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Uncontrolled Rise in Population
In this era, uncontrolled rise in population has been one of the biggest social problems that our discipline (sociology) is facing. The world population in 2019 is recorded at 7.7 billion as of April 2019. Compare that with the population number in 2000, it was 6.1 billion giving us an increase of 79% over the last decade only (Cohen, 2003). This uncontrolled bang in population is usually accredited to the rise in birth rates and the decrease in mortality rates (McKeown, 1978).
Social Factors Responsible for Uncontrolled Rise in Population:
Uncontrolled rise in population did not just happen overnight but was an effect of different social factors operating within the society. These include how a culture is designed in a certain area, what type of religious beliefs they have, economic situation, family structure and sexual practices (Rizzuto et al., 2012). In a culture, where it is enthralled to have a big family and is an indicator of a man’s virility. Whereas, religions around the world do not think highly of use of contraceptive drugs that help in lowering birth rates. Also, families in dire economic situations also prefer having more children and become an economic resource (Sundquist, 1995).
How Sociology Can Help:
Sociology can help in reducing this uncontrolled rise in population by using its different theories and define the effect of overpopulation growth on society as a whole (Turner, 1989). Functionalism, a sociological theory thinks that population growth is necessary and essential for processes in any society. Problem occurs if this growth is too little or too much and cause various problems. Conflict theory does not consider overpopulation as a problem because the world has enough resources to deal with it but it’s the corporations and regulations that are causing negative impacts on society. Furthermore, symbolic interactionism states the relationship between social background and their perception about population growth (Green & Ritzer, 1976).
References:
Cohen, J. (2003). Human Population: The Next Half Century. Science, 302(5648), 1172-1175. doi: 10.1126/science.1088665
Green, D., & Ritzer, G. (1976). Sociology: A Multiple Paradigm Science. Contemporary Sociology, 5(2), 210. doi: 10.2307/2063000
McKeown, T. (1978). Fertility, mortality and causes of death an examination of issues related to the modern rise of population. Population Studies, 32(3), 535-542. doi: 10.1080/00324728.1978.10412813
Rizzuto, D., Orsini, N., Qiu, C., Wang, H., & Fratiglioni, L. (2012). Lifestyle, social factors, and survival after age 75: population based study. BMJ, 345(aug29 2), e5568-e5568. doi: 10.1136/bmj.e5568
Sundquist, J. (1995). Ethnicity, social class and health. A population-based study on the influence of social factors on self-reported illness in 223 Latin American refugees, 333 Finnish and 126 South European labour migrants and 841 Swedish controls. Social Science & Medicine, 40(6), 777-787. doi: 10.1016/0277-9536(94)00146-k
Turner, B. (1989). Ageing, Status Politics and Sociological Theory. The British Journal Of Sociology, 40(4), 588. doi: 10.2307/590890
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