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Sociological Perspective Of Migration

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Another approach to define the term diaspora and express its characteristics is social condition. In this approach, the exact definition of identity is rejected. In

diasporic condition they look at identity as postmodernism, cultural studies and post-colonial approaches. In this fields it has been believed that identity has an unfinished nature and its changing through time and social conditions. It could be said that diaspora could not be conceptualized based on ethnicity and geographical dislocation. Getting away from descriptive typological approach that is based on ethnicity and loyalty to the homeland, diaspora condition allows migrants to expand the imagination of themselves and community around them so the nationhood and ethnic identity …show more content…

The term bounding and bridging that was used by him was a definition of social capital. In his idea bounding means making identity and mobilizing solidarity by looking inside a group or ethnicity. In fact, in bounding idea foster belonging is done by emphasizing internal connections between members and homeland against external connections to host. It has to be noticed that this bounding is by ethnic identity or allegiance of homeland that we can say that this idea is based on the descriptive typological …show more content…

They try to identify themselves as diaspora and they equate their organizations with diaspora and community(Van Gorp & Smets, 2015). Iranian Emigration

For studying Iranian diaspora, first we have to study about the waves of emigration of Iranians and the destination of this emigration.

The first significant wave of emigration was from 1950 until the Islamic revolution (1979), in this years the rise of the oil power brought a lot of money to the country so middle and upper class families send their children abroad for higher education as a means of political access after return and ensuring socioeconomic security. In the academic year of 1977-1978 there were about 100,000 Iranian students all around the world and 36,220 of them were studying in United States institutes and the rest of them were mostly in United Kingdom, West Germany, France, Austria and Italy. The year after the Iranian students in United States reached the Number of 45,340 and till the year of 1979-1980 it catch 51,310. According to the Institute of International Education, Iranians were the most foreign student in United States. These students, after the Islamic revolution, mainly remain in west, also their relatives join them

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The term “diaspora” refers to an individual’s exit from his or her own home. In the story “The Money”, by Junot Diaz, the author describes how his mother sends money back to her parents in the Dominican Republic, where Junot’s lived before their immigration to the United States. His mother sends the money out of guilt for leaving her parents and home country behind, and because Junot’s grandparents need the money in order to survive. Though I lived in the United States for my whole life, my departure from my small suburban town in Ohio and my journey towards established myself in the Bronx, New York City could be considered my own diaspora.

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Migration has been an important influence on Australian society and the economy. Between 1947 and 1982, over a million Britons immigrated to Australia, the majority of whom travelled under the ten pound assisted passage scheme funded by the British and Australian governments. This large intake of British migrants was encouraged as part of Australia's 'populate or perish' nation-building initiative, which emerged in the aftermath of World War II. The Ten Pound Poms, as they became known 82% were English were mostly from an urban background.

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Throughout African American History, there have been many migration concerning African Americans. From the Middle Passage, all the way to the Modern Migration that is happening right now. African Americans have been moved from where their African roots lies, to being moved all over the United States. These movements have done a great deal to African American History, as they have affected the customs that African Americans have practiced over time. These movements have been great in their own right, and the greatest one of all of them is the Great Migration.

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