7AAYM208 The Political Economy of International Migration
Module Credit: 20 credits
Module Tutor: Dr Simona Talani
Assessment: One compulsory but non-assessed 15 minute seminar presentation; One 4,000 word essay
Teaching arrangements: 1 x 2hr weekly seminar
Module description
The theoretical aim of the module is, first, to understand the problem of migration, both legal and illegal, in the context of globalisation; and, second, to assess the relation between globalisation, marginalisation and the EU response to threats of mass immigration from less developed countries. The Unit therefore focuses on the following theoretical questions:
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How is the process of globalisation related to the increase of migratory flows from less developed countries to Western ones?
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What are the main political and economic causes and consequences of migration, in general, and illegal migration, in particular?
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Is there tension between legal and illegal migration?
Primary texts
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Ghosh, B., (2000), Managing migration, Oxford University press
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Guiraudon, V., (2003) ‘The Constitution of a European Immigration Policy Domain’, JEPP, 10, 2, 263-82
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Hollifield, J.F., (1998), “Migration, trade and the nation State: the myth of globalization”, UCLA Journal of International Law and Foreign Affairs, 3/2:595-636
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Hollifield, J.F., (1992), Immigrants, markets and states. The political economy of post war Europe, Cambridge, Mass.: Harvard University Press
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Hollifield, J.F., (2000), “Migration and the “new” international order. The missing regime”, in Ghosh, B., (2000), Managing migration, Oxford University press
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Hollifield, J.F., (2000), “Migration and the “new” international order. The missing regime”, in Ghosh, B., (2000), Managing migration, Oxford University press
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Hyusmans, J., (2000) ‘The European Union and the Securitization of Migration’, JCMS, 38, 5, 751-77 Guiraudon, V., (2000) ‘European Integration and Migration Policy’, JCMS, 38, 2, 251-272