Course overview
This course will further develop students' sociological understandings of international migration and the ensuing social and cultural transformations in sending and receiving societies and communities. The course examines international migrations and the consequential social transformations paying particular attention to the impact of globalising forces on human mobility, including voluntary and involuntary migration. Students apply interpretive and critical approaches to cultural adaptation with particular reference to transitional, hybrid and border identities, and societal outcomes of immigration (assimilation, integration, marginalisation and hybridity). The course also examines policy outcomes in settler countries (multiculturalism, security and citizenship) in addition to issues of social inclusion/exclusion, social cohesion and human rights.
Course learning outcomes
- Identify the causes of internal and transnational migration and the impact of globalising forces in various social, political and economic contexts
- Explain the processes of adaptation of voluntary and involuntary immigrants to new cultural contexts and the development of transitional, border and hybrid identities
- Evaluate typical societal outcomes of migrant-host relationships in various national, international and regional contexts
- Critically reflect on the impact of migration on the policy outcomes of settler countries and in the context of human rights and the international governance of migration
Availability
Class details
Magill
Class number 56908
Section TU01
Size 30
Available 30
Class number 56909
Section TU02
Size 30
Available 29
Class number 56910
Section TU03
Size 30
Available 29
Class number 56911
Section TU04
Size 30
Available 30
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