- Credits: 5
- Ending: Examination
Teachers
Included in study programs
Teaching results
Teaching results:
Knowledge:
- Knowledge of migration processes on the European continent in the second half of the 20th century and the first two decades of the 21st century.
- knowledge of migration policies - immigration, asylum and integration policies
Competencies:
- Ability to explain basic concepts related to the study of migration processes, be able to identify the differences between the concepts of migrant, asylum seeker, refugee, foreigner
- understand the advantages and disadvantages of international migration
- understand the differences between different models of integration policy
Skills:
- Ability to expertly analyse the migration and integration policies of typical immigrant states
- identify differences and commonalities in the migration policy-making of nation states
- ability to locate primary data on migration processes and interpret them correctly
- express themselves in a foreign language on a specialist topic
Indicative content
Indicative content:
- International migration and migrants – explanation of terms
- Theoretical backgrounds of international migration research
- History of modern migration processes
- Immigration policy
- Asylum policy
- Migration discourse
- Right-wing populism and migration
- Migration policy of the European Union
Support literature
Required literature:
1. BEYME, K. von.: Migrationspolitik: Über Erfolge und Misserfolge. Wiesbaden: VS Verlag, 2020. 249 S. ISBN 978-3-658-28662-0.
2. Heckmann, F.: Integration von Migranten Einwanderung und neue Nationenbildung. Wiesbaden: Springer VS, 2015. 325 S. ISBN 978-3-658-06979-7.
3. Hoesch, K.: Migration und Integration Eine Einführung. Wies-baden: Springer, 2018. 364 S. ISBN 978-3-658-09736-3.
4. Massey D. S.; Arango, J.; Pellegrino, A.: Worlds in Motion – Understanding International Migration at the End of the Millennium. Oxford: University Press, 1998. 362 S. ISBN 0-19-829442-5
5. Rother, S. (eds.): Migration und Demokratie. Wiesbaden: Springer, 2016. 282 S. 978-3-658-02589-2.
Supplementary literature:
6. Fassman, H.; Münz, R. (eds.): Migration in Europa. Historische Entwicklung, aktuelle Trends, politische Reaktionen. Frankfurt, New York: Campus Verlag, 1996. 438 S. ISBN 3-593-35609-0
7. Joppke, Ch.: Civic integration in Western Europe: three debates. In: West European Politics, Vol. 40, No. 6, 2017, pp. 1153-1176. ISSN 0140-2382.
8. Kontos, M.: Integrationsdiskurs und migrantische Biographie. In: Sozialer Sinn, roč. 18, č. 1, 2017, s. 93-130. ISSN 2366-0228.
9. Massey, D. S. et al.: Theories of International Migration. A Review and Appraisal. In: Population and Development Review, Vol. 19, No. 3, 1993, pp. 431- 466. ISSN 0098-7921.
10. Van Dijk, T. A.: Discourse and Migration. In: Zapata-Barrero, R; Yalaz, E. (eds.): Qualitative Research in European Migration Studies. Cham: Springer, pp. 227-245, 2018. 318 S. ISBN 978-3030083113.
Requirements to complete the course
Interim evaluation: 40%
Final evaluation: 60%
Student workload
Full-time study: 104 hours. Of which:
26 hours – attendance at seminars
23 hours – preparation for seminars and for the interim evaluation
55 hours – preparation for the final exam
Language whose command is required to complete the course
German
Date of approval: 18.01.2022
Date of the latest change: 07.05.2022