4.5.7
Globalisation
The Effects of Globalisation
The Effects of Globalisation
Immigration and globalisation leads to greater cultural and social diversity but can also cause new types of crime and exploitation.
Changes to migration trends
Changes to migration trends
- Migration was once restricted to wealthy elites and highly skilled professionals.
- However, it’s now more likely the migrants travel to richer countries for employment and higher standards of living.
EU migration
EU migration
- There has been a steady increase in migrants coming to the UK from other EU countries, as well as an increase in British citizens living and working in other EU countries.
- In 2015, EU immigration accounted for about half of all immigration into the UK.
Undocumented immigrants
Undocumented immigrants
- There are more undocumented (illegal) immigrants in the UK, ‘pulled’ by the prospect of better living standards and ‘pushed’ by poverty and the lack of opportunity in their own country.
- Undocumented immigrants are often exploited by UK employers and are often the victim of people trafficking and, in some cases, modern-day slavery.
Asylum seekers
Asylum seekers
- The number of asylum seekers has also grown.
- In March 2014 there were about 24,000 people seeking asylum in the UK, escaping persecution, torture and death in their country of origin.
Globalisation
Globalisation
- Immigration and globalisation leads to greater cultural diversity, as different cultures and ways of life come into contact with each other; this includes, styles of dress, music, food and religion.
- Migrants are less likely to see themselves as belonging to one culture or country and a more likely to adopt hybrid identities (i.e. from more then one culture/country).
Eriksen (2007)
Eriksen (2007)
- Digital communication has sped up the process of globalisation.
- Eriksen argues that globalisation has impacted migration patterns whereby peoples’ movements are transient as opposed to permanently settling in another place.
- The outcome is that individuals may no longer affiliate with one culture in particular and instead may adopt a more transnational identity.
- Individuals may therefore be less likely to assimilate into the culture of the host nation.
1Theory & Methods
1.1Sociological Theories
1.2Sociological Methods
2Education with Methods in Context
2.1Role & Function of the Education System
2.2Educational Achievement
2.3Relationships & Processes Within Schools
3Option 1: Culture & Identity
3.1Conceptions of Culture
3.2Identity & Socialisation
3.3Social Identity
3.4Production, Consumption & Globalisation
4Option 1: Families & Households
4.1Families & Households
4.2Changing Patterns
4.3The Symmetrical Family
4.4Children & Childhood
5Option 1: Health
5.1Social Constructions
5.2Social Distribution of Healthcare
5.3Provision & Access to Healthcare
5.4Mental Health
6Option 1: Work, Poverty & Welfare
6.1Poverty & Wealth
7Option 2: Beliefs in Society
7.1Ideology, Science & Religion
7.2Religious Movements
7.3Society & Religion
8Option 2: Global Development
8.1Development, Underdevelopment & Global Inequality
8.2Globalisation & Global Organisations
8.3Aid, Trade, Industrialisation, Urbanisation
9Option 2: The Media
9.1Contemporary Media
9.2Media Representations
10Crime & Deviance
10.1Crime & Society
10.2Social Distribution of Crime
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1Theory & Methods
1.1Sociological Theories
1.2Sociological Methods
2Education with Methods in Context
2.1Role & Function of the Education System
2.2Educational Achievement
2.3Relationships & Processes Within Schools
3Option 1: Culture & Identity
3.1Conceptions of Culture
3.2Identity & Socialisation
3.3Social Identity
3.4Production, Consumption & Globalisation
4Option 1: Families & Households
4.1Families & Households
4.2Changing Patterns
4.3The Symmetrical Family
4.4Children & Childhood
5Option 1: Health
5.1Social Constructions
5.2Social Distribution of Healthcare
5.3Provision & Access to Healthcare
5.4Mental Health
6Option 1: Work, Poverty & Welfare
6.1Poverty & Wealth
7Option 2: Beliefs in Society
7.1Ideology, Science & Religion
7.2Religious Movements
7.3Society & Religion
8Option 2: Global Development
8.1Development, Underdevelopment & Global Inequality
8.2Globalisation & Global Organisations
8.3Aid, Trade, Industrialisation, Urbanisation
9Option 2: The Media
9.1Contemporary Media
9.2Media Representations
10Crime & Deviance
10.1Crime & Society
10.2Social Distribution of Crime
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