Take this, for example: "National citizenship is inherently exclusionary." So no foreigners need ever apply for naturalisation, then. And" ... public anxiety about migration ... is usually based on a rational understanding of the value of British citizenship and its~ incompatibility with over-porous borders". Straight from the lexicon of the far right. And best of all: "You can have a welfare state provided that you are a homogenous society with intensely shared values."
These are extracts from an article in the Observer, penned by the liberal intellectual Goodhart, who is just one of several liberal thinkers now vigorously making what they consider a progressive argument against immigration. It goes like this: the more diverse a society, the less likely its citizens are to share common values; the fewer common values, the weaker the support for vital institutions of social solidarity, such as the welfare state and the National Health Service.
There are perfectly good reasons to worry about how we respond to immigration, not least the downward pressure on workers' wages; the growth of racial inequality; and the exploitation of illegals. But the answer to these problems is not genteel xenophobia, but trade union rights, backed by equality and employment law.
The xenophobes should come clean. Their argument is not about immigration at all. They are liberal Powellites; what really bothers them is race and culture. If today's immigrants were white people from the old Commonwealth, Goodhart and his friends would say that they pose no threat because they share Anglo-Saxon values.
Unfortunately for liberal Powellites, the real history of the NHS shatters their fundamental case against diversity. The NHS is a world-beating example of the way that ethnic diversity can create social solidarity. Launched by a Welshman, built by Irish: labourers, founded on the skills of Caribbean nurses and Indian doctors, it is now being rescued by an emergency injection of Filipino nurses, refugee ancillaries and antipodean medics. And it remains 100% British.
Virtually all of our public services have depended heavily on immigrants. Powell was forced to admit as much when, as minister for health he advertised for staff in the Caribbean. His new admirers will discover that a rapidly depopulating Europe will have no choice but to embrace diversity.
For the moment, however, the liberal Powellites are gaining support in high places. Their ideas are inspired by the work of the American sociologist Putnam, a Downing Street favourite. He purports to show that dynamic, diverse communities are more fragmented than stable, monoethnic ones. But the policy wonks have forgotten that Putnam's research was conducted in a society so marked by segregation that even black millionaires still live in gated ghettoes.
The prime minister still seems uneasy on the issue. Last week, he wavered uncertainly between backing his pro-immigration home secretary, and a defensive response to Howard's goading that the government was in a mess on the topic.
Oddly enough, this is a place in the arena of world politics where the PM does not stand shoulder to shoulder with Bush. The Spanish-speaking former governor of Texas recently announced that he would "regularise" the status of millions of illegal Mexican immigrants who had slipped across the border to work. It's the kind of massive amnesty that would send the Daily Express into conniptions.
Even more peculiar, the prime minister appears to be ignoring not only Blunkett but also his new best friend, the
A.genteel xenophobia
B.liberal commitment
C.Britain's multi-ethnicity
D.populist bigotry
第2题
A.澳门特别行政区
B.深圳蛇口工业区采用来料加工的方式与外国人合作,产品销往国外
C.北大校办企业方正集团的产品首先支持本校的教学和科研,因为它借用北大无形资产
D.西部青海省盐湖经济开发区,采取招商引资策略,外商出资,我方出人力、土地,产品主要在西北五省区销售
第3题
A.香港特别行政区
B.深圳蛇口工业区采用原料加工的方式与外国人合作,产品销往国外
C.北大校办企业方正集团的产品首先支持本校的教学和科研,因为它借用北大无形资产
D.西部青海省盐湖经济开发区,采取招商引资策略,外商出资,我方出人力、土地,产品主要在西北五省区销售
第4题
A.香港特别行政区
B.深圳蛇口工业区采用原料加工的方式与外国人合作,产品销往国外
C.北大校办企业方正集团的产品首先支持本校的教学和科研,因为它借用北大无形资产
D.西部青海省盐湖经济开发区,采取招商引资策略,外商出资,我方出人力、土地,产品主要在西北五省区销售
第5题
A.香港特别行政区
B.西北青海省盐湖经济开发区,采取招商引资策略,外商出资,我方出人力、土地,产品主要在西北五省区销售
C.深圳的蛇口工业区采取来料加工的方式与外国人合作,产品销往国外
D.北大校办企业方正集团产品首先要支持本校的教学和科研,因为它借用北大无形资产
第6题
A.香港特别行政区
B.西北青海省盐湖经济开发区,采取招商引资策略,外商出资,我方出人力、土地,产品主要在西北五省区销售
C.深圳的蛇口工业区采取来料加工的方式与外国人合作,产品销往国外
D.北大校办企业方正集团产品首先要支持本校的教学和科研,因为它借用北大无形资产
第7题
A.香港特别行政区
B.西北青海省盐湖经济开发区,采取招商引资策略,外商出资,我方出入力、土地,产品主要在西北五省区销售
C.深圳的蛇口工业区采取来料加工的方式与外国人合作,产品销往国外
D.北大校办企业方正集团产品首先要支持本校的教学和科研,因为它借用北大无形资产
第8题
下列地区属于出口加工区的是()。
A. 某家为了杀害乙、丙,一次性将药物放入某饭锅内,造成乙、丙同时死亡
B. 某赌徒为了偿还赌债,先后八次入室行窃,窃得赃款三万余元
C. 江西一匪,流窜全国,多次杀人、抢劫
D. 某出纳员偶然发现单位财务制度存在疏漏,将3000元公款占为己有,后来又再次利用该漏洞贪污8000元
第9题
下列地区属于出口加工区的是()。
A. 甲工厂非法排污水入汉江
B. 乙诊所没有按规定处理使用过的一次性注射器,而是随意丢于路边,被几个三岁小孩拾起,不慎划破手指感染
C. 铁路两边的白色一次性餐盒
D. 某高校物理实验室用过的铀,未埋好,被一拾破烂者发现,该人三星期后身亡
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