Do We Need Numbers? The Demographic Fingerprint on Crisis Evidence

AuthorIvan, D.L.
PositionThe National School of Political Studies and Public Administration of Bucharest
Pages155-168
Bulletin of the Transilvania University of Braşov
Series VII: Social Sciences • Law • Vol. 5 (54) No. 2 - 2012
DO WE NEED NUMBERS?
THE DEMOGRAPHIC
FINGERPRINT ON
CRISIS EVIDENCE
Dragoş Lucian IVAN1
Abstract: The economic revolution that took place in the world through
globalization and through the industrial revolution made a deep and lasting
impression that continues to haunt current visions on the future, leaving
aside the importance of understanding demographic dynamics. The t endency
towards a purely economic “reading” of contemporary reality pays scant
regard to the demographic conditions of its production. Pu t simply, if we are
to understand the contemporary crisis and if we desire for our current system
to survive we should focus on a reconciliation of demography within the
analysis of the actual functioning society.
Key words: demography, security, globalization.
1 The National School of Political Studies and Public Administration of Bucharest.
1. Introduction
We believe that this scientific adventure
is indeed an adventure because it means
writing in the aftermath of the global
agitation started by a global economic
crisis. This scientific adventure is a much
needed research in the effort of formatting
a center of authority around the
relationships between demography and the
economic crisis. This scientific center of
authority is embodied through scientific
knowledge that can be used to understand
the current crisis and the implications of
demographic change upon it.
We agree with the author professor Paul
Dobrescu when he considers Europe as the
continent which “built the first economical
region of the world. An economical edifice
raised gradually, with a purely pragmatic
attitude in mind, so much so that its allure
grew in time” [1].
The perception that globalization is a
process “through which the center, the
West, America displays dominance upon
the periphery, seeing that modernity wins
in the face of tradition, experiencing the
victory of capitalism” [2], represents a
personal translation of an interesting
passage.
Nowadays, the creation of a global world
interlinked has brought this clash between
developed and developing countries at a
new climax. It seems that in the context
provided by globalization and
demographic change developing countries
have the chance of becoming global
competitors for wealth. This opportunity
was created through the obvious
demographic superiority of some
developing countries while developed

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