Utflyttning från Cottbus : en studie av ungdomars och studenters utflyttning från en östtysk storstad

• Main Author: Lhådö, Emma
• Format: Others
• Language: Swedish
• Published: Växjö universitet, Institutionen för samhällsvetenskap 2007
• Subjects: utflyttning; befolkningsnedgång; storstad; Östtyskland; Political Science (excluding Public Administration Studies and Globalisation Studies); Statsvetenskap (exklusive studier av offentlig förvaltning och globaliseringsstudier)
• Online Access: http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:vxu:diva-1521

The purpose of this essay is to describe and partly explain the migration from a German city, and to illustrate the political difficulty surrounded by the phenomenon. I’ve composed following question issues to fulfill the purpose of the study: 1.How does the migration take form in Cottbus? 2.Why do the students want to migrate? 3. Do the politicians consider the migration as a problem? What kind of measures do they want to introduce to prevent it? The survey has been done with mainly qualitative research methods, but it contains some quantitative elements. I’ve made an opinion poll survey among students in Cottbus, interviews with politicians at the city council and interviews with four students that have already left the city. The results of the study show that the will to migrate is widespread by the students in Cottbus. It’s first and foremost the chance to get a job that drives the students to migrate. The city has a deficit of 180 million Euros in household, which makes the politicians to feel helpless, facing the problem of migration. Without money no great political measures can be done to decrease the migration.