"The ties that bind" : an analysis of the establishment of a European immigration policy

European member states have historically refused to admit that they are nations of migration. Current socio-economic factors are forcing them to re-evaluate that viewpoint. The decision to amend immigration policy to aptly reflect the multicultural reality of the modern European state is supported by the European Union institutions. The Union of European states began with the 1957 Treaty of Rome and has expanded to include fifteen nations representing over 370 million citizens. Since the launch of the Treaty of Rome immigration issues have remained open for discussion, and while they have never entered the realm of core issues they have be attended to at each Summit and Intergovernmental Conference from the aforementioned Treaty of Rome to the 2001 Conference on Migration. At the 1997 Amsterdam Conference the European Union, with the support of its member states, called for the establishment of a common European immigration policy by 2004. Thus, national policies must be combined with each other to create legislation that protects the national sovereignty of member governments while appropriately addressing the needs of EU citizens and third country nationals. In this work I argue that the European Union will successfully launch its common immigration policy, with member support, by 2004. I draw this conclusion via an analysis of EU immigration legislation and a country-based analysis, which addresses the needs and expectations of three Union members: Britain, Germany and Finland, with regard to immigration policy and involvement in Union legislation. It is my conclusion that the institutional and legal foundation has been established upon which to establish Europe's common immigration policy.Arts, Faculty ofCentral, Eastern, and Northern European Studies, Department ofGraduat

An investigation of variables influencing the experience of unemployment for blue collar and white collar workers

This study was designed to probe the experience of white collar unemployment. Some research results suggest that white collar people have an easier time with unemployment than do blue collar people while other findings suggest the contrary. A questionnaire format instrument was designed to record self-reported changes of an affective and behavioural nature in a sample of 66 white collar and 24 blue collar unemployed adults. It was hypothesized that on the whole, the blue collar sample would report a more difficult response to unemployment than the white collar sample. It was further hypothesized that after an unspecified period of time the unemployed white collar sample would become passive and depressed. Twelve variables focusing on learned helplessness, self-esteem, depression, locus of control, social interaction, time structure, personal meaning and perceived measures of health and finances were recorded and intercorrelated in this relationship study. Correlation matrices were constructed for the general sample, the white collar and the blue collar sub-samples. Reliability and validity coefficients of the instrument were calculated on each variable and were found to be acceptable for the purpose of this study. The relationships among the variables supported the notion that generally, the people in the blue collar unemployed sample experienced more difficulty with unemployment than did those people in the white collar sample. The white collar sample subjects did not, however, show a significant disposition toward passivity and depression as a function of time. Instead, the data suggested the presence of a second white collar subgroup who appeared to be experiencing great personal difficulties regardless of the duration of their unemployment. It was suggested that the appearance of a bi-modal white collar sample was the result of the sampling technique, and further that these results may reflect the state of the real world. This position is offered as a possible justification for the contradictory white collar unemployment findings in the past.Education, Faculty ofEducational and Counselling Psychology, and Special Education (ECPS), Department ofGraduat

Get real, go for it and get a life A living death of the social - or its affirmation for our time?

SIGLEAvailable from British Library Document Supply Centre-DSC:3661.032815(no 21) / BLDSC - British Library Document Supply CentreGBUnited Kingdo

Blueprint : Moving images in the 21st century

"The Blueprint publication continues Pleasure Dome’s millennium project A Blueprint for Moving Images in the 21st Century that was conceived to allow artists the opportunity to explore critically the notion of the new millennium and the future of media art in the 21st century. From a nation-wide call for submissions the nine chosen artists developed their prototypes of the future though the medium of film, video and interactive technology. Following the premiere of the completed works in 2001, ten respondents and a designer wrestled to form appropriate retort to these diverse divinations, this catalogue contains their arguments, exegeses and digressions." --Publisher's websit

Pop Off : The Regular 8 Faction

Catalogue made to accompany an exhibition of regular 8mm films from the 1960s-90s. Includes: brief history of small-format film in Toronto; statements by filmmakers; text on technical aspects of 8mm film; 46 notes. Biographical notes. 7 bibl. ref