4B.10

• Cultural assimilation


  The process in which a minority group or culture comes to resemble a society's majority group or assume the values, behaviours and beliefs of another group.
• How can the management of cultural and demographic issues be measured?

  • Economic - income and employment
  • Social progress - inequality, deprivation, demographic changes (life expectancy)
  • Assimilation - political engagement, development of local communities and reduction in hate crime
• Why do areas with higher percentages of ethnic minorities have a lower voter turnout?

  • Less assimilated with UK politics
  • Language - can't speak English
  • Lack of candidates that represent them
  • Poor education
  • Mistrust in authority
  • Don't care
  • Accessibility to voting booths
• Deprivation

  Individuals lack basic services or objects they would expect to have in the 21st century.
• Index of Multiple Deprivation


  The government's geographic measure of Multiple Deprivation. 1 - 32,844.
• How can deprivation be measured?

  • Income - 22.5%
  • Employment - 22.5%
  • Education - 13.5%
  • Health - 13.5%
  • Crime - 9.3%
  • Barriers to housing and services - 9.3%
  • Living environment - 9.3%
• Measuring cultural and demographic issues - London

  • 15 people in one house
  • Houses too expensive for migrants
  • Unlicensed houses huge problem
  • Illegal "sheds with beds"
  • Lack of council support
  • Landlords making over £100,000 a year
  • Low quality of life
  • Often exploited migrants