Reference no: EM134043183
Questions:
1. Explain how the demand for illegal goods and services in developed countries fuels crime and violent conflict in the developing world. Specifically discuss the role of the everyday individual in contributing to transnational crime, terrorism, and/or conflict using specific information from your text for support.
2. Trading in firearms is big business for transnational criminal operations. Why and where do these weapons come from? Explain, using at least one specific example from the book, why guns are profitable to transnational criminal organizations and how individuals and/or groups acquire illegal guns either for or from these organizations.
3. Explain how state-led or sanctioned discrimination against minority groups increases the likelihood of civil war and political violence within a society. Use material from your text to develop and support your points.
4. Describe the consequences and costs, beyond just lives lost and resources spent, of violent conflict. What happens to societies during and after violent conflict? In your discussion, specifically discuss at least one example outlined in your text of a social cost of conflict and its impacts to society.
5. Explain the process of refugee repatriation. Why is repatriating refugees typically a difficult process? In your discussion, specifically outline the UNHRC regulations for returning refugees to their home countries and explore some of the common obstacles to successful repatriation.
6. Explain how migration may test both the physical resources and goodwill of a country and its people. In your discussion, address specific concerns nations hosting significant populations of migrants might face and how nations are handling the issues. In what ways should the international community assist these host nations in dealing with the influx of migrants they are experiencing?
7. Compare and contrast the leading causes of internal and international migration. In other words, what pushes people around the globe to leave their homes in pursuit of a better life elsewhere? In your discussion, identity specific conditions in home countries that contribute to migration. Use specific information from your text to develop your points and illustrate how the conditions in one's home country contribute to or influence patterns of migration.
8. Describe the "brain drain." What causes the brain drain and how are countries on the sending end of migration impacted by the brain drain? What can these countries do to mitigate the impacts of the current brain drain and/or prevent further drain from occurring?
9. Describe the demographic impact migration has on high-income host countries. What role does migration play in the labor market of these nations? How would productivity be impacted if migration patterns were to dramatically change?
10. Describe how migration impacts the political climate of a home or sending country. Use specific examples from your text to describe both typical patterns of migration from sending countries as well as how these patterns of migration can influence the political climate of sending countries.