Causes of Migration

• Reasons for migration (settlement in ‘distant’ land) in the

past?
– Survival – largely true to primitive society
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Colonization
• At present?Causes of Migration
• More migration now in an age of globalization? Causes?
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Push and pull factors
– “Greener pasture”
– Security and political stability
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Urbanization – due to influx of people from rural areasDefining Demography
• Demography
– The study of the size, territorial distribution, and composition of population,
changes therein, and the components of such change

Demographic Factors
Fertility Mortality
Migration Population Size Composition Distribution Political/Institutional Factors
Social/Psychological Factors Biological FactorsRegionalism GE TCW
[ The Contemporary World ]Introduction
• Regionalism is an interesting development as globalization is taking place
• Activities expand not just at the global but also regional level
– Examples: creation of regional organizations and agreements to achieve economic,
political and social goalsIntroduction
• But what drives regionalism and what is its impact?
• Some observers fear that regionalism will erode a multilateral, global system
• Others argue that regionalism will forge greater cooperation on a range of global
issues and in turn will strengthen existing multilateral system

Learning Outcomes
• At the end of this lesson, learners are expected to:
1. Define regionalism;
2. Elaborate different approaches to regionalism;
3. Discuss the driving forces of regionalism; and 4.
Explain the emergence and characteristics of Asian regionalism
Conceptions of Regionalism
• There is growing interest in regionalism and its causes and consequences
• Yet, there is no consensus on what the concept exactly
means
• Some focus on geographic proximity and contiguity
– Proximity helps states or economies to have shared identity