Faculdade de Ciências Sociais e Humanas

Migration Spaces: from Local Integration to Migratory Archipelagos

Code

722081075

Academic unit

Faculdade de Ciências Sociais e Humanas

Department

Sociologia

Credits

10

Teacher in charge

Alina Esteves, Jorge Malheiros, Maria Dulce Pimentel

Weekly hours

3 letivas + 1 tutorial

Teaching language

Portuguese

Objectives

Prerequisites

None.

Subject matter

Bibliography

Arango, J. (2003) “La explicación teórica de las migraciones: luz y sombra” Migración y Desarollo, 1, Oct.2003.
Arbaci, S. (2002) “Patterns of Ethnic and Socio-spatial Segregation in European Cities: are welfare regimes making a difference?” Fonseca, L. et al. (eds.) Immigration and Place in Mediterranean Metropolises, FLAD, Lisboa, pp. 83-116.
Baubock, R.; Faist, Th. (2010) Diaspora and Transnationalism. Concepts, theories and methods. IMISCOEAmsterdam University Press.
Castles, S.; Miller, M. (2009) The age of migration, 4ªed. Palgrave-Macmillan.
Cohen, R. (1997) Global Diasporas: an introduction, UCL Press, UK.
Malheiros, J.; Fonseca, L. (coords.) (2011) Acesso à Habitação e Problemas Residenciais dos Imigrantes em Portugal. Observatório da Imigração.
Withol de Wenden, C. ; Benoit-Guyod, M. (2009) Atlas mondial des migrations. Paris: Autrement.

Teaching method

Lectures introducing the major topics of the course, and presentation and discussion of selected readings by the students. A study visit to the Martim Moniz, the most multicultural area in Lisbon.

Evaluation method

1. Term paper (70%), either a review article or an empirical study. Papers are presented and discussed during the last sessions of the curricular unit
2. Attendance, participation and presentations in class (30%).

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