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Migration - Key terms
Karten in diesem Stapel (17)
- 1ImmigrationMovement into an area or society.
- 2EmigrationMovement out of an area of society.
- 3Net MigrationThe difference between the number of immigrants entering a country and the number of emigrants leaving it.
- 4Push FactorThings that encourage someone to leave a place.
- 5Pull FactorThings that encourage someone to go to a place.
- 6Internal MigrationMovement within a country.
- 7GlobalisationThe idea that barriers between societies are disappearing and people are becoming increasingly interconnected across national boundaries.
- 8SuperdiversityGlobalisation has lead to migrants coming from a much wider range of countries. They can be divided again by their legal status, ethnic group, culture or religion.
- 9CitizensHave full citizenship rights eg. Voting, access to benefits. Since the 1970's the UK has made it harder to acquire these rights.
- 10DenizensPrivileged foreign nationals welcomed by the state eg. Billionaire "oligarchs" or highly paid employees of multinational companies.
- 11HelotsAn exploited group of migrants used as "disposable units of labour" - a reserve army of labour. Take unskilled, poorly paid work both legally and illegally.
- 12Hybrid IdentitiesMigrants and their descendants may have identities made up of more than one source; country of origin, religion, nationality.
- 13Transnational IdentitiesGlobalisation sees some people move back and forth between countries rather than permanently settling. They may develop transnational identities - identify with more than one country.
- 14Politicisation of migrationWith increased flows of migrants - now an important political issue. More recently immigration policies linked to national security and anti-terrorism policies.
- 15AssimilationismEarly approach to immigration - encouraged immigrants to adopt the language, values and customs of the host country - to be "like us".
- 16MulticulturalismAccepts that migrants may wish to retain a separate cultural identity. Diversity is often celebrated.
- 17Shallow diversity + Deep diversityMulticulturalism involves shallow diversity. Superficial acceptance of cultural differences without addressing deeper problems eg. racism.
Deep diversity is unaccepted eg. arranged marriages and the veiling of women.
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- AS - Level Sociology Karteikarten am Migration - Key terms, erstellt von Katie Radford am 10/01/2016.
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