Sociology of migration 3500-SSZCZ-SOCMIG
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Learning outcomes
Is aware of the consequences of choosing a particular theoretical perspective
Can interpret past and present social events (political, cultural, and economic) using sociological concepts and theories
Can use basic sociological terms and categories to analyse societies, particularly contemporary Polish society
Can independently form simple judgments on the causes of selected social processes and phenomena
Can use basic theoretical categories to describe social changes in modern societies
Can form judgments on motives of human behaviour and predict its social consequences
Assessment criteria
Exam
Accepted number of absences that can be excused: 4
Resat exam: the same as in the first exam period
Bibliography
Selected references:
Betts A. 2011. Global Migration Governance, Oxford: Oxford University Press (selected excerpts)
Castles S., de Haas H., Miller M . 2014. The Age of Migration. International Population Movements in the Modern World. Fifth Edition. UK: Palgrave (selected excerpts)
Castles S. 2010. Understanding Global Migration: A Social Transformation Perspective. Journal of Ethnic and Migration Studies, 36(1): 1565-1586
De Haas H. 2012. The Migration and Development Pendulum: A Critical View on Research and Policy, International Migration 50 (3): 8-25
Dustmann Ch. Et al. 2016. On the Economies and Policies of Refugee Migration, IZA
Engbersen G. et al. 2013. “A Typology of Labour Migration. On the Differential Attachments of Migrations from Central and Eastern Europe”, Journal of Ethnic and Migration Studies 39(6): 959-981
Faist T. 2013. The mobility turn: A new paradigm for the Social Sciences?, Ethnic and Racial Studies, 36(1): 1637-1646.
Faist T. 2014. Diversity – a new mode of incorporation? In: Vertovec S. (ed). Migration and Diversity, Cheltenham, UK: Edward Elgar, 153-172
Ghosh B. 2013. The Global Economic Crisis and the Future of Migration, Basingstoke: Palgrave Macmillan (selected excerpts)
Glick Schiller N., Çağlar A. 2009. Towards a comparative theory of locality in migration studies: Migrant incorporation and city scale, Journal of Ethnic and Migration Studies
Górny A., M. Kindler (2016). The Temporary Nature of Ukrainian Migration: Definitions, Determinants and Consequences, in: Ukrainian Migration to the European Union, O. Fedyuk and M. Kindler (eds.): 91-112
Gurak DT; Caces F 1992. Migration networks and the shaping of migration systems. In: M. Kritz, L. Lim, and H. Zlotnik. International migration systems: a global approach, edited by Oxford, England, Clarendon Press, 150-176
Kaczmarczyk P. 2015. Recent Trends in International Migration in Poland. The 2013 SOPEMI Report, 1-42.
Kivisto P 2001. Theorizing Transnational Immigration: A Critical Review of current Efforts, Ethnic and Racial Studies, 24(4): 549-577
Levitt P. 1998. Social Remittances: Migration Driven Local-Level Forms of Cultural Diffusion, International Migration Review, 32(4): 926-948
Massey D. at al. 1993. Theories of International Migration: A Review and Appraisal, Population and Development Review, 19(3), 431-466.
Okólski M. 2012. “Spatial Mobility from the Perspective of the Incomplete Migration Concept”, CEEMR 1(1), pp. 11-27
Okólski M., Salt J. Polish emigration to the UK after 2004. Why did so many come?. CEEMR 3(2), pp. 11-32
Pacione M. 2009. Urban Geography: A Global Perspective. Routledge (selected excerpts)
Portes A. 2010. Migration and Social Change: Some Conceptual Reflections, Journal of Ethnic and Migration Studies, 36(1): 1537-1563
Rees P. 2013. “The Implications of Ageing and Migration for the Future Population, Health, Labour Force and Households of Northern England”, Applied Spatial Analysis and Policy, 6(2):93-122
Richmond A. 1988. “Sociological Theories of International Migration: The Case of Refugees”, Current Sociology, 36(2): 7-25
Spencer S. 2011. The migration debate (Chapter: Introduction: Migration policy in the 21st Century), Bristol: Policy Press
Urry J. 2000. “Mobile sociology”, The British Journal of Sociology, 51(1): 185-203
Winders J, 2014 New Immigrant Destinations in Global Context, IMR 48(s1): s149-s179
Van Hear V. 2010. Theories of Migration and Social Change, Journal of Ethnic and Migration Studies, 36(1): 1531-1536
Vertovec S. 2010. Super-diversity and its implications. In Steven Vertovec (ed.), Anthropology of migration and multiculturalism: New directions, 65–96. London: Routledge
Vertovec S (2010) Conceiving and researching transnationalism. In: Martinelli M. and Rath J (eds) Selected Studies in International Migration and Immigrant Incorporation, Amsterdam: Amsterdam University Press.
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