IMER II: Migration, Politics and Social Welfare

Course Code: IM238L

Institution:

Department of Global Political Studies

Revision:

2

For students admitted fall 2013   fall 2012  

Other set versions

Approval

The course was established 09 February 2012.
This course syllabus (version 2) was approved 08 June 2013 by the Board of Studies at Faculty of Culture and Society.
The syllabus is valid from 03 September 2012. Replacement for course syllabus ratified 01 March 2012.

Education level

Advancement in relation to the degree requirements

Entry requirements

Learning outcomes

• can show in-depth knowledge of migration from a comparative historical perspective as well as in a national and global context;
• can show a broad-spectrum grasp (based on migration processes) of questions relating to integration and segregation, particularly within the housing and labour markets
• will have acquired an increased understanding of basic critical scientific approaches to theory within the humanities and social sciences; and
• can show in-depth knowledge of different welfare models and how they are influenced and challenged by migration from a comparative international perspective.

Assessments

Examination of the course is carried out by means of a take-home assignment.

In order to pass the course, a student must pass all examinations.

__Re-sit examinations __
Students who do not pass the regular course exams have the minimum of two re-sit opportunities. Re-sits follow the same form as the original exams, apart from re-sits for group work, which take the form of individual written and oral assignments.


Course content

This section seeks to deepen understanding of the theoretical perspectives relating to migration and integration into the labour-market. How may immigration control be understood historically and from a European perspective? What national similarities and differences exist? What rhetorical perspectives may be discerned among different actors in the sphere of migration?


Learning activities

Learning activities are as follows: independent revision of the course literature in the light of specific questions for study, group work and attending lectures. To further facilitate learning, students have access to the university’s computer rooms and library.


Grading system

A,B,C,D,E,U.


Reading list and other media

Barrett, G.A., Jones, T.P. and McEnvoy, D. 1996. “Ethnic minority business: theoretical discourse in Britain and North America”, Urban Studies, 33 (4-5): 783-809.

Castles, Stephen, “Guestworkers in Europe: A Resurrection?”, International Migration Review, Vol. 40, No. 4 (Winter 2006), pp.741-766.

Favell, Adrian, 2008. Eurostars and Eurocities: Free movement and Mobility in an integrating Europe. Blackwell Publishing, Oxford.

Geddes, Andrew and Boswell, Christina (2010) Migration and Mobility in the European Union. Houndmills, Basingstoke. Palgrave, Macmillan (The European Union Series) Paperback edition 288 pages

Schierup, Carl-Ulrik & Peo Hansen, Stephen Castles, 2006. Migration, Citizenship, and the European Welfare State: a European Dilemma. Palgrave, Macmillan.

Wayne, A. Cornelius and others (eds.) 2004 Controlling Immigration. A Global Perspective. Second edition. Stanford University Press. Stanford, California pp.300


Course evaluation

Oral, informal evalutation is carried out throughout the course. A formal, written evaluation is carried out at the end of the course and published on the course homepage