global migration Flashcards
choice
decided without external pressure often eager to leave for greater opportunity
compulsion
left to avoid a problematic situation. not typically eager to leave but chooses the best option
coercion
faced to flee some sort of threat. while pushed to leave, that decision is still an active choice
assimilation
the process of replacing the identifications and behaviors of the society of origin with those of the society of settlement
migration and assimilation
assimilation was easier for earlier migrants. arrived during period of economic expansion. past 1965 migrants lack these advantages. fewer high quality jobs, less favorable economy
transnationalism
embeddedness in social networks and engagement in social practices that span political and geographic borders
remittances
money transferred by a migrant to an individual or organization in their country of origin
the nanny chain
a global system of work in which women workers from poor nations provide care work for more privileged workers and families in other parts of the world