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Master 2023/2024

Population and Development Studies

Type: Compulsory course (Population and Development)
Area of studies: Public Administration
Delivered by: Department of Demography
When: 1 year, 2 module
Mode of studies: offline
Open to: students of one campus
Instructors: Alexander Larionov
Master’s programme: Population and Development
Language: English
ECTS credits: 3
Contact hours: 32

Course Syllabus

Abstract

The discipline reveals theoretical approaches in the field of public administration, which make it possible to increase the efficiency and effectiveness of authorities in achieving strategic targets in the field of population. As a result of studying the discipline, students will be able to analyze key state policies in the field of demography. Special emphasis is placed on the disclosure of public health management practices, demographic processes. The discipline reveals the mechanisms of public administration, considering the recommendations of international organizations, as well as national characteristics of countries.
Learning Objectives

Learning Objectives

  • The purpose of the discipline is to familiarize students with theoretical approaches and methodological foundations of the use of public administration tools in the interests of the population.
Expected Learning Outcomes

Expected Learning Outcomes

  • Affective mechanisms of decision-making
Course Contents

Course Contents

  • The concept of "efficiency" and "efficiency" and their use in the demographic sphere
  • Public administration and social function of the population
  • Social, family and demographic policy
Assessment Elements

Assessment Elements

  • non-blocking Activity
  • non-blocking Paper
  • non-blocking In-class assignment
Interim Assessment

Interim Assessment

  • 2023/2024 2nd module
    0.4 * Activity + 0.4 * In-class assignment + 0.2 * Paper
Bibliography

Bibliography

Recommended Core Bibliography

  • Aging, health, and longevity in the Mexican-origin population, , 2012
  • Altered states : changing populations, changing parties, and the transformation of the American political landscape, Holbrook, T. M., 2016
  • Eva Bernhardt. (2004). Is the Second Demographic Transition a useful concept for demography?’. Vienna Yearbook for Population Research.
  • Karabchuk, T., Kumo, K., & Selezneva, E. (2017). Demography of Russia : From the Past to the Present. London: Palgrave Macmillan. Retrieved from http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&site=eds-live&db=edsebk&AN=1250103
  • Statistics : учеб. пособие по англ. яз. для студентов 4 курса факультета "Экономика" отделения "Статистика, анализ данных и демография", Захарова, А. В., 2013
  • Steve H. Murdock. (2019). Applied Demography : An Introduction To Basic Concepts, Methods, And Data. [N.p.]: Routledge. Retrieved from http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&site=eds-live&db=edsebk&AN=2240026
  • Vishnevsky, A., & Shcherbakova, E. (2019). Demography: Pros and Cons of Raising the Retirement Age. Journal of the New Economic Association, (2), 148. Retrieved from http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&site=eds-live&db=edsrep&AN=edsrep.a.nea.journl.y2019i42p148.167
  • Демографическая история и демографическая теория : курс лекций, Вишневский, А. Г., 2019
  • Демография : учеб. пособие для вузов, Денисенко, М. Б., 2007

Recommended Additional Bibliography

  • Aging population, pension funds, and financial markets : regional perspectives and global challenges for Central, Eastern, and Southern Europe, , 2009

Authors

  • Larionov Aleksandr Vitalevich