Upon reading the chapter on
France, I find it somewhat confusing on why many of its citizens in the link
below are leaving France when they could learn from their past and perhaps fix
France instead of leaving it to rot. As it states in the book the French
economy was good because it was based off of “earning a good living, with no
intention of growth”(112 Roskin)** of the country. I feel the sociological term integrationist
perspective or a “crowds behavior emphasizes how people in crowds reinforce and
heighten on another’s reaction”(497 Basirico)*** applies. Many people from France
are leaving due to word of mouth of how Israel is flourishing economically due
to the small business. This is because they get people that move from France to
make quick short term profits that will help immigrants at first but would only
be a quick fix to get out of debt. This however is impacting Israel on a
positive note at least.
Link:
http://www.washingtonpost.com/world/middle_east/immigration-to-israel-slowing-except-from-france/2014/01/24/162861b8-8416-11e3-a273-6ffd9cf9f4ba_story.html
Source:
*** Basirico, Laurence A., Barbara G. Cashion, and J. Ross. Eshleman. Introduction to Sociology. Redding, CA: BVT Pub., 2009. Print.
**Roskin, Michael G. (2012-10-28).
Countries and Concepts: Politics, Geography, Culture (12th Edition) (Page 112).
Pearson. Kindle Edition.
I thought it was very interesting to learn that more and more French are migrating to Israel. It is clear that France has taken many losses over the past ten years. Unemployment rates are continuing to increase and die to its over population, the majority of citizens are opting for a way out. The story about Natan Merran and his family was very alarming. He decided to move to Israel with his wife and children due to recent altercations with French Arab that accosted him one day in the subway and his sister was cured at by racists Frenchmens. I didn't know that racism was a big issue in France. If France wants to sustain a non plumiting economy, they must take major steps to improving unemployment and mass population before the majority business owners corporate companies migrate to another country.
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