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| number of people who die per 1000 people. |
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| number of live births per 1000 people. |
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| The Malthusian Perspective |
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He was afraid we were going to run out of food. If left unchecked, the population would exceed the available food supply. Population would increase in a geometric progression (2,4,8, 16)
The food supply would increase only by an arithmetic progression (1,2,3,4)Solution: Soylent Green |
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| social limit on reproduction |
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| the actual biological number of children a person can have |
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| The study of population size, composition and distribution |
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| a negative attitude based on faulty generalizations about members of selected racial and ethnic groups. |
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| a set of attitudes beliefs, and practices that is used to justify the superior treatment of one racial or ethnic group and the inferior treatment of another racial or ethnic group. |
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| actions or practices of dominant group members that have a harmful impact on members of a subordinate group. |
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| process by which members of subordinate groups are assimilated into dominant culture. |
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Ruling class creates prejudice by pitting one group against another.
Goal- split workers along racial or ethnic lines, this means that workers are less likely to organize together and form unions and demand higher wages.People who hate each other are not going to work together for better wages and conditions. |
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