1-Hour Writer

Week 11 (On the day you have class during this week): Population

Select topic # 1 or topic # 2 below and write one page in which you briefly provide your answer: Topic # 1: Do you think rapid global population growth is cause for alarm? If not, why not? If so, what aspects of global population growth are specifically worrisome? What should be done about them? Answers will vary by student and may include references to Malthus and theory (pp. 502–504), demographic transition theory (pp. 505–507), population and social inequality (pp. 507–508), class inequality and overpopulation (p. 509), and urbanization (pp. 510–519).  Topic # 2: Do you think of the city mainly as a place of innovation and tolerance or mainly as a site of crime, prejudice, and anomie? Where does your image of the city come from? Your own experience? The mass media? Your sociological reading?  Answers will vary by student and may include references to text information on urbanization (pp. 510–519).

1 page 500 words