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MGDS 4900

Special Topics in Migration and Diaspora Studies

0.5 credit · Undergraduate

Advanced topics in Migration and Diaspora Studies. Topics vary from term to term.

Topics

Course catalogue

2023

Readings

  •  Migration Factsheet No. 1 – Drivers of migration, International Organization for Migration (https://www.iom.int/sites/default/files/our_work/ICP/migration_factsheet_1_drivers_of_migratio
  • n.pdf) (read in full)  What drives international migration? EU Science Hub, European Commission (https://ec.europa.eu/jrc/en/news/what-drives-international-migration) (read home page only)
  •  Drivers of Migration, Nicholas Van Hear, Oliver Bakewell and Katy Long, Migrating Out of Poverty (https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/media/57a08a7fed915d622c000787/WP1_Drivers_of_M
2022

Readings

  •  Reports of surveys on attitudes towards migration and migrants (Gallup, Pew, etc.). Read three of the following examples: o Attitudes Toward Diversity in 11 Emerging Economies. Pew Research Centre, June, 2020
  • (https://www.pewresearch.org/global/2020/06/16/attitudes-toward-diversity-in-11- emerging-economies/) o Around the World, More Say Immigrants Are a Strength Than a Burden, Pew Research
  • Centre, March, 2019 (https://www.pewresearch.org/global/2019/03/14/around-the-world- more-say-immigrants-are-a-strength-than-a-burden/) o Does Information Change Attitudes Towards Immigrants? IZA, December, 2016
  • (http://ftp.iza.org/dp10419.pdf) o Attitudes towards immigration, IPSOS, August 2019 (https://www.ipsos.com/sites/default/files/ct/news/documents/2019-11/public-attitudes-
  • on.pdf) o New Index Shows Least-, Most-Accepting Countries for Migrants, Gallup, August, 2017

Prerequisites & course information

Prerequisite(s): Fourth-year standing or permission of the department. Also offered at the graduate level, with different requirements, as MGDS 5900 , for which additional credit is precluded. Seminar three hours a week

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