International Migration and Refugees

Year
1
Academic year
2023-2024
Code
02030177
Subject Area
Sociology
Language of Instruction
English
Mode of Delivery
Face-to-face
Duration
SEMESTRIAL
ECTS Credits
7.5
Type
Elective
Level
2nd Cycle Studies - Mestrado

Recommended Prerequisites

Not applicable.

Teaching Methods

Classes are theoretical­practical, appealing strongly to the participation of students. The teacher proceeds to theoretical systematization and presentation of issues and themes of the program, promoting the debate about the bibliography. The course is organized based on the weekly discussion topics and reference texts. Classes encourage strong involvement of students, who are expected to submit materials and different types of problems for discussion in class, allowing the operationalization of theoretical issues.

Learning Outcomes

This course examines review key theories of international migration, explore issues pertinent to contemporary immigration policy, and assess migrants’ and refugees’ characteristics The course intends to be interdisciplinary and will review different theories and empirical approaches in demography, sociology, economics and political science. It is intended that students acquire a reconnaissance capacity of the nature and the characteristics of current migrants and refugees.

Work Placement(s)

No

Syllabus

1. Explanatory Theories of International Migration and Migration Policy.

1.1. Concepts, conceptual definitions and sources of information on international migration

1.2. Migration as an object of interdisciplinary research

2. Migration Systems in the Present

2.1. Micro, meso and macro structures in the development and support of migration

2.2. Dynamics of contemporary migration systems

3. Refugee Migration

3.1 Refugees and forced migration

3.2. Forced migration, causes, concepts and answers

3.3. Humanitarian responses to refugees: Institutions and obligations

3.4. Displacement and natural disasters

3.5. The role of governmental and intergovernmental institutions in refugee migration

3.6. The relation between international, EU and national asylum law and policies from a historical and a contemporary perspective.

Assessment Methods

Assessment
Periodic or by final exam as given in the course information: 100.0%

Bibliography

CASTLES, S. & MILLER, M. The age of migration: international population movements in the modern world. 4th ed. Basingstoke: Palgrave Macmillan, 2009

GIBNEY, M. The Ethics and Politics of Asylum: Liberal Democracy and the Response to Refugees, Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, 2004

MARFLEET, P. Refugees in a Global Era. Basingstoke: Palgrave Macmillan, 2006

MARTINIELLO, M., RATH, J., (Ed.) An Introduction to International Migration Studies. European Perspectives, IMISCOE AUP, Amsterdam, 2014

MEEUS, B.; et al. (Ed.) An Anthology of Migration and Social Transformation. European Perspectives, Springer,New York, London, 2016