Week Thirteen Study Questions

Rania Maktabi. 1999. The Lebanese census of 1932 revisited. Who are the Lebanese?

How did the decree of 30 August 1924 modify 1932 census counts in order to define Lebanese citizenship?
Describe "numbers game" regarding emigrants, foreigners and naturalization used by the Christian elite to preserve control of the country.
Why has there been no census in Lebanon since 1932--what would be the probable result of such a new census?

Homa Hoodfar & Samad Assadpour. 2000. The politics of population policy in the Islamic Republic of Iran.

How did the Islamist government in Iran look at family planning when they first took power, and why did they feel this way?
Describe how high fertility and population growth threatened the key policies that the government used to get the loyalty of the population.
Review the role played by government officials, religious leaders and the media in the evolution of fertility control policy in Iran.

Philip Martin, Elizabeth Midgley & Michael Teitelbaum. 2001. Migration and development: focus on Turkey.

What was Turkey's special motive for encouraging outmigration of labor, and how well have their aims been realized by past migration streams?
How did Turkish government policies affect the extent to which emigration had the intended effect on the Turkish economy?
Explain what it means to say Turkey is an immigration, transit and emigration country. Where are most immigrants into Turkey coming from?