Explain the key contemporary factors associated with migration to another country.

What will be an ideal response?


1. Factors are personal (desire to move can be high or law), but also structural (immigration laws)
2. Push and pull factors (e.g., economic opportunity, political unrest, etc.)
3. Desire to move and stay in a new place vary according to circumstances and aforementioned structural factors
4. Assimilation into a new culture (related to the intention to stay long-term) can be helped and hindered by ethnic enclaves

Sociology

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A situation in which racial and ethnic groups clamor for politiĀ¬cal autonomy and sometimes demand independence is called ethnic pluralism

Indicate whether the statement is true or false.

Sociology

Tim firmly believes his wife should stay home and care for the children rather than work outside the home. He feels it is his job to work and bring home the income. Tim believes in

a) separate spheres. b) primogeniture. c) discrimination. d) declaration of sentiment.

Sociology

The DAWN system tells us exactly how many ER visits are caused by a specific drug each year.

Answer the following statement true (T) or false (F)

Sociology

In her book Society in America, Harriet Martineau focused on the positions of who?

a. Men b. Women c. Children d. Immigrants

Sociology