Is emigration worth the trouble? Satisfaction with life,group identifications,perceived discrimination,and socio-economic status of immigrants and stayers

In the present study, we examined satisfaction with life (SWL), group identifications, perceived discrimination, and socio-economic status among immigrants and stayers. The study had two main objectives: 1) to test the morbidity and salutary hypotheses of immigration by comparing the psycho-social characteristics of immigrants and stayers; 2) to test a resource model of well-being among immigrants and stayers by investigating the effect of different resources and stressors on SWL. The study was conducted using a random representative sample of first-generation immigrants from the Former Soviet Union to Israel (n = 400) and a not-random large and geographically dispersed sample of Jews staying in Russia (n = 935). The comparison of immigrants and stayers revealed that immigration is a mixed blessing, salutary in some aspects and onerous in others. In general, immigrants were more satisfied with their life than stayers. In addition, identification with the country of residence was stronger among immigrants than stayers. However, immigrants reported a higher level of perceived discrimination, and their socio-economic status was lower than that of stayers. Socio-economic status, identification with the country of residence, and perceived discrimination were directly connected to SWL among immigrants and stayers. In addition, among stayers, identification with the ethnic minority group was connected to SWL, while among immigrants, identification with the country of origin was not connected to SWL. Socio-economic status and perceived discrimination also affected SWL indirectly, through their connections to identification with the country of residence among immigrants and stayers and through their connection to ethnic identification among stayers.     

Neighborhood Press and Immigration

This research studied the way immigration is depicted by the neighborhood press of Barcelona. Mainstream media tend to give visibility to immigrants when problems arise. Through this visibility based on problems, and the processes of framing, a virtual social identity is constructed and given to the immigration population. However, the neighborhood press of Barcelona, inscribed within the Catalan regional press’ own idea of journalism, offers a different approach to this issue due to its history, neighborhood and commitment to the region. Through a frame analysis, three main frames gave a depiction of the immigrants different from the one the mainstream media use. The results show that this differentiated depiction still stereotypes immigrants while not granting them enough visibility even when there is no blaming or attack. In this sense, while accounting for the differences, the neighborhood press of Barcelona misses a chance of depicting immigration in a more accurate way.     

清政府对台湾劳动力资源的配置

台湾的大规模开发始于清代，清政府的移民政策、民族政策、土地政策和赋税政策对台湾的土地开发均产生深刻的影响。在传统的土地开发中，解决劳动力问题是其首要前提。清政府对台湾劳动力的配置，大致以同光时期的“开山抚番”运动为界线，在两个地区、分两个阶段进行：一是清前、中期以大陆移民填充台湾西部平原，一是清后期将台湾西部海岸的多余人口分配到以台东地区为代表的广大米开发地带。然而清政府在各种固素的干扰下，对这项_T-作时而表现出积极主动，时而表现出消极保守；而且由于当时清政府对台湾土地政策与人口政策的调节并不平衡，导致乾隆以后台湾人口与土地的矛盾问题逐渐尖锐化。根据清代台湾劳动力资源与土地资源配置的情况，大致可以分为以下三个时期：康（熙）雍（正）时期、乾隆至同治时期、同（治）光（绪）时期。本文分别论述了这三个时期台湾的人地关系。     

Encountering education in the rural: migrant women’s perspectives

ABSTRACT

This paper explores migrant women’s encounters with formal and informal education in what can be termed new immigration rural destinations. We ask to what extent educational opportunities are realized in these new destinations. We show that education aspirations may be jeopardized because of the desire to achieve economic goals and thus require remedial action. Specifically, we refer to qualitative data collected in rural (and remote) Boddington in Western Australia, and rural Armagh in Northern Ireland. The paper engages with two interrelated dimensions of this migrant/migration experience. English is not a first language for our participants and we first examine the provision and consumption of informal English Language classes. In doing so, we demonstrate the complex social and cultural dimensions of community-based English language instruction. Second, we attend to migrant mothers’ perceptions of and responses to children’s formal education. We highlight transnational senses of, and tensions around, ‘local/rural’ pedagogies and resultant migrant strategies.     

唐宋湖南僧道移民考论

唐宋时期,有部分僧、道宗教移民迁来湖湘之地,这部分宗教移民以僧人为主,南方之闽浙和北方之陕晋,都是主要迁出地,而湖南之衡山与潭州诸山是主要迁入地。在迁移时间上主要集中于唐中后期与北宋时期,迁徙原因主要与佛道之学传授有关。他们的到来对湖南宗教文化的发展发挥了积极的作用。     

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土土哈出身的钦察人是蒙古人还是非蒙古人？学界看法分歧较大。我倾向土土哈先人系蒙古语族民族西北徙的一支,并从“出自同一氏族”和蒙古人具有相同的语言、狩猎习惯法、谚语等五个方面证明了这个问题。问题只在于：他的先人究竟是蒙古人还是古蒙古人。笔者认为以古蒙古人库莫奚人的可能性最大,并解释了何以“自号钦察”问题。     

《明史》中的山西大移民

文章考证历史 ,用相关史料阐述了《明史》中山西大移民的由来     

一类具有常数移民且带隔离项的传染病模型的分析

隔离是防治传染病的有效方法,在控制传染病的过程中有相当重要的意义.利用传染病动力学来建立传染病模型,可以比较准确地描述传染病流行时人群中各类人数的变化,再通过一些数学软件则能形象地反映其中的规律.因此从数学的角度来分析,在传染病发生过程中各因素对于疾病防治具有重要作用.     

移民对四川饮食文化的影响——一个历史观察的视角

在二千多年的历史长河中,四川地区的六次移民高潮,都伴随着长城内外、大江南北的饮食文化习尚,它们同西蜀原有的烹调技艺相融合,极大地促进了巴蜀地域饮食文化的发展,形成与完善了独树一帜的川菜大系。     

农村移民人口增长年限计算方法的探讨

计划生产安置人口、计划搬迁人口均应采取加权平均法计算。计划淹地不淹房需搬迁人口因不受水库蓄水的直接影响,值应大于上述两种人口的值。