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Demography

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Study of the population’s characteristics.

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Four Factors affecting Population Growth

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> Births & immigration increase the population

> Deaths & emigration decreases the population

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Natural Change

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Number of Births minus the number of deaths

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Net Migration

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Number of people immigrating into a country minus the number emigrating from it.

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Trends in UK population change

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> Increased since 1900, due to natural change being greater than net migration

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Two Measures of Birth Rates

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> Birth Rate (BR)

> Total Fertility Rate (TFR)

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Birth Rate

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Number of live births per 1000 of the population per year.

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Trends in birth rates

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Decreased since 1900, despite baby booms after both world wars & 1960’s

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Total Fertility Rate

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> Average number of children a women has in her fertile years (15-44).

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Trends in Total Fertility Rate & Reasons

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Decreasing which affects family size

> Increasing numbers of women remaining childless or having children later

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Infant Mortality Rate

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Number of infants dying before age 1 per 1000 babies born per year.

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Birth Rates (Key Studies)

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> Harper (Improved Living Standards)

> Giddens (Contraception)

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Reasons for decreased birth rates

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> Improved Living Standards (ILS)
Contraception (Giddens)
Changes in Position of children and women
Geographical Mobility

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Harper (Reasons for Improved Living Standards

& Falling Birth Rate)

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> Richer countries, economic growth & improved living standards mean people have less children.

> People have better housing, diet, education & medical care- this costs more but leads to better health.

> Lower infant mortality rate so people don’t need to have - ‘replacement babies’ for those who died in infancy

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A03 Increased Living Standards and Births (Key Study)

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> Functionalism Structural Differentiation

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Functionalist (Structural Differentiation) - Criticisms of Increased living standards

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> State institutions have taken over the functions of the extended family, so people don’t have children to look after them in their old age. This has led to a decline in the birth rate.

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Contraception (Giddens) - Reasons for decrease in the birth rate

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> Plastic sexuality’ - this means sex has become detached from reproduction.

> Due to contraceptive pill people can now plan their families, IVF allows people to have children later in life

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General Criticisms of Giddens & Reasons for a declining birth rate

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> IVF expensive, not everyone can wait to have children

> Baby Boom in 60s came after the contraceptive pill which undermines its role in controlling the birth rate

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Changes in Position of Women and Children- Reasons for the decrease in the birth rate

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> Increasing numbers of women are focused on career first or not interested in having children at all

> Children were economic assets, but compulsory schooling and increased dependency meant having children has become expensive

> Child centeredness e.g. move from ‘quantity’ to ‘quality’

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Geographical Mobility - Reasons for a decrease in the birth rate

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> Modern labour force needs to be very mobile, incentives for smaller families e.g. easier to pack up & move elsewhere.

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Implications of Changes in the Fertility Rate

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> Family
Dependency Ratio
Lonely
Public Services & Policies

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Family - Changes in Fertility

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> Smaller families can now go and work creating dual earner families

> But wealthy couples can still have larger families as they can afford childcare

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Dependency Ratio - Changes in Fertility

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> Fewer children reduces the burden on the working age population

> But fewer people are entering the workforce and increasing numbers of people are retiring meaning increased tax on the working population to support the retired majority

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Lonely - Implications of Changes in Fertility

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> Childhood is lonelier for only children and childless adults may mean fewer voices are speak up in support of children’s interests.

> But children are more valued

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Public Services & Policies - Implications of Changes in Fertility

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> Fewer schools & health services are needed

> Reduced spending on maternity leave

> Instead of fewer schools, the government may opt for smaller classes sizes

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Trends in the number of deaths

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Fallen

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Death Rate (DR)

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Number of deaths per 1000 of the population per year

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Deaths Key Sociologists

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> McKeown (Improved Nutrition)

> Tranter (Fall in number of deaths from Infectious Diseases

> Harper (Obesity)

> Walker (Life expectancy in Poor vs Rich Areas)

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Improved Living Standards - Factors leading to Fall in Deaths

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> Improved Nutrition & Increased Income

> Better Quality Housing & Smaller Family Sizes

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McKeown (Improved Nutrition) & Income - Improved Living Standards Factors leading to Fall in Deaths

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> Better diet, so fewer deaths from tuberculosis, increased resistance to infectious disease & survival chances

> More household income so more money for medicines, food etc - but also greater taxation for public health services (NHS)

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Better Quality Housing & Small Family Sizes - Improved Living Standards leading to Fall in Deaths

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> Heating during winter means fewer colds & less damp resulting in lower levels of illness

> Safer Housing means fewer deaths from accidents

> Improved contraception means less children and therefore reduced disease transmission

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General Criticisms of Improved Living Standards

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> Women get a reduced share of the food supply but live longer than men

> More food doesn’t always mean better nutrition e.g. obesity

> Middle class still have higher life expectancy compared to working class due to poverty

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Medical Factors leading to Fall in Deaths

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> Fall in number of deaths from infectious diseases & medical advances
Obesity

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Tranter (Fall in numbers of deaths from infectious diseases) - Medical Factors leading to Fall in Deaths

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> Vaccines so decreased deaths from e.g. measles & lower death rate in children

> Deaths of affluence are greater than infectious diseases, but reduced with the creation of the NHS, blood transfusions etc

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Obesity - Medical Factors leading to Fall in Deaths

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> Obesity now biggest issue greater than smoking, but deaths have decreased due to drug therapies.

> Harper states we are moving towards an ‘American’ health culture with unhealthy lifestyles, but a long lifespan is achieved with costly medication.

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General Criticisms of Medical Improvements (Tranter)

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> Vaccinations not entirely effective e.g. COVID

> Middle class people have private health care, working class people don’t

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Social Factors & Policies leading to Fall in Deaths

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> Public Health Measures & Other Social Changes

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Public Health Measures & Other Social Changes - Social Factors & Policies leading to Fall in Deaths

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> More effective governments with the power to pass laws e.g. clean drinking water, food hygiene, health & safety

> COVID measures

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Other Social Changes - leading to Fall in Deaths

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> Decrease in dangerous manual jobs e.g. mining.

> Increased public knowledge of the causes of illness

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General Criticisms of Social Factors and Policies

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> COVID Measures are not effective e.g. increased mental health problems

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Life Expectancy Trends

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> How long on average person born in a given year can expect to live.

> Life expectancy has increased in women more than men, but the gap has decreased due to employment/lifestyle changes

> As the death rate decreases, life expectancy increases (Soon we will reach radical longevity more people living to 100)

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Walker (Life Expectancy in Poor/Rich Areas & Jobs)

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> People in poor areas die earlier than people in the richest areas.

> People in manual work die earlier than people in professional jobs

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Trends in the average age of the population

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We have an ageing population

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3 Factors leading to Ageing Population

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> Increased life expectancy: Live longer
Decline in the Infant Mortality rate: Hardly anyone dies in infancy.
Decreased fertility :fewer babies born

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Effects of an Ageing Population

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> Public Services
One-Person Pensioner Households
Dependency Ratio

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Public Services - Effects of an Ageing Population

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> OAP’s over 75 take up a greater proportion of healthcare services so there is increased spending on health care

> Need for a change change in policies e.g. housing & transport to support the over 75s

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Person Pensioner Households - Effects of an Ageing Population

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> Increased numbers of women as women outlive men

> e.g. Among the over 75s there are twice as many women than men

> This has resulted in one person pensioner households

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Dependency Ratio - Effects of an Ageing Population

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> Increased numbers of retired people mean there is a greater burden on the working population

> But fewer children born reduces this burden

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Ageing Population (Key Studies)

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> Philipson (Modern Society & Old Age) (Marxist Perspective)

> Hunt (Postmodern Society & Old Age)

> Hirsch (Policy Implications & Old Age as a social construct)

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Philipson (Modern Society & Old Age) (Marxist Perspective)

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> Status based role in production, OAP’s excluded from production therefore have a dependent status

> Not productive so rejected from support by capitalist state - family have to take responsibility for care.

> Made powerless by society

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Hunt (Postmodern Society & Old Age)

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> Fixed stages of life broken, late marriage & early retirement, blur boundaries between life stages

> Greater choice means greater freedom to pick own lifestyle regardless of age e.g. gym memberships & cosmetic surgery

> Emphasis on surface features, body surface - OAPs can write their own identities e.g. anti-ageing products

> Media shows positive aspects of the lifestyles of OAP’s, undermines it as stigmatised life stage

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Hunt AO3 (Key Study)

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Pilcher (Inequality Among Old)

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Pilcher (Inequality Among Old) - Hunt AO3 (KS)

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> e.g. classes e.g. working class people decreased life expectancy & more illness compared to the middle class who have better salaries

> Women have lower salaries & pensions, and are subject to sexist harassment e.g. ‘old hag’

> 29% suffered age discrimination more than other forms of discrimination

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Hirsch (Policy Implications & Old Age as a Social Construct)

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> New policies needed to cope with the financial requirements of increased numbers of pensioners e.g. Higher taxes & higher retirement age

> Change in housing policy encouraging older people to go to smaller places freeing houses for the young

> Old age is not biological fact, but a social construction

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Migration

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Movement from place to place

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Immigration

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Refers to movement into a society

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Define Emigration

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Movement out a society

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Immigration Trends from 1900-40’s & 50-70s & 80s

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Increased immigration - Irish, European Jews & Canada/USA (1900-1940)

> Non-white immigrants e.g. Caribbean & South Asia (1950-1970)

> White EU main source of migrants, non-white only 1/4 (1980s)

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Policies Restricting Non White Immigration in 60s & 90s

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Immigration/Nationality Acts 1960s-1990s put severe restrictions on non-white immigration.

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Emigration since 1900 - Trends

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> More emigrants went USA, Canada, Australia & NZ

> Due to push factors e.g. unemployment/eco recession & pull factors e.g. + wages etc

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3 Impacts of Migration on UK Population Structure

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> Population Size has increased
Age Structure: migration has lowered the average age directly e.g. migrants are working age & indirectly as they have more babies as they’re younger
Death Rate: They are working age so have decreased the death rate - although older people return to their home countries to retire,
Migrants have more children who eventually join the workforce

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How do Immigrants help lower the dependency ratio?

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Immigrants are working age, helping lower the death rate with older migrants returning to country of origin to retire.

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Globalisation

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The World is increasingly interconnected across national boundaries

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5 Main Aspects of Migration & Globalisation

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> Acceleration
> Differentiation
> Super Diversity
> Feminisation of Migration
> Migrant Identities
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Acceleration - Aspects of Migration & Globalisation

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> In 2000-2013 migration increased by 33%

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Globalisation & Migration (Key Studies)

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> Vertovec (Differentiation & Super-Diversity)
Cohen (Super-Diversity & 3 Types of Migrant)

> Ehrenreich, Shutes & Hochschild (Feminisation of Migration)

> Eade (Bengali Muslims Hybrid Identities)
Eriksen (Impact of Globalisation & Transnational Identities)

> Castles (Problem w/ Assimilation Policies & A Divided WC)

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Vertovec (Differentiation & Super-Diversity)

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> Now increased types of Migrants e.g. spouses, refugees, workers etc

Super diversity as they come from different countries with different legal statuses

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Cohen (Super-Diversity & 3 Types of Migrant)

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> Citizens: Full Rights

> Denizens: Privileged foreign nationals/oligarchs

> Helots - literally slaves

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Helots

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Increasingly exploited disposable army of labour e.g. illegally trafficked workers.

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Ehrenreich, Shutes & Hochschild (Feminisation of Migration)

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> Half are women, so globalisation of the gendered division of labour where women get roles as carers & sexual services, mostly working class women

> Due to western women being more likely to be in paid work & inadequate childcare

> 40% of female nurses are migrants, they also enter UK as mail order brides & as victims of sex trafficking

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Eade (Bengali Muslims & Hybrid Identities)

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> Hybrid identity is a personal identity mixture of two or more influences

> e.g. Second generation British Muslims had hierarchical identities e.g. Muslim 1st, Bengali 2nd etc

> But due to this they have been accused of not fitting in

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Eriksen (Impact of Globalisation & Transnational Identities)

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> People now constantly move across the world, not settled in one country or culture with transnational identities

> Technology: It is easier to maintain global ties with decreased need to travel

> Migrants have increased links with other migrants around the world, rather than their country of origin or settlement - don’t want to assimilate

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State Approaches to Immigration

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> Assimilationism

> Multiculturalism

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Assimilationism

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> First approach, encourages them to adopt language, values & become ‘like us’.

> But fails as migrants want to keep aspects of ‘culture of origin’.

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Multiculturalism

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> Lets migrants keep features of original identity

> But only superficial differences e.g. food (shallow diversity)

> & not vital ones e.g. veiling of women (deep diversity)

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Reasons for Politicians wanting Migrants assimilate culturally

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9/11’ e.g in France veiling of face was made illegal.

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Castles (Problem with Assimilation Policies & A Divided working Class)

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> Polices are counterproductive, sees minority groups as ‘other’, so respond by emphasising differences

> This increases the host’s suspicion of them so assimilation unlikely.

> Assimilationist ideas encourages the working class to blame migrants for issues resulting in a racially divided working class

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