SOC297 MIGRATION, HUMAN RIGHTS, AND DIVERSITY
Instructions:
Questions are based on lectures and course readings from Weeks 8- 12.
No references required.
Provide short answers (about a paragraph or two) – Dot points are accepted.
Simply upload your answers as a word document through Turnitin in ilearn.
Explain the term transnationalism from below and provide five examples that you have learnt in the course.
Reading:
Wise, Amanda. (2004). ‘Nation, Transnation, Diaspora: The Transnational Dimensions to East Timorese Political & National Identities’, Sojourn: Journal of Social Issues in Southeast Asia, 19(3): 151-180.
Schiller, N., Basch, L. and Blanc-Szanton. (1992) ‘Transnationalism: A new Analytic Framework for Understanding Migration’, Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences 645(1): 1-24.
Why does acquiring citizenship matter and also outline two instances where some citizens are treated differently from other citizens?
Reading:
Ang, I. and Stratton, J. 1998. ‘Multiculturalism in Crisis: The New Politics of Race and National Identity in Australia’, Topia: Canadian Journal of Cultural Studies 2: pp. 22-40.
What is the main aim (purpose of the study) and argument presented in Wilson’s article ‘Passing Propinquities in the Multicultural City’?
Reading: Steiner, Niklaus. (2009) ‘Citizenship and the rise of nationalism’, in International Migration and Citizenship Today [chapter 7] London: Routledge. pp. 91-104
 Steiner, Niklaus. (2009) ‘Naturalisation’, in International Migration and Citizenship Today [chapter 8] London: Routledge. pp.105-118.
What is the difference between being British and being English from the reading ‘How English I am?’ by Bridget Byrne?
Reading:
Byrne, Bridget. (2006) ‘How English am I?’.[Chapter 7] in White Lives: The Interplay of ‘Race’, Class and Gender in Everyday Life, London: Routledge.
In the chapter ‘Everyday Racism’, what does Essed mean by the phrase, “everyday racism is racism. But not all racism is everyday…