What do sociologists think regarding globalisation and migration/ migrant identities?

Question 1

Vertovec

Answer 1

describes something called ‘super-diversity’ which has developed from globalisation since the 1990s

Question 2

Cohen

Answer 2

distinguishes three types of migrant:

• citizens
• denizens
• helots

Question 3

Ehrenreich and Hochschild (regarding the feminization of migration)

Answer 3

care work, domestic work, and sex work in western countries is increasingly performed by women from poor countries

Question 4

Shutes (regarding the feminization of migration)

Answer 4

40% of adult care nurses in the UK are migrants (mostly female)

Question 5

Eade (regarding migrant identities)

Answer 5

second generation Bangladeshi Muslims in Britain created hierarchical identities ie. they saw themselves as Muslim then Bengali then British

Question 6

Eriksen (the first is regarding migrant identities, the second about multiculturalism)

Answer 6

• globalisation has created more diverse migration patterns with back-and-forth movements of people through networks rather than permanent settlement
• distinguishes between shallow diversity and deep diversity

Question 7

Castells (regarding multiculturalism)

Answer 7

assimilationist policies are counterproductive because they mark out minority groups as culturally backwards

Question 8

Castles and Kosack (regarding multiculturalism)

Answer 8

assimilation policies may also encourage racist scapegoating where people blame migrants for social problems, they believe this benefits capitalism by creating a racially divided working class