topic: Essay on Comparative Immigration
Topic:
Please answer the following short answer questions thoroughly but concisely (each answer
should be 3-400 words in length). Make sure to provide proper documentation
(footnotes, quotes, examples) for your answers. The strongest answer is one that draws on
the broadest range of relevant readings and lectures.
1. Joseph Carens begins his essay by stating that citizenship in Western democracies
is the modern equivalent of feudal privilege. According to Carens, why does
citizenship possess this characteristic, what makes it different from most other
statuses, and what are the implications for foreigners who enter the territories of
western democracies? Since foreign-born residents don’t begin as citizens, why
does Walzer insist that democracies need to provide foreign-born residents with
the option of acquiring citizenship?
2. How can social scientists distinguish a “recognized refugee movement” from an
“unrecognized refugee movement?” What common qualities would these two
population flows share? Why are states reluctant to grant recognition to refugees
that seem to clearly deserve the label?
3. According to Hagen, how and why were male immigrants able to benefit from
both strong and weak ties? Why did a different pattern occur among women
immigrants? How did the contrasts in strong/weak ties affect responses to the
legalization of the 1980s? Make sure to give examples of each type of tie and
explain the specific advantages or disadvantages associated with each type of tie.
No. of Pages: 4
