1º ao 3º ano	3	3	6	-

Objectives

To reflect on the importance of population in development policies, in territorial, social, economic and environmental terms.
To analyse, from a critical point of view, the demographic theories in a context of socio-economic changes.
To acquaint students with different sources and methods in demographic data collection.
To acquaint students with the essential methods and techniques for microdemographic analysis.
To become aware of the importance of an applied approach.

Program

THEORETICAL CLASSES

1- Development theories: framing the population factor.

2- Population policies: from the international action programmes to the responses of national policies:

2.1- International conferences on population;
2.2- The dimensions of population policies: scales and levels of intervention;
2.3- Agents in demographic policies:
2.4 - Demographic policies in developed and developing countries: beginnings, objectives and methods.

3- Aspects of EU’s demographic policy.

3.1- Reproductive health;
3.2- Gender relationships;
3.3- Population ageing.

PRACTICAL CLASSES

1 - Information Systems in the geographical analysis of Population: data collections, analysis and interpretation.
1.1- Census and Demographic Statistics in the national, regional and local analysis of population:
1.2- Surveys in demography: conception and analysis;
1.3- Opinion polls;
1.4- Demographic data analysis methodologies.

2 - Prospective analyses.

3- Case studies: different methodologies.

Main Bibliography

BERNARDES, Jon- Family Studies. An introduction, Routledge, London, New York, 2001.
CARREIRA, Henrique Medina – As políticas sociais em Portugal, Gradiva, Lisboa, 1996.
CLIQUET, Robert-Population and development: a message from the Cairo, Kluwer Academic Publishers, Dordrecht, 1995.
INTERNATIONAL ORGANIZATION FOR MIGRATION- Migrant trafficking and Human Smuggling in Europe: A review of the evidence with case studies from Hungary, Poland and Ukraine, Geneva, 2000.
TORRES, Amália Cardoso- Sociologia do Casamento. A família e a questão feminina, Celta Editora, Oeiras, 2001.
UNITED NATIONS – Abortion policies. A global review, Population Division,2002.
UNITED NATIONS – Fertility, contraception and population policies, Population Division, 2003.
UNITED NATIONS - Global Population Policy database, 1999, Department of Economic and Social Affairs. Population Division,2000.
UNITED NATIONS – International Migration Report , Department of Economic and Social Affairs. Population Division,2002.
UNITED NATIONS - National Population Policies, Department of Economic and Social Affairs. Population Division,2001.
VAN HEAR, Nicholas- New Diásporas. The mass exodus, dispersal and regrouping of migrant communities, UCL Press, London, 1998.

Resources on the internet:
www..un.org
www.unfpa.org
www.undp.org
www.who.org

Complementary Bibliography

References to additional readings will be indicated in class.

Teaching methods and learning activities

Explanatory classes/ lectures;
Practical exercises carried out in class.

Software

No specific software is required.

Evaluation Type

Evaluation with final exam

Eligibility for exams

Minimum class attendance is not required.

Calculation formula of final grade

Final Exam.

Examinations or Special Assignments

According to the Assessment Regulations in force.

Special assessment (TE, DA, ...)

According to the Assessment Regulations in force.

Classification improvement

According to the Assessment Regulations in force.

Observations

Language of instruction: Portuguese.