| Unit name | Migration and Development |
|---|---|
| Unit code | GEOG30018 |
| Credit points | 20 |
| Level of study | H/6 |
| Teaching block(s) |
Teaching Block 2 (weeks 13 - 24) |
| Unit director | Dr. Winnie Wang |
| Open unit status | Not open |
| Pre-requisites |
none |
| Co-requisites |
none |
| School/department | School of Geographical Sciences |
| Faculty | Faculty of Science |
Human migration is a key process in globalization and plays an essential part in economic and social transformations in both developing and developed worlds. This unit introduces a range of scholarly debates concerning both theoretical elaborations and empirical studies within the broad field of migration and development. It engages students with the widespread and diverse nature of both internal and international migration and their social, economic and political impacts on development at different levels, from global to local. The unit covers a variety of topics in the central debates of the relationship between migration and development such as economic migration, gender relations in migration, migration policies and politics, refugee crisis, and migration and environment.
The unit aims to help students understand the interactive and interdependent relationship between migration and development from different conceptual, theoretical and methodological approaches. It also aims to enhance students’ critical thinking in analysing current and past migration trend and issues, particularly related to development.
Lecture outline
Introduction of global migration and development
Main theoretical perspectives on migration and development
Conducting research in migration and development studies
Migration and economic globalization
Internal migration and rural development
Migrants, politics and development
Forced migration and development
Migrants, Citizenship rights and integration
Gender, migration and development
Migration, environment and development
Understand the complexities of the relationships between migration and development as well as the relevant key concepts;
Be able to critically engaged in theoretical and empirical debates in migration and development;
Appreciate the interdisciplinary nature of studies in migration and development and embrace cross-disciplinary understanding of issues concerned within the realm of migration and development;
Understand both qualitative and quantitative analysis in migration studies;
Demonstrate analytical and conceptual skills in their written work
Lecture(s) 13
Seminar(s) 7
2 hour written exam 50%
2500 word course work, research paper 50%
Further required readings will be set for each week. Most of them are journal articles.
Stephen Castles, Hein de Haas and Mark J. Miller. 2013. The Age of Migration: International Population Movements in the Modern World 5th Edition. Palgrave Macmillan
De Haas, H. 2007. Turning the tide? Why development will not stop migration. Development and Change 38(5): 819-841.
Adams, Richard H. and John Page. 2005. Do International Migration and Remittances Reduce Poverty in Developing Countries? World Development, Vol 33, No. 10, pp. 1645-1669.
Taylor, J. Edward, Joaquín Arango, Graeme Hugo, Ali Kouaouci, Douglas S. Massey and Adela Pellegrino. 1996. International Migration and Community Development. Population Index, Vol 62, No.3, pp. 397-41
