Summary

Types of Social systemsModern Society- shaping our decisionsEvolutionary Psychology- Theories Globalisation and Altruism Britain, welfare society and trust

Welfare and Multiculturalism

Introduction Types of solidarity Research into immigration Oppositions (Labour) stand point on

immigration Peoples attitude to welfare Globalisation & Economics of immigration

Types of Solidarity- Emile Durkheim (1858- 1917) The Division of Labour

Mechanical solidarity (Primitive society)

cohesion and integration comes from the homogeneity of individuals—people feel connected through similar work, educational and religious training, and lifestyle.

Found in "traditional" and small scale societies.

Emile Durkheim (1858- 1917)

Organic solidarityinterdependence that arises from specialization of

work and the complementarities between people—a development which occurs in "modern" and "industrial" societies.

2004 MORI studyPublic opinion into Immigration

immigrants should get the same level of support

Immigrants should get less welfare support

Immigrants should get the same support if they demonstrate commitment to the county- e.g. learn language

Another poll asked whether they thought other people were taking unfair advantage In their use of public services and benefits- 45% said yes

Whose to blame- Asylum-seekers and recent immigrants

Who didn’t feature- long-established minorities

http://www.ipsos-mori.com Market Research

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YM9UmeQOHSQ

Yvette Cooper Labour MPShadow Home Secretary, covering the areas of policing and immigration

Theresa May Home Secretary

Mitigating factorshelping to break down social barriers

e.g. visible contribution

People’s attitudes to welfare- 3 Camps

Samaritan

People’s attitudes to welfare- 3 Camps

People’s attitudes to welfare- 3 Camps

‘Robinson Crusoes’

How important is Trust, cohesion and Solidarity?

For the first time ever, the majority of the world's population lives in a city, and this proportion continues to grow.

Globalisation and the Economics of immigration

• European Union 2000- less than 0.1% of the EU’S population moved to live in another EU country

• World Economy- interdependent internet etc

Large scale immigration to rich countries

Should it be a human right to emigrate and immigrate in an open border world?

Who benefits from mass immigration, is it immigrants or citizens from receiving countries?

Economic Impacts of Immigration to the UK

• The impact of immigration into the UK on GDP per head – the key metric measuring prosperity - is essentially negligible

• Although labour market effects are notoriously difficult to estimate, there is tentative evidence to show that some immigration has had negative effect on the employment of UK-born workers (4.2).

• There is also substantial anecdotal evidence that workers in some sectors of the economy have suffered more than others from competition with migrant labour: the IT industry is one such sector (4.2)

• Since 1997 three-quarters of employment created in the UK economy has been taken by immigrants (4.4)

• On the impact of immigration on average wage levels, the evidence is again inconclusive (5.1), but there is a strong consensus of opinion that immigration has harmed the earnings of the most poorly-paid UK-born members of the labour force (5.2)

• The methodology used to demonstrate alleged positive fiscal impacts is flawed and partial (section 6); in any case calculations of the size of the fiscal impact, whether negative or positive, are extremely small.

Whose country is it anyway?

National inheritancehttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HIjqqUOVCRs

Former Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, commonly referred to as

the Foreign Secretary

“The left is torn between a commitment to individual human rights for all people, whatever their nationality, and a recognition that communities depend on roots.”

leader

Ed Miliband

Brain drain

Roughly 31% of doctors practising in the UK come from overseas- compared to 5% in France and Germany.

Estimated 12% of Indian trained doctors are in the UK.

65% of Moroccan graduates emigrate

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-24131947

Bulgarian and Romanian migration to Kent could cost about £3m per year, according to a report from the county council.

However, migrants would contribute more than £70m to the UK economy, Kent County Council (KCC) said.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pEFd3-lxOGk

Who is the current leader of the Labour party?

What is your opinion on the so called Brain drain?

Welfare and MulticulturalismSummary

Types of solidarity Research into immigration Oppositions (Labour) stand point on

immigration Peoples attitude to welfare Globalisation & Economics of immigration