SOCIOL 244 Lecture Notes - Natural Disaster
21 Apr 2014
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Factors affecting immigration decision: push why people leave, politics, war, economy/jobs, natural disaster, persecution, pull why people want to come. Individual liberties: democracy b, jobs, ethnic communities, proximity. Modern theories of immigration: neoclassic economics, cost versus benefit, new economics migration a) In developing countries, the economies and political systems can be unstable/oppressive. Families send their sons/daughters to the u. s. to make money. They then send that money back home: segmented labor market, post industrialization america means that new jobs are either at the very top or the very bottom, no in-between. There"s a shorter of u. s. born workers who want to work at the very bottom. Therefore, employers hire immigrant workers: worlds system theory, displaced workers immigrate to u. s, cultural hegemony, spread of exaggerated, positive u. s. culture, network theory a) Interpersonal connections between immigrants leads to easier immigration experience. Involuntary: little time to prepare, more diverse backgrounds, labor migrants, professionals, entrepreneurs.
