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Chapter 8: Politics of ageing

1. Political demography is:




2. It is a bad idea to use population projections as forecasts because we know from experience that some factors such as migration can be very difficult to accurately predict:


3. Why is it important to be mindful of the role of human action in precipitating population change?




4. What is a ‘baby boom’?




5. Which of the following statements is false?




6. When a country, state or society is run by older people, it is said to be




7. The four main drivers of population change are




8. People of a certain age might be more likely to vote because of a particular policy or political change that affected their specific cohort. This is an example of




9. Which of the following is not an activist or advocacy group for older people?




10. Which of the following statements is false?



Activity question


You are a group of young people who are seeking to get climate change on the political agenda. What arguments should you make to convince policy makers to take a ‘long view’ on issues such as climate change, population change and other global issues?



Answer


A number of arguments can be included here but the following are topics that should be addressed as fundamental concerns and topics to generate discussion: intergenerational solidarity; food security; global security; economic impacts of ecological change; voters’ impact; costs of no preparation.