Globalization & Diversity: Rowntree, Lewis, Price, Wyckoff 1

 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 2

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. United Kingdom Island of

 Political system – parliamentary democratic republic ideal  Economic system – capitalism or market economy  Government services  Education  Public 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. 4

 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 6

Separated by physical boundaries! …or Slavic people

8 Language Map of Europe (Fig. 8.17)