- Alba, Richard & Foner, Nancy (2017) Strangers no more, Immigration and the challenges of integration in North America and Western Europe. Princeton: Prince-ton University Press.
- Brettell, C. & Hollifield, J. (2015) (eds.) Migration Theory: Talking across disci-plines. Third Edition. London: Routledge.
- Jenkins, R. (2008) Social Identity. London & New York: Routledge.
- Moses, J. (2006) International Migration: Globalization’s last frontier. London: Zed Books.
- Oishi, N. (2005) Women in Motion. Globalization, State Policies, and Labor Migra-tion in Asia. Stanford: Stanford University Press.
- Ryndyk, O., Suter, B, and Odden, G. (2021) Migration to and from Welfare States. Lived Experiences of the Welfare-Migration Nexus in a Globalised World. Amsterdam: IMISCOE Springer Series.
- Samers, M. & Collyer, M. (2017) Migration. Second edition. London: Routledge.
- Suyemoto, K.L., Donovan, R.A. and Kim G.S. (2022) Unraveling assumptions: A primer for understanding oppression and privilege. New York: Routledge
Apart from the listed books above, a list of journal articles and other reading material will be provided before the course starts.
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Course content
The course is focused on five interrelated themes that are central to IMER.
1. The Academic Field of IMER (3 credits) concerns the academic study of IMER with a focus on the history of migration and the development of migration and ethnic studies as a research field. It covers the (multi)disciplinary history of IMER, what it means to study and write about it academically, and the methodological traditions and divisions within the field.
2. The Structure, Politics and Law of Migration (4.5 credits) concerns the global, regional and na-tional conditions of migration. This includes the causes and effects of migration governance, and more specifically legislation, conventions, norms and policies pertaining to labor, family and refugee migration.
3. The Drivers and Decisions of Migration (7.5 credits) concerns the conditions and reasons of migration on the level of individuals and groups. This includes circumstances in both sending and receiving societies as well as transnational networks and pat-terns of mobility, and questions of gender.
4. Integration, Segregation and Majority-Minority Relations (7.5 credits) concerns the relation be-tween diversity and integration/segregation in immigration societies. It includes both comparison of different models of immigrant and minority incorporation as well as their consequences, e.g., integration, equal opportunities, segregation and discrimination.
5. Identity, Perceptions and Attitudes (7.5 credits) concerns the relation between diversity and ethnic, racial and religious identity in immigration societies. It includes both explanations of how such identities develop and change through self-other and minority-majority interactions and their consequences, e.g. inter-group solidarity, tolerance, stereotypes and racialization.
Entry requirements
- Bachelor's Degree with a major in Social Science or Humanities
- English proficiency, equivalent to English 6 in Swedish upper secondary school
- Relevant training in methodology and independent academic work from undergraduate education. This criterion is assessed and approved though a Demonstration of Academic Proficiency (DAP)
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