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Department of European Studies & Modern Languages, Unit Catalogue 2010/11


EU50605: The politics of migration

Click here for further information Credits: 6
Click here for further information Level: Masters
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Semester 2
Click here for further information Assessment: CW 100%
Click here for further informationSupplementary Assessment: Like-for-like reassessment (where allowed by programme regulations)
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Click here for further information Description: Aims:
The units aims:
* To identify the main theoretical concepts adopted to analyse migration.
* To study the ways in which migration to Europe is managed politically.
* To explore the extent to which migration poses challenges to the concept of the nation-state.

Learning Outcomes:
On completion of this unit, students will:
* be familiar with the development of migration theory;
* be familiar with concepts related to transnationalism and diaspora;
* understand how the political management of migration by both sending and receiving countries impacts on varied (political, social, cultural) dimensions of the immigration process in Europe.

Skills:
The key skills the unit will hone and further develop are:
* Advanced research skills in identifying, locating and exploiting a wide range of descriptive, evaluative and theoretical literature.
* Intellectual skills of conceptual, original and independent thinking, critical analysis, synthesis and reasoned argument.
* Skills of assessment and judgement in relation to the soundness of competing arguments and scenarios, including the reporting and assessing of qualitative and quantitative data.
* Generic and transferable skills related to the oral and written presentation of ideas.
* Skills of self-direction, self-evaluation and time management.

Content:
Migration theory; globalisation and international migration; the country of origin context; undocumented migration; the management of migration; replacement migration; migration and the formation of diasporas; ethnic minorities and political transnationalism; immigration and political parties; transnational households; securitisation of migration policy in the EU.
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