SOCI 234 Lecture 10: SOCI 234- READINGGROUP234
6 Feb 2017
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As world economy becomes more competitive people are forced to migrate when there is a shortage of jobs. Migration transition: population growth changes the ratio of people to resources, and this forces various kinds of local adjustment: 1) to move somewhere else. Inexpensive and quick transportation have made it easier to migrate. Migration often involves people moving between countries. In-migration and out-migration can increase or decrease a population much faster than mortality or fertility: even if number of im is equal to om, the flow of people will affect the social and economic structure of the community. Migration: any permanent change in residence, it involves the (cid:498)detachment from the organization of activities at one place and the movement of the total round of activates to another(cid:499) Mobility: people that are mobile, but not migrants because they haven"t changed their resident permanently: ex: being a daily commuter to work everyday does not mean you migrate, it means you"re mobile.
