Edexcel A Level Geography - Migration, Identity and Sovereignty - Key Terms

Economic system - ANSWER-An organised way in which a state or nation allocates its resources and apportions goods and services in the national community Schengen area - ANSWER-Passport free zone with no border controls involving 26 European nations Hukou system - ANSWER-Chinese governmental household registration system Economic migrant - ANSWER-A person migrating for better employment opportunities or an improved financial position Refugee - ANSWER-A person who has left their home country because of (a threat of) persecution Neoclassical economic theory - ANSWER-Migration theory: the most significant push/pull factors are wage differences causing migration flows from low to high wage areas Dual labour market theory - ANSWER-Migration theory: Pull factors in developed countries bring migrant workers to fill the lowest skilled jobs because the home population does not wish to work The new economics of labour migration - ANSWER-Migration theory: Migration patterns are more complex than individuals, source countries improve their living conditions by using remittances Relative deprivation theory - ANSWER-Migration theory: successful migrants can afford better schooling and homes for families which encourages others to move World systems theory - ANSWER-Migration theory: the world economy is divided into core, periphery and semi-periphery regions. Former colonies are still dependent on superpowers Displacement - ANSWER-Coerced movement of people away from their home (often violent) National identity - ANSWER-Identity resulting from a common background based on historical and modern culture, symbolism and feelings of belonging Sovereignty - ANSWER-The rights of a country to govern itself without interference from other nations... Continues...