migration and its impact on families

Question 1

what is meant by net migration?

Answer 1

• overall scale of migration in a country - difference of people leaving the country to coming to the country

Question 2

how has globalisation encouraged the increase in net migration to the UK?

Answer 2

• travel is easy (plane)
• technology and media show UK as good place to live
• family life - members already gone to find work and rest follow

Question 3

what did Chamberlain and Goulbourne 2001 research about African-Caribbean families?

Answer 3

• the African-Caribbean family structures
• there is an increasing trend of African-Caribbean women who choose to raise children independently from their child’s father due to the struggles that men face with employment and police
• also discuss importance of extended family within the African-Caribbean community as single mothers have a wide support network that stretches beyond biological ties

Question 4

what did Gilroy argue about African-Caribbean families 2003?

Answer 4

• argues that the promotion of the nuclear family is mainly influenced by what ‘Western European’ countries believe a ‘conventional’ family looks like
• says all families need a father to be effective at raising children
• believes that the ‘matriarchal’ nature of African-Caribbean families should be seen as different

Question 5

what does Berthoud argue about Asian families 2000?

Answer 5

• found that marriage is highly valued and therefore cohabitation and divorce are rare
• evidence to suggest that there is very little intermarriage between Asians and other ethnic groups - could be due to levels of arranged marriages within Asian communities

Question 6

what does Eriksen 2007 state about increase in dual-heritage and hybrid identities?

Answer 6

• states there has been an increase in children who are born n the UK to parents where one or both are from another country
• as a consequence, children from a unique identity that blends together their family heritage together with influences from contemporary UK culture

Question 7

what does Platt 2009 claim about African-Caribbean families?

Answer 7

• claims that African-Caribbean people are the most likely community to marry someone from another ethnic group, specifically white people
• can lead to increase in mixed race relationships and mixed race children to such an extent that only 25% of African-Caribbean children have two black parents

Question 8

what does Modood 1997 state about Asian families?

Answer 8

• discusses the tensions that can arise within different generations of the Asian community
• as third and fourth generation Asian migrants have been raised in the UK, they may have different views from their parents and grandparents when it comes to religion and family diversity

Question 9

what does Woodhead 2001 claim about Muslim girls?

Answer 9

• they are finding ways in which to stay true to their religion while making a commitment to British culture by creating a ‘hybrid identity’