Integration

Assignments with enclosures.

This set of assignments is composed of a general section and three subsidiary assignments.
You must answer both questions (1a and 1b) in the general section.
You must also answer one of the three (A, B and C) subsidiary assignments.

For marking purposes, all three questions (questions 1, 2 and 3) have equal weight.
This means that the general section (in total) weighs about one third and the subsidiary assignment weighs about two thirds.

General section

Answers to 1a and 1b must be no more than 700 words in total.

1a.

Based on the quote below, you must make a model containing four factors that can explain why the turnout rate at elections is lower among descendants.
The model must be supported by academic arguments.

The key question is what discourages descendants from turning out on election day. In his research, Jeppe Fuglsang Larsen has focused on speaking to people in the group of descendants, who do well with respect to income and education. “In short, they have followed the path laid out for them by the Danish system. In spite of this, they have repeated experiences of not being considered Danes by society at large. They constantly feel behind and that they are not included”, says Jeppe Fuglsang Larsen. ”When even successful descendants feel that they are not considered Danish, those who are less successful will feel part of the community to an even lesser extent. This means that not voting may be a form of protest”, says Jeppe Fuglsang Larsen. However, in explaining the low turnout rate, society is not solely at fault. In certain immigrant communities, a camp mentality is prevalent in which voting is not appreciated or is actively obstructed. “In some minority communities, you will feel that you are betraying your own if you become too Danish, and young people consider the word integration a term of abuse. For instance, some of the young people, I have spoken to, have been told by their peers that completing an education means selling out. In my opinion, the low turnout rate is caused by many finding it hard to be recognized by society, but also by the fact that voting may be considered a traitorous act, says Jeppe Fuglsang Larsen. Yosef Bhatti agrees that part of the explanation for the falling turnout rate is to be found in immigrant communities in which democratic traditions are not as widespread as in the Danish majority culture. However, an equally important factor may be found in the development in recent decades where the national policies and the political debate have become increasingly hostile towards immigrants.

Jeppe Fuglsang Larsen is a PhD fellow at Aalborg University. Yosef Bhatti is an external lecturer at Copenhagen University.

Source: Sven Johannesen. ”Immigrants’ and descendants’ turnout at elections is falling and falling.”
Information, July 4, 2016. Extracts.

1b.	Develop three hypotheses that can explain the connections between attitude to globalisation, party choice and attitude to the EU as manifested in Table 1. Each hypothesis must be supported by academic argument.

Subsidiary assignment A

Danish immigration and integration policies

2.	Compare the views on the Danish immigration and integration policies expressed in enclosures A1, A2 og A3. In the comparison you must use knowledge about value-based policy and redistribution policy.
3.	Discuss the possibilities and limitations of potential cooperation in Parliament on immigration and integration policies. Your discussion must take its point of departure in the video clip in enclosure A4, and you must use knowledge about the behaviour of political parties.

Subsidiary assignment B

EU migration policy

2.

Examine what can be deduced from the materials in enclosure B1 (Table 1, Figure 1, Figure 2, Table 2, Figure 3, Table 3) about the development in the number of asylum seekers in selected EU-countries and about the attitudes to migration among the populations of selected EU-countries.
Your examination must be supported by relevant calculations, and you must use knowledge about cooperation in the EU.

3.

Discuss the respective strengths and weaknesses of the EU in relation to finding a joint solution to the migration challenges facing the EU.
The discussion must take its point of departure in the video clip in enclosure B2, and you must use knowledge about cooperation and integration among the EU member states.

Subsidiary assignment C

Integration and welfare

2.

Examine what can be deduced from the materials in enclosure C1 (Figure 1, Table 1, Figure 2, Table 2, Figure 3, Figure 4) about the development in the integration of non-western immigrants and descendants in Denmark.
Your examination must be supported by relevant calculations, and you must use knowledge about social differentiation and cultural patterns.

3.

You are the political advisor to the political spokesperson of The Red-Green Alliance Pernille Skipper. Write a memo to Pernille Skipper that enables her to argue against the suggested solutions to the integration of non-western immigrants and descendants in the work force expressed in enclosure C2. The memo must also include one or more alternative suggestions to Pernille Skipper about how to promote integration in the work force.
The memo must take its point of departure in enclosure C2, and you must use knowledge about welfare models and political ideologies.

Enclosures

General section

1a:	Sven Johannesen: ”Indvandrere og efterkommere stemmer mindre og mindre.” Information 4.7.2016. Uddrag.

1b:	Surveybanken.dk. YouGov. Valgundersøgelsen. 2015.

Subsidiary assignment A: Danish immigration and integration policies

A1:	The immigration policy of the Social Democratic Party www.socialdemokratiet.dk. Excerpts.
A2:	The immigration policy of the Social Liberal Party www.radikale.dk.
A3:	The immigration policy of the Danish People’s Party www.danskfolkeparti.dk.
A4:	Toke G. C. Kristiansen og Freja Søgaard: ”Mette Frederiksen: Støttepartier skal have indflydelse, men udlændingepolitikken ligger fast”. Altinget. August 22, 2018.

Subsidiary assignment B: EU migration policy

B1:	Table 1:	Eurobarometer. “Standard Eurobarometer 89”. 2018.
	Figure 1:	Pew Research Center. “Global Attitudes Survey”. 2016.
	Figure 2:	“Attitudes towards immigration in Europe: myths and realities.” European Parliament. 2017.
	Table 2:	Europarl.europa.eu. 2017 and EU-oplysningen 2017.
	Figure 3:	European Commission. Public Opinion. 2018.
	Table 3:	Pew Research Center. “Global Attitudes Survey.” 2016.

B2:	DR2. Deadline. June 28, 2018.

Subsidiary assignment C: Integration and welfare

C1:	Figure 1:	Samfundsstatistik 2017.
	Table 1:	Statistics Denmark. ”Indvandrere i tal 2007” and The Ministry of Immigration and Integration. ”Integration: Status og udvikling”. 2018.
	Figure 2:	The Ministry of Immigration and Integration. 2017.
	Table 2:	Statistics Denmark. ”Indvandrere i tal 2007 og 2017”.
	Figure 3:	Statistics Denmark. ”Indvandrere i tal 2017”.
	Figure 4:	The Ministry of Immigration, Integration and Housing. “Medborgerskab, ligebehandling og selvbestemmelse i Danmark.” 2016.

C2:	Karen M. Jeppesen and Morten Rasmussen: ”The welfare state impedes integration”. Kristeligt Dagblad, June 23, 2001. Excerpts.

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