Prof Michael Murphy OLD M2.23

This course is available on the MSc in Development Management, MSc in Development Studies, MSc in Gender, Development and Globalisation, MSc in Gender, Policy and Inequalities, MSc in Health, Population and Society and MSc in Population and Development. This course is available as an outside option to students on other programmes where regulations permit.

Students should have basic numeracy, but the course does not require advanced mathematical knowledge. It assumes no previous knowledge of the subject.

The course deals with the inter-relationships between migration and its economic and social context. The causes of migration and its consequences are examined at national and international levels together with their policy implications. The approach of the course is comparative, both across time and between more developed and less developed societies. A wide range of topics is covered, including: sources and types of demographic data; techniques for the measurement of migration; historic migration flows; macro- and microeconomic theories of migration; forced migration and migrants; demographic consequences of migration; and, international and national migration policies.

15 hours of lectures and 15 hours of seminars in the LT.

Students are expected to participate actively in seminars

The course is supported by a VLE containing electronic reading lists. Key overview texts include: The migration reader : exploring politics and policies, 2006 (Anthony & Lahav); Global migration and the world economy (Hatton & Williamson); The age of migration (Castles & Miller); European migration policies in flux (Boswell); Migration theory : talking across disciplines (Brettell & Hollifield); Worlds in motion : understanding international migration at the end of the millennium ( Massey); Dialogues on migration policy (Giugni & Passy); The dynamics of international migration and settlement in Europe : a state of the art ( Penninx); Forced migration and global processes (Cre'peau); Migration and development : opportunities and challenges for policymakers (Farrant); Migration, immigration and social policy (Jones-Finer); Rural-urban migration in developing countries (Lall).

Exam (75%, duration: 2 hours) in the main exam period.
Coursework (25%) in the ST.

Coursework assignment maximum of 5 A4 pages.