SO 355

Weekly Study Guide - October 27

For this week you need to know the following concepts:

For a definition and example, click on a concept and a link will open. The best way to learn this information is to use 3"x5" index cards, writing the concept on one side of the card and the definition and example on the other side. 

The following questions will guide your reading for this week and will serve as a basis for class discussion. Please prepare an answer to the question that corresponds with your assigned number in your small group. You may also use one or more of these questions as a starting point for your fourth essay.
1. Why does Martin believe that the pace of international migration is not likely to slow down in the near future? What does she propose be done about this?
2. How do you think Fox would respond to the belief held by some people that Immigrants have no commitment to the United States and no interest in being a real part of this country?
3. In relation to Stein’s article, how does debt bondage take advantage of the need that people have to go outside their own countries in order to find work? What are the specific ways that people are enslaved under this system?
4. With reference to Cockburn’s article, describe the characteristics of modern-day slavery in Europe and the United States. Why do you think this practice continues?
5. According to Cockburn, what is the relationship between modern-day slavery and restrictive immigration laws? Why do people get trapped into becoming slaves?

For a printable version of this week's discussion questions, click here.