Theme A Flashcards
(37 cards)
What is a community?
A community is a group of people that live in an area or share a similar characteristic. E.g Barking and Dagenham community, Asian Community
What are the impacts of the UK’s ageing population?
- Increased demand for the NHS
- Higher costs of social care and care homes
- Increase in age-related conditions increase and more
money has to be invested into the treating and sustaining
of older people - Raised cost of pensions for longer time periods
Changes in the UK diversity
The Uk has become way more ethnically diverse. According to the UK census, a survey that takes place every 10 years:
- Decrease in percentage of people that identify as white
(still over 80%)
-Increase in mixed and multiple ethnic groups
- Decrease in people that identify as christian, still a majority
- increase in people who identify as Muslims and other
religions such as Hinduism and Sikhism
- increase in Atheism
- London most diverse area
What are some push factors for migration? (factors that encourage people to leave)
- War and conflict
- Frequent Natural disasters
- Religious, ethnic or cultural discrimination
- Political persecution or repressive systems
- Human right abuse
What are some pull factors for migration? (factors that encourage people to come to a country)
- Economic and work opportunities
- Better standard of living
- Culture of respect and tolerance
- Political stability and increased freedoms
- Human right protection
What is an economic migrant?
people that migrate to a country for work or greater economic opportunities
What is an asylum seeker?
People who leave their country in fear of being persecuted. They have applied for asylum in another country HOWEVER their application has not been accepted
What is a refugee?
People who leave their country in fear of being persecuted,. In the UK, refugees are entitled to a small amount of money monthly, and are protected by law
Benefits of migration
- economic migrants help the economy grow through work, tax.
- Migrants can fill vacant job roles and contribute to helping with job shortages in positions such as doctors and teachers
- Diversity, tolerance, education and respect levels can increase
Challenges of migration
- Population growth, leads to an increase in demand for services such as the NHS, education and an increase i n unemployment rates
- Tension with extremist groups may arise
Some sources of migration in recent history
- Windrush generation in 1948 - 1971, after ww2 thousands of Caribbean people came by windrush boat to fill vacant job roles and help rebuild the UK economy
- Eastern European immigration of 2004, over 1 million immigrants from eastern europe came to the UK
British Values
- Democracy
- Upholding of the rule of law
- belief in individual liberty
- mutual respect and tolerance
Effects of Inequality in the UK
-Gender pay gap, most men being paid more than women for working the same job
- Ageism, refusing medication to elderly people aged 75 or older
- Religious discrimination, e.g workplaces not accommodating religious customs
- Gender reassignment discrimination, e.g toilets only for men/women
The Equality Act 2010
The Equality act of 2010 makes it illegal to discriminate against people for the 9 characteristics, which follow:
1) Age
2) Disability
3) Gender reassignment
4) Marriage/civil partnership status
5) Pregnancy/Maternity
6) Race
7) Religion and beliefs
8) Sex
9) Sexual orientation
How can schools promote mutual understanding?
-Provide citizenship and RE education
- Assemblies about religious ceremonies
- Learning about different cultures and religions
- Cultural events, activities that surround international culture.
What is community cohesion?
Where people can live together in harmony by having respect and tolerance for each others diversities
Examples of good community cohesion
- Tolerance of different cultural and religious beliefs
- Mutual respect and understanding
- Celebrations of diversity
Examples of poor community cohesion
- Higher crime levels
- racism
- gang culture
- segregation
what is religious identity?
The religion or belief that people identify with, shown through celebrations, food, places of worship etc, or may be shown through a lack of religious belief for some people
Ethnic and cultural identity
Refers to the groups, history or ethnicity that people feel they belong to
National identity
In the UK, all people with a full citizenship status share the national identity of being British. However, many people can still have a national identity of their heritage, home country and race
What are human rights?
Human rights are rights that are given to everyone from the moment of birth. They are universal and should not be taken away.
What is the Universal Declaration of Human rights?
The UDHR is a document that called upon governments to protect and promote the human rights of individual people. It has 30 articles, some including:
- the right to Life, liberty and security
- the right to freedom from slavery and torture
- the right to equal protection of the law
- the right to privacy
- The right to education, freedom of association
- the right to freedom of speech, thought and conscience
- right to practice religion
What are some key concepts of employment legislation
- Employers must pay at least minimum wage
- Health and safety must be promoted in a workplace
- There must be a contract of employment to prevent an
exploitation of employees and to define the expectations of
employers and employees - employers must abide to the equality act of 2010
