Postmodern America in 2050 1 Running Head: POSTMODERN AMERICA IN 2050 Alexis Rios Dr. Ronald San Nicolas SOC 1000 Introduction to Sociology Hawaii Pacific University Postmodern America in 2050 2 Postmodern America in 2050 2050, the year that many people are talking about. It is considered the half of the 21st Century. Many things will happen between now and for the next 40 years. People think that many good things will happen during this year, but scientists and sociologists have a different view of the events that will occur when this year comes. In this paper I will identify three changes that will occur by 2050 and how they will affect society as a whole, but only one will be researched in depth. The …show more content…
As a family, overpopulation means less space for building a house. Parents will be forced to have only one to two children if allowed by the government. Rules regarding birth will be very strict. Group and organizations will be challenged because they will have to make decisions whether to hire or fire personnel. This will have a negative impact in societal groups. Postmodern America in 2050 4 Overpopulation will have a great impact in culture because of immigration. Many cultures will experience sharing multiple languages, religions, race, etc. Migration can be voluntary or involuntary and throughout history we all have seeing both. Voluntary when people decided to move to larger cities by their own choice. Involuntary when the Spaniards brought the slaves from Africa. Also, another impact in culture will be that diverse families will grow. Demographic studies will vary depending on the mortality and fertility of the population. Our textbook defines three important terms regarding fertility. They were fertility which is the incidence of childbearing in a country’s population; fecundity which is a maximum possible childbearing and is reduced by cultural norms, finances, and personal choice; and crude birth which is the number of live births in a given year for every 1,000 people in a population (Macionis, p. 580). Also, the author explained the terms of mortality and crude death rate. Which are the opposite of fertility.
overpopulation is and will become a bigger problem, maybe sooner than we expect it to. If we
the year 2050. Population growth at an overwhelming rate can cause many effects on a
Overpopulation is an issue that many persons fail to bring attention, but don’t know the underlying effects that it can have on the United States itself. The hardships of overpopulation, affects the economy, the available of resources, and also the success of the future generations to come. Without much thought, someone may have children not knowing that it can affect the livelihood of the future generations who plan to land that job or that position they were aspiring to get. There are those individuals that continue having children, knowing that they are not financially capable of supporting another innocent child. In result this negatively affects the quality of living. If there are more births, it foreshadows that there are more jobs to be created, which causes employment hard to acquire, nevertheless, causing the economy to make a turn for the
For instance, if abortion is illegal, clearly there will be a lot of babies. Although Canada does not have overpopulation now, it may be a problem in the future. If a country is overpopulated, it can cause a lot of challenges, such as poverty and pollution. For example, in India, there are a lot of people but not a lot of farming; poverty is a result. As another example, there is a lot of pollution because everyone is using cars in China. With that many people, the waste from the cars can cause serious air pollution. All in all, abortion can prevent a lot of problems by controlling the birth
It impacts environmental and social factors, which include pollution, malnutrition, overcrowded living conditions and inadequate health care. The poor will be extremely susceptible to infectious diseases from malnutrition. The population may be controlled by disease and war. Food, water, and other resources will be fought over. “Water wars” are already being fought in third world countries and with the resource running out more countries “including first world countries” may join the war. Overpopulation is happening but it can be
“The 21st Century” we approach in an accelerated way to the new millennium, some changes are already visual and some others we don’t even imagine what they are. We all have to be prepare for those changes full of opportunities but of uncertainties as well. Many changes in technology, and communications just to mention a few. The whole environment will be very different, the big challenge will be to prepare and learn to live in this new environment due to the fact that not all of us are prepare for the big step.
“Overpopulation is an undesirable condition where the number of existing human population exceeds the carrying capacity of Earth. Overpopulation is caused by number of factors. Reduced mortality rate, better medical facilities, depletion of precious resources are few of the causes which results in overpopulation.” In today’s society most Americans have at least five children, this can include one person who has five kids that was from failed relationships, marriage, or mistakes. The amount of children that are born per year in the U.S is 3,999,386 last year alone. The U.S alone has over three hundred million people, making us the third largest nations. The U.s is the only population that is experiencing significant population growth. Its population may double before the end of the century. If the limitation of how much children each American can have decrease to two children then we can put a control on overpopulation.
Fertility refers to the number of births in the population to its relative size. Since 1976, the fertility
Within a postmodern era, the fertility rates across the western countries have experienced a rapid decline. A transition from a relatively high to a relatively low fertility rate. Throughout the development in the society, there are many fundamental changes which cause the decrease in the fertility rate. This essay will discuss….
How do you think life in the United States will change in the next 10 years?
Junior Thesis: Effects of Overpopulation and How to Solve It Society includes both good and bad elements that make society better or worse. People in society all hates problems that occur in the society. Sadly, there are many problems the society may face today and people in the society may realize these problems too. The terrible conflicts in the society can lead to destruction to the economic and social life.
The cutoff for the next period of history should be 2000 C.E. because 2000 C.E. represents a shift between: the global war on communism and the war on terrorism, the successful global market and the recession we are still experiencing, and the demographic transition from high fertility rates and low morality rates to lower fertility and morality rates. The three events that best characterize the global shift in history are: the weakening and fall of the Soviet Union, the Asian financial crisis, and the increased usage of birth control to transition to lower fertility rates.
Everyone is affected by overpopulation, even those who do not own pets. Human health is at risk from all the stray animals having transmittable diseases such as rabies and the animal waste.
There are a few ways the increase in population can become beneficial. Personally with the population flux it can lead to the expansion of business and offer up a huge number of job possibilities in a world where it's tough to find work. In corporate/commercially it again allows for the introduction and expansion of industrial buildings and higher job opportunities. The advantages it has on the government would be economic growth. With a higher number of people it combines all great minds working together to lead to more innovations. Environmentally you will start to see the increase in non-renewable resources used and with this issue will arise the investigation into renewable resources to accommodate and even start to replace fossil fuels with things such as nuclear or solar energy. Finally with fire protection; having the continuous growing population were going to have to ensure that all precautions are taken to reduce the risk of fire. This could lead to new codes and regulations like mandatory sprinklers in all residential homes, making a huge difference down the road. However with these advantages there comes some disadvantages as well. In the same way as the introduction leads to new job possibilities it also leads to more competitors over the same job. If I'm not as qualified it will complicate my
The purpose of this paper is to demonstrate how overpopulation causes social problems. To do so you must take many things into consideration, such as different views of racial problems and conflicting definitions of a social problem. Social problems can be defined in many different ways. They effect everyone and some of us encounter problems everyday as a result of our race, religion, gender, or low income. Others experience problems from technological change or declining neighborhoods, others are affected directly by crime and violence in their own neighborhood, and sometimes definitions of social problems are changed by society because of changes around you. Finally in