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MIS Flashcards

1
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Japan ageing population?

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1 in 8 people is at least 75+

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Fertility rate of Japan?

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1.44 in 2016

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Japanese foreign born population?

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Only 2% of Japanese pop is foreign born

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Japan immigration policy?

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Very closed with low skilled workers

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5
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Australia immigration policy?

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Slightly more open with migration

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Australia increase in permanent migration intake?

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85,000 in 1996

208,000 in 2017

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Australia foreign born population?

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33% of Oz’s population is born overseas

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Singapore immigration policy?

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Very open to migration

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Singapore foreign born population?

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43% of Singapore’s population is foreign

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Why is the pattern of international migration changing?

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  1. Environmental events
    - climate change refugees
  2. Political events
    - conflicts and changes in political regimes
  3. Economic
    - GFC (2007-8)

+ less towards developed world cities, now more towards megacities in developing countries :)

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Backwash?

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Flows of investment, resources and people from periphery to core regions
- John Friedmann said this is balanced by trickle down

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What has occurred in EU?

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A large scale core periphery model
CORE = UK, Germany, Belgium
PERIPHERY = Eastern and Southern Europe

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% of population in urban areas in China?

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56%

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14
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Why do people migrate economically?

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Due to uneven distribution of economic opportunity

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Trickle Down?

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The positive impact on periphery regions due to the creation of wealth in the core

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When is economic efficiency maximised?

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when there is:

  • free trade
  • finanancial deregulation
  • open borders

BUT POSE BIG ISSUES FOR NATIONAL SECURITY AND IDENTITY

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When was Cowperthwaite in Hong Kong?

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61-71

- “Laissez-faire” policies - aided HK becoming global hub for financial services ettccccc

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Why is movement of labour unrestricted in many places?

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To allow efficient allocation of resources

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Diaspora?

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Scattered population from original homeland

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Why is migration been accelerated?

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  1. Eco development > standard of living & money > travelling
  2. Shrinking world tech
  3. Political interconnectedness (rise of far right in Europe = move away from this??)
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What is ethnicity?

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Cultural heritage shared by a group of people that sets them apart from others
e.g. racial ancestry, language, religion, forms of dress

22
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What has migration done?

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Changed the ethnic and cultural composition of states!

23
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Assimilation?

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The process by which a minority group/culture comes to resemble those of a dominant culture

  • renounce parts of ur identity
  • you must change for your host country
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Integration?

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A dynamic and structural process in which all members participate to achieve and maintain peaceful social relations

  • double engagement
  • co-existance
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Multiculturalism?

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The existence of multiple cultural traditions

26
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Why do some people choose not to assimilate?

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  • Dietary differences (Jews: Kosher)
  • Language differences
  • Religious differences
    = SEGREGATION ! !!! !! !!! !!!!! :((
27
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Where has most of Syrian refugees gone?

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  1. Turkey
  2. Lebanon
  3. Jordan
28
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Med migration deaths?

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One in 18 people die crossing the med! :(

29
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When did Germany open borders?

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2015

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Why can migration cause political tensions?

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Due to the varied economic, social, cultural and demographic impacts of migration

eco:
- yay brings more money to economy
- nooo, they don’t pay tax and just goes back in remittances

social:
- yay we get skills from lots of different people from all around the world
- nooo, too reliant on things like healthcare and education

cultural:
- yay diversity and new cultures
- nooo, cultural change and erosion

demographic:

  • yay fertility rate and stopping ageinig population
  • nooo they are making us too young and widening the dependency ratio
31
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Example of migrants causing political tensions?

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  1. Brexit!
    52% leave
    48% remain
  2. USA, Trump’s wall
    45% of Americans supported it
    55% of Americans against it

Positives of migrants:
+ vital part of usa economy
+ stop ageing population

Negatives of migrants:

  • high unemployment
  • change ethnic composition
  • change usa culture and dynamics
32
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Migration hotspot?

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London 
32% of migrants going to England went to London in 2014
- eco opps
- cultural & ethnic diversity
- social and recreational activities
33
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Blackpool average age?

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43 yrs
Oldest population of any UK city
blackpool = up north mate!!!!!

34
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Coastal places for retirement?

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64% of 65+ went to coastal areas for retirement

35
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German immigrant population?

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15%

36
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Foreign born pop of UK?

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12.7

37
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Cost of migrants?

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£17bn in 2014 in UK!

38
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Babies born to migrant mother?

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27% of babies in England in 2015, born to migrant mother

39
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Examples of barriers to migration?

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Fence between Hungary, Serbia and Croatia

Fence between Bulgaria and Turkey

40
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What affects the ability of migration?

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  1. Income
  2. Skill
  3. Presence/absence of border controls
41
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Right wing parties in Europe?

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  1. Victor Orban - Hungary - Fidesz
  2. Santiago Abascal - Spain - Vox
  3. AFD- Germany
42
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Nation?

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A group of people who are bound together into a single body through history, customs, traditions and language

  • may lack full sovereignty
  • a politico-cultural identity

e.g. Wales

43
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State?

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An independant sovereign government
- a politico-judicial identity

e.g. UK

44
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Dependent territory?

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A territory that doesn’t posses full political independence or sovereignty

e.g. Greenland > Denmark

45
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Sovereignty?

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The ability of a place and people to self govern and self control

MANY BREXITEERS THINK UK LOST SOVEREIGNTY WHEN JOINED EU IN 1973, BREXIT = GAIN BACK SOVEREIGNTY

46
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When did UK join EU?

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1973

47
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Nation state?

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A sovereign state of which most citizens are united by factors that define a nation e.g. language, common descent etc…
- unachievable idea: homogenous pop with few ethnic minorities and little immigration

48
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Why do national sovereign states vary greatly in their cultural, ethnic and linguistic unity?

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  1. From their history of population growth
  2. From their isolation
  3. From their immigration
49
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Unity: Iceland VS Singapore?

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ICELAND;

  • physical isolation and harshness of the landscape: homogeneity due to little immigration
  • 16% of population is foreign born

SINGAPORE:

  • 43% of population is foreign born
  • Malay, Chinese, Indian and European influences
  • 19th century = became a ‘free port’ = encouraged migration
  • Asian Tiger
50
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What are national borders the result of?

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  1. Physical geography
    - mountain ranges and rivers = national barriers
    - long settled ethnic groups formed a connection with their land
    e. g. Europe = borders formed organically - with its geographical map linking with its cultural and linguistic map
  2. Historical development
  3. Colonial history
    - e.g. Africa: national borders correspond awfully with the cultural and ethnic groups
    - DUE TO Scramble for Africa = 1880’s to 1910’s - european powers conquered the continent and split up Africa to themselves e.g. Sudan and Egypt barrier, simply a straight line by UK!!!!
    - arbitrary borders
    - simply concerned with dividing up raw materials and water resources
    - multiple ethnic groups living in nations: conflict: Rwandan genocide (H killing T)
    - ‘transnational identity’
51
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Quote about European Scramble for Africa

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"It was like the Europeans were cutting up a cake" 
Frederik Yamusangie (DRC writer)

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