Chapter 1

Question 1

Migration system theory

Question 2

Variables involved in the migration system

Answer 2

1. presence or absence of good jobs, political stability, and social conflict in the sending country
2. corresponding conditions in the destination country
3. state policies and other barriers in destination country
4. factors like the presence or absence of co-ethnic communities, immigrant-welcoming groups or helpful settlement agencies or their opposites in the form of racism and other barriers that impede settlement

Question 3

Relevance of state policy (how do countries regulate migration)

Question 4

Cumulative causation

Answer 4

1. the central dynamic of change over time in a migration system is referred to as cumulative causation.
2. cumulative causation takes place when migration at time T1, the point at which a migration stream from one country to another first emerges leads to transformations in conditions found in sending and receiving nations at a later time, T2. These transformations in sending and receiving areas may accelerate the migration flow.

Question 5

What was North Atlantic migration system (start and end)

Answer 5

Operated from the mid-1800s to the 1950s, involved a massive movement of people from northwest Europe to the United States and Canada. Chain migration with overstated goals and selling Canadian Prariers as the “land of milk and honey.” It is driven by racist ideologies.

Question 6

Key features of Canadian policies that were present from of the beginning of immigration policies and have been systematically regenerated overtime define import substitution policies

Question 7

How did immigration support import substitution policies

Question 8

Points system

Question 9

Different categories of immigrants to Canada

Question 10

What is the purpose of the immigration and refugee board

Question 11

Economy and knowledge workers

Question 12

Purpose of the Canadian experience class

Question 13

Objectives of multiculturalism policy (when and who)

Question 14

Rule of civil society influencing immigration policies in Canada