Compare and contrast the leading causes of internal and international migration. In other words, what pushes people around the globe to leave their homes in pursuit of a better life elsewhere? In your discussion, identity specific conditions in home countries that contribute to migration. Use specific information from your text to develop your points and illustrate how the conditions in one’s home country contribute to or influence patterns of migration.
What will be an ideal response?
Migration is fueled by economic conditions, political conditions, violence, war, persecution, and environmental issues/disasters. Economic forces are the leading cause of migration with the majority of migrants fleeing absolute poverty. Gang violence as well as environmental factors also drive a significant number of people from their homes both internally and internationally. Violence, political and social, forces people to flee for their lives and has caused the majority of the migration from the Middle East. Refugees migrate because their homes are unsafe.
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At the top of the list of factors that ease an immigrant's adjustment to the new context is
a. a staggered migration. b. the immigrant's sending factors. c. whether the immigrant is documented. d. the availability of effective social support networks.
Hampton and Wellman suggest that sense of community has expanded to a global scale
through the use of the internet. Indicate whether the statement is true or false
Social Systems focuses on?
A. elements of environmental design. B. cultures and patterns of social interaction rather than on the physical, spatial aspects of community. C. the relationships among central cities, suburbs, and edge cities D. city placement, population growth, land use patterns.
Answer the following statement(s) true (T) or false (F)
1. Auguste Comte and Hebert Spencer are the most widely read and therefore influential classic sociological theorists. 2. Most classic sociologists rejected religion, instead relied on the scientific rationalism offered by more secular styles of thinking. 3. There was a debate among early sociologists about how much social science should mirror the natural sciences. 4. The majority of early sociologists favored socialism over capitalism. 5. Most enlightenment thinkers embraced traditional authorities.