International migration 2104-ERASMUS-INMI

A student knows the history of international migration trends, a student can describe general trends in international migration, A student can use basic concepts and measures to explain migratory processes. A student can indicate the main challenges of modern international migration. A student has knowledge about the characteristics of migration policies in main immigration countries. A student understands the complexity of the migratory process. A student understands the context of migration in the prism of international relations.

In-class activities (various types depending on the edition)

Score from the assignment at the end of the course

The grading system might slightly differ in a given edition. Please check the details for your edition.

Basic literature. Some extra readings might appear in different editions.
• S. Castles, M.J. Miller, The Age of Migration. International Population Movements in the Modern World, 5th Edition, Palgrave Macmillan, New York 2013.
• Introduction to Political Theory, 4th Edition by Paul Graham and John Hoffman, Routledge 2022.
• John Rex, Multiculturalism and Political Integration in Modern Nation States, in Migration in the New Europe: East-West Revisited, ed. by A. Górny, P. Ruspini, Palgrave Macmillian, 2004
• Richard Alba, Victor Nee, Rethinking Assimilation Theory for a New Era of Immigration, International Migration Review 31 (1997): 826-874.
• Ridget Anderson and Scott Blinder, Briefing: Who Counts as a Migrant? Definitions and their Consequences, The Migration Observatory at the University of Oxford, 17/01/2017, http://www.migrationobservatory.ox.ac.uk/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/Briefing-Who_Counts_Migrant.pdf
• Rogers Brubaker, The Return of Assimilation? Changing Perspectives on immigration and its sequels in France, Germany, and the United States, Ethnic and Racial Studies 24(4) (2001): 531-548.
• Rubén G. Rumbaut, Assimilation and Its Discontents, in: J. Stone, R. Dennis (eds.), Race and Ethnicity: Comparative and Theoretical Approaches, Malden: Blackwell, 2003, pp.237-259
• Christian Joppke, Multiculturalism and Immigration. A comparison of the United States, Germany, and Great Britain, Theory and Society 25(4) (1996): 449-500.
• Will Kymlicka, Immigration, citizenship, multiculturalism: exploring the links, in: Sarah Spencer (ed.), The Politics of Immigration, Oxford: Blackwell, 2003, pp. 195-208.
• Eiko Thielemann, Does Policy Matter? On governments’ attempts to control unwanted migration, European Institute Working Paper 2003-02 (2004), pp. 1-33.
• Christian Joppke, Immigration Challenges the Nation-State, in: Challenge to the Nation-State, New York: Oxford University Press, 2001, pp. 5-48
• Stephen Castles, Why Migration Policies Fail, Ethnic and Racial Studies 27(2) (2004): 205-227
• Andrew E. Shacknove, Who is a refugee?, Ethics 95(2) (1985):274-284
• Myron Weiner, Security, Stability, and International Migration, International Security , Vol. 17, No. 3 (Winter, 1992-1993), pp. 91-126, Stable URL: http://www.jstor.org/stable/2539131
• William B. Wood, Forced Migration: Local Conflicts and International Dilemmas, Annals of the Association of American Geographers, Volume 84, Issue 4, pages 607–634, December 1994
• Douglas T. Gurak, Fe Caces, Migration Networks and the Shaping of Migration Systems, in: Mary Kiritz, Lin Leam Lim and Hania Zlotnik (eds.), International Migration Systems: A Global Approach, Oxford, Clarendon Press, 1992, pp.150-176.
• John Salt, Jeremy Stein, Migration as a Business, International Migration 35(4) (1997): 467-494
• Douglas S. Massey , et. al., Theories of International Migration: A Review and Appraisal, Population and Development Review, Vol. 19, No. 3 (Sep., 1993), pp. 431-466, http://www.jstor.org/stable/2938462
• Joaquín Arango, Explaining Migration, International Social Science Journal 165 (2000): 283-296
• Arab Migration to Europe. Trends and policies, International Migration Review 38(4) (2004): 1348-1371.
• Rainer Münz, A Continent of Migration. European mass migration in the twentieth century, New Community 22(2) (1996): 201-226.
• Michel Poulain and Nicolas Perrin, Is the measurement of international migration flows improving in Europe (Submitted by Belgium), UN STATISTICAL COMMISSION and STATISTICAL OFFICE OF THEUN ECONOMIC COMMISSION FOR EUROPE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES (EUROSTAT), CONFERENCE OF EUROPEAN STATISTICIANS,Working Paper No. 12, 16 May 2001
Hollifield, J.F. (2004), The Emerging Migration State. International Migration Review, 38: 885-912. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1747-7379.2004.tb00223.x
• URL – http://www.migrationinformation.org
• URL – http://www.migrationpolicy.org
• URL – http://migrationinformation.org

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