Malthus's theory of population held that population grows exponentially while food production grows arithmetically, inevitably leading to famine unless checks on population growth occur. The theory was proposed by Thomas Malthus in 1798 based on observations of population growth in Western Europe. Malthus believed population would double every 25 years due to human desire for sex and prosperity, while food production could only increase incrementally through agriculture. This would cause periodic famines, wars, or disease that act as "positive checks" on population growth, or preventive methods like later marriages could act as "preventive checks". The theory was an early attempt to link population growth and economic and social factors but faced criticism for assumptions about constant growth rates and
This theory throws light on changes in birth and death rate and consequently on the growth rate of population. The relationship between birth and death rate changes with economic development and a country has to pass through different stages of population growth. This theory depicts the four stages of demographic transition that a country has to pass.
this presentation will give a basic knowledge about age and sex structure, population pyramid with different countries age-sex structure along with Bangladesh perspective.
This theory throws light on changes in birth and death rate and consequently on the growth rate of population. The relationship between birth and death rate changes with economic development and a country has to pass through different stages of population growth. This theory depicts the four stages of demographic transition that a country has to pass.
this presentation will give a basic knowledge about age and sex structure, population pyramid with different countries age-sex structure along with Bangladesh perspective.
Topic of discussion Uptopian IdeasRequired Textbook curranalmeta
Topic of discussion :
Uptopian Ideas
Required Textbook:
Magstadt, T. M. (2017).
Understanding politics: Ideas, institutions, and issues
. Australia: Cengage Learning. 12th Edition.
Required Resources
Read/review the following resources for this activity:
Textbook: Chapter 3, 4; review Chapter 2 (Section: Ideologies and Politics in the United States)
Lesson
Additional scholarly sources you identify through your own research
.
Instructions:
Explain one of the perfect political systems of Plato, Aristotle, Bacon, Marx, or Skinner. Use evidence (cite sources) to support your response from assigned readings or lesson,
and
at least two outside scholarly source.
Lesson: Political Science Theories
Theories
After the fall of Rome, within Western civilizations, the Church ultimately became interwoven with the centralized power of the appointed kings and queens. But over time, philosophers, and then the people, wondered if this was the best way to organize a government. They began by questioning the Church's role in government, and ultimately expanded into an examination of the need for monarchies in general.
These thoughts began with the work of Niccolo Machiavelli in Italy in the 15th and 16th centuries. In The Prince, Machiavelli discusses the role of power in maintaining rule. Although not a direct link to democratic thought because he is advising a prince on how to keep his control over the people, his work was one of the first to hint at a need for a separation of church and state, which is a concept that still elicits controversy today.
Roughly a century later, Thomas Hobbes also questioned the role of the Church within the government. In writing Leviathan, Hobbes advocated the need for a large governmental structure (thus a leviathan) to rule over the people and he began to question the role of the Church in this process. Although a supporter of authoritarian governments, Hobbes was not a supporter of the Church's power within government. Outside of this premise, he is also known for coining the phrase "state of nature." This idea stems from his examination of what people look like without any government. He saw this state as very bleak, representing utter chaos and strife, because he theorized that without a strong ruling government to keep the peace, people would be at war with one another as they attempted to seize power from one another as a means of getting what they desired and as a way to avoid what they did not. However, in contrast to what he was proposing, by looking at humanity at its core, he introduced the idea of humanity as thinking for itself, which is the foundation of any democracy.
It was this concept that John Locke then built upon a few decades later by suggesting that the people move away from an all-oppressive ruler to a government based upon the rule of the citizens with a system of checks and balances,. Locke's ideas serve as the basis of much of the U.S. founding documents, such as th ...
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2. About Malthusian Theory
The Malthusian Theory of Population is the theory of
exponential population and arithmetic food supply
growth.
The theory was proposed by Thomas Robert Malthus.
First Systematically Authorized Population Theory.
first to appreciate the close relationship between
population growth and other demographic, socio-
economic changes.
3. Brief Introduction of Thomas Robert Malthus
Time period of Malthus- 1766 to 1834.
British Professor of History and Economics.
His motive was humanitarian.
He used Empirical Approach.
Principle of Population based on the experience of West
European countries.
First Publication- Essay on Population as it affects the Future
Improvement of Society (1798).
Second Publication- An Essay on the Principle of Population
(1803).
4. Contemporary Circumstances at the Time of MalthusTheory
Political Geography derived in 1766.
Remarkable Publications, e.g.- Smith’s first theory
already published (Theory of Moral Sentiments-1759)
and second in the process of publication in that time
period (Wealth of Nation).
Crisis in England – unemployment, food production
and social crisis.
Thoughts of William Godwin (friend of Thomus
Danial Malthus).
5. Assumptions
Desire for sex is stable.
Prosperity as direct relationship with the population
growth.
Agriculture is subject to diminishing martinets output
or means of subsistence.
6. Malthusian Theory of Population
Population Growth
(Geometrical Progression)
i.e. – 2,4,8,16…
Food Production
(Arithmetical Progression)
i.e.- 1,2,3,4…..
Disequilibrium between population and Food Supply
Positive Checks or Natural
Checks (e.g. Earthquakes,
wars, Famine, Floods etc.
Preventive Measures (e.g. Late
marriages, self restraint,
Family planning methods etc.)
Result
How to correct
7.
8. Ratios between Population and Sustenance
• The population and sustenance would be in the
ratio of 256 to 9.
• In three centuries 4,096 to 13.
• In two thousand years the difference would be
almost uncountable.
• Population doubles after every twenty-five
years.
9. Implications:
I. Positive Checks - Earthquakes, wars, Famine,
Floods, poverty especially lack of food etc.
II. Preventive Checks - Late marriages, self
restraint, Family planning methods etc.
10. Critical Reviews:
• Sexual desire – sexual desire is a biological instinct whereas the
desire to have children is a social instinct.
• Validity of his two sets of ratios.
• Time span of 25 years assumed by Malthus to allow population
to double itself, also does not seem to be anywhere near reality.
• Thinking about unnatural checks – Malthus could not think to
use contraceptives as an effective preventive check.
• Ignorance the role of changing advanced technology & socio-
economic set up of a society.
• Ignorance of migration status.
• Limited data base.
11. Conclusion
Malthus was probably the first to appreciate the close
relationship between population growth and other demographic
changes & social changes.
It was Malthus who initiated theory building in population
geography and demography
His work is pioneer and has great social relevance.
Malthusian ideas are often supported by Western governments
because it highlights the problem of too many mouths to feed,
rather than the uneven distribution of resources.
12. Reference:
Population Geography by “Majid Husain”.
Population Geography by “Dr. S.D. Maurya”.
https://www.economicsdiscussion.net/articles/malthusian-
theory-of-population-explained-with-its-criticism/1521
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Malthusianism