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| Unit name |
Post-Migration Europe: Contested Citizenship |
| Unit code |
SOCI30094 |
| Credit points |
20 |
| Level of study |
H/6
|
| Teaching block(s) |
Teaching Block 1 (weeks 1 - 12)
|
| Unit director |
Professor. Statham |
| Open unit status |
Not open |
| Pre-requisites |
None |
| Co-requisites |
None |
| School/department |
School of Sociology, Politics and International Studies |
| Faculty |
Faculty of Social Sciences and Law |
Description including Unit Aims
This course addresses immigration, ethnic relations and cultural diversity in Western Europe. First, it addresses Western European countries' institutional and policy approaches to migrants and minorities (immigration and asylum; integration; cultural pluralism; anti-discrimination). Second, it examines migrant minorities' mobilization within their societies of settlement, and to what extent levels and forms of mobilization may be seen as consequences 'intended or unintended' of countries' policy approaches. Third, it looks at variations across national experiences and explanations that have been put forward for these, with a special focus on France, Germany, Britain, the Netherlands and Italy. Fourth, it addresses perspectives that look for factors beyond the nation-state by referring to the case of the European Union. Topics include: national approaches to citizenship, postnationalism and transnational communities, multiculturalism and cultural diversity, Islam and religion, and EU migration.
Aims:
- To introduce and discuss evidence on institutional and policy approaches to migrants and minorities in several European countries, and the role of the European Union
- To introduce and discuss evidence on migrants' and minorities' political mobilization and in several European countries
- To critically examine theories (citizenship debates) of the relationship between policy approaches and migrants' and minorities mobilization in their societies of settlement
- To examine the cultural, historical and political context of post-war migration and its consequences in Western Europe
- To introduce students to the main comparative issues and problems in immigration, ethnic relations and cultural diversity in Western European countries.
Intended Learning Outcomes
- Demonstrate awareness of the main comparative issues and problems in immigration, ethnic relations and cultural diversity in Western European countries.
- Refer to contextual evidence from empirical research that allows a critical viewpoint on the relationship between policies and migrants and minorities' mobilization
- Recognize and evaluate theories relating to citizenship and cultural diversity (e.g., postnationalism versus national citizenship; liberalism and group rights)
- Situate discussions of the consequences and dilemmas of post-war migration in cultural, historical and political context
- This unit is available both to level I and level H students. The Learning Outcomes are appropriate for both levels of study but, in line with the description of different levels in the programme specifications, a higher level of subject-specific and critical-analytical skills are expected of level H students. Students at different levels are assessed through different means.
Teaching Information
Option 1 – A 1hr lecture and 2 hour seminar
Option 2 – A 3 hr seminar
Assessment Information
Essay 100%
Reading and References
- Castles, S and Miller, M. 2003. The Age of Migration. Basingstoke: Macmillan.
- Koopmans, R., Statham P., Giugni M, and Passy F., 2005, Contested Citizenship: Immigration and Cultural Diversity in Europe. Minneapolis: University of Minnesota Press.
- Rex, J. 1996. Ethnic Minorities in the Modern Nation State. Basingstoke: MacMillan.
- Schierup, C., Hansen, P., Castles S. 2006. Migration, Citizenship, and the European Welfare State: A European Dilemma. Oxford: Oxford University Press
- Soysal, Y., 1994. Limits of Citizenship. Chicago: University of Chicago Press.
