Labour migrations and their social and economic consequences 1900-5-MGZ-WW
The purpose of the lecture is to familiarize students with the topic of labor migration and its effects in migrant-sending and receiving countries
The lecture is introductory in nature, the following topics will be discussed:
1. Characteristics of modern labor migration - introduction
2. Traditional immigration countries: United States of America - Example of the country with the largest number of international migrants - historical perspective indicating the most important stages of migration and contemporary migration policy
3 Traditional Immigration Countries: Canada - multiculturalism and migrant integration policies, traditional ethnic neighborhoods, ethnourbs
4. history of migration to Europe - division into Western, Southern and Eastern Europe, differences in migration experiences
5. European Union migration policy and EU responses to humanitarian "crises"
6. labor migration of Poles and migration to Poland. Poland as an example of migration transformation
7. Specifics of labor migration in the Gulf countries - economies based on labor migrants, migration industry, labor trafficking
8 Characteristics of contemporary migration of people in and out of Africa - migration conditioned by climate change
9 Characteristics of labor migration in South and Southeast Asian countries - changes in the direction and intensity of migration, migration of women, migration of students
10. Characteristics of contemporary labor migration of people in and out of Latin America - changes in the direction and intensity of migration, mass migration and lite-style integration
Student workload: 2 ECTS = 2 × 25h = 50h (in direct contact 1.3 ECTS)
(N) - work in direct contact with the teacher,
(S) - student's own (independent) work.
Class (lecture) = 30h (N)
Credit for the lecture= 2h (N)
Preparation (independent) for the exam = 12h (S)
Familiarization with additional materials = 6 (S)
TOTAL = approx. 50h
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Learning outcomes
After completing the course, the student knows and understands:
- the most important features of contemporary migration and their determinants
- how migration affects different areas (both sending and receiving areas)
The student is able to:
- interpret the processes of migration in the light of the theory of migration
- use theoretical knowledge to describe and solve a research problem
- transfer geographic knowledge to different audiences
Competences / attitudes: The course shapes the attitude of openness towards cultural diversity, migration behavior and the socio-cultural effects of migration.
Assessment criteria
Credit based on the result of a written test consisting of open and closed questions.
50% of the points are required for a positive assessment.
The makeup exam is carried out in the same way as passing the exam for the first time.
Bibliography
Basic literature:
Lesińska M, Okólski M, (red.), 2018, 25 wykładów o migracjach, Wydawnictwo
Scholar, Warszawa
Castles S., Miller M.J., 2011, Migracje we współczesnym świecie, Wydawnictwo
Naukowe PWN, Warszawa
Thiollet H., 2017, Migranci, migracje. O czym warto wiedzieć, by wyrobić sobie
własne zdanie, Wydawnictwo Karakter, Kraków
Duszczyk M., 2012, Polska polityka imigracyjna a rynek pracy, Instytut Polityki Społecznej, Wydział Dziennikarstwa i Nauk Politycznych, Uniwersytet Warszawski, Warszawa
During the lectures, current studies, reports and articles are used:
- Working Papers series of the Center for Migration Research of the University of Warsaw available on-line: www.migracja.uw.edu.pl
- Migration Studies Series - Polish Diaspora Review, Polish Academy of Sciences, Committee for Research on Migration of Population and the Polish Diaspora
- Migration Policy Institute https://www.migrationpolicy.org/
-IMISCOE https://www.imiscoe.org/publications/introduction
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