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| a long-distance move to a new location; permanent or temporary; change of residence from one administrative unit to another |
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| in-migration = into a country, e.g. Mexico --> USA |
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| out-migration = out of a country/those who leave their country |
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| move from one country to another |
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| occurring within a particular country or region |
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| no choice, e.g. refugees, IDPs, THB, human smuggling, ethnic cleansing |
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| choose to move, e.g. employment, commuting, kinship, lifestyle |
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| issues that drive people FROM a place |
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| conditions that DRAW people to a new place |
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| permanent change of residenceg |
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| When an ethnic group loses distinctiveness and becomes absorbed into a majority culture. |
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| transfer of money back to home country |
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| Major migratory flows towards Europe come from |
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| South America; Africa; Central Asia; Eastern Europe. |
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| stems from fear, contempt, and hatred of foreigners |
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| Newly Industrializing Countries |
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| Semi- periphery) (K/M p. 261). Account for a higher proportion of Manufacturing Value Added (MVA) than core countries. In a dynamic shift between the periphery and semi-periphery. |
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| Transnational Corporations (TNC) move operations around the globe according to which country has the cheapest labor costs. Think of specific examples from the film. |
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| Internally Displaced Person (IDP): |
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| Individuals who are uprooted within the boundaries of their own countries because of conflict or human rights abuses |
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| NGO / nongovernmental organization |
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| The diversity of NGOs strains any simple definition. They include many groups and institutions that are entirely or largely independent of government and that have primarily humanitarian or cooperative rather than commercial objectives. |
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| Development-Induced Displacement |
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| Where people are compelled to move as a result of development policies and projects, such as: large-scale infrastructure projects such as dams |
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| Power, control, domination or influence exercised by a leading state/group/organization/individual over others. |
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| Social, Political and Economic Issues |
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| disputed or made the object of contention or competition |
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| population movement caused by the degradation of land and essential natural resources |
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| the notion of being aware of one’s own position and how that position influences the way one behaves in the world. Reflexivity acknowledges one’s various identities (sex, race, class, education) and how these identities and experiences influence how one relates to others. |
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| is the notion that “where we are located in the social structure as a whole and which institutions we are in has effects on how we understand the world. |
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| replaces the traditional conception of scientific practice as the pursuit of a disembodied, inviolable and neutral objectivity with an alternative formulation that stresses embodied physicality, social construction, and cultural politics |
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is knowledge that is located geographically and is historically bounded.
Local refers to the context in which knowledge is produced |
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