Globalization & Diversity: Rowntree, Lewis, Price, Wyckoff 1

RAPID MIGRATION Migration to and Within Europe Causes? Effects?

Growing resistance to unlimited migration Scarce jobs should go to Europeans first Concerns about international

terrorism Frustration with immigrants not integrating Concern about dilution (?) of national

culture

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LET’S CLEAR SOMETHING UP

Great Britain is an island that includes England Scotland Wales

United Kingdom is the name of a country

Includes: England Scotland Wales

All on the island of Great Britain

Northern Ireland.

UnitedKingdom

Island of

KEY EUROPEAN CULTURAL TRAITS Political system – parliamentary democratic

republic ideal Economic system – capitalism or market

economy Government services

EducationPublic medical & health care (almost all European)Retirement

Europe's Generous pension systems France recently raised the retirement age from 60 to 62 and the pension age, which determines when people can begin accessing their pension funds, from 65 to 67. The French government says it can no longer afford the earlier retirement and pension ages. France is not the only country facing a budget crunch partially because of its generous pension system, coupled with an aging population and a struggling economy. Across Europe, home to many of the world's most generous national pension systems, countries are struggling to afford this staple of the welfare state. 

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LANGUAGE!

LANGUAGE!

INDO-EUROPEAN LANGUAGE FAMILY (50% OF WORLD)

Indo-European Languages Germanic Languages (200 million speakers)

German, English, Dutch, Norwegian, Swedish, Danish, Icelandic

In British Isles, Scandinavia, and Central Europe (north)

Romance Languages (200 million speakers) Italian, French, Spanish, Portuguese (mostly in

Brazil), Romanian Spoken throughout Southern Europe

(Mediterranean) Slavic Languages (80 million speakers)

Largest family of European languages (including Russian)

Polish, Czech, Slovakian, Serbo-Croatian, Bulgarian, Slovenian

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INDO-EUROPEAN LANGUAGE FAMILY - ROMANCE BRANCH

Separated by physical boundaries!…or Slavic people

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Language

Map

of

Europe(Fig. 8.17)