Fall 2018 Immigration in Europe and US

Return to Ethics

Instructions for Posting Research

Posting format

• Follow this pattern to post research results and links to this page:

• Brief description of resource.

• Link. "[" url space title "]"
• Your real name

Example:

• This article corrects some misinformation about immigration to Italy. (Pick some of the important facts/claims out of the article and include in this description to save us time.)

• Italy's Post Fact Immigration Debate -- Politico
• Alfino

Page Organization

• I will recruit 3-5 "organizers from each class to help manage the arrangements of posts, but you can help them by thinking about the best place to put your post. We will have alot of material on the page and we need to organize it so that your reading and learning time is efficiently used. So here is some advice about how to promote good page organization:

• Don't post random things. Think about what we need to know to understand the issues. Look at the page and see what people are posting and try to think of information, opinion pieces, and scholarly articles that will help us.
• Pull important information out of the article or resource to include in your brief description. Keep that description to about 3-7 lines of text.
• Don't just do Google searches. Use some of the databases through the Foley Library to access authoritative and scholarly work as well.
• Think about what heading to put your finding under. You can create headings by using pairs of "=" signs.

---

Main Research Headings for Immigration Research

Italy and the EU on immigration

• What rules govern the handling of immigration into Italy? How do Italians view the support from the EU? What are the positions of major Italian political parties on immigration?

Major Events and Controversies

• Report on major events and crises Italians have faced intercepting and receiving immigrants, especially by boat. What is the role of NGO's in these crises? How are contemporary Italian politic parties responding?

Social and Economic Impact of Immigrants to Italy / US

• What do economist and social scientist say about the impact of immigrants on the economy and social life in Italy / US? Are there differences of opinion and differences between impacts on Italy vs. US?