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)