Migration and Political Identity - 2nd semester
Code
722071133
Academic unit
Faculdade de Ciências Sociais e Humanas
Department
Estudos Políticos
Credits
10
Teacher in charge
Ana Santos Pinto
Weekly hours
3 letivas + 1 tutorial
Teaching language
Portuguese
Objectives
It is intended that students develop and strengthen their:
1. Ability to identify and analyse typologies and trends of migratory flows and their importance in the current European and international context;
2. Critical analysis on the relationship between power and political identity, at multiple levels of analysis (transnational, regional, national and subnational);
3. Critical analysis on reciprocal influences between political identity, social government and the design and implementation of public policies;
4. Critical analysis on the importance and consequences of the development of international migration regime(s) and the role of international institutions in this context;
5. Ability to identify, choose and apply theories that explore the relationship between political identity(ies) and the evolution of migratory flows, as well as the security / freedom binomial applied to the migrations.
Prerequisites
n.a.
Subject matter
Introductory concepts: identity(ies); Borders; Migration(s); Politicization and securitization
I. Identity(ies). Identity Construction Processes
A) Collective Identities
B) Political Identity
II. State and transnational, national, subnational communities
A) Identity and Power: identity, sovereignty and citizenship
B) Nationalism, ethnicity and xenophobia
C) Minorities and Diasporas
III. Globalization and migratory phenomena
A) Concepts and typologies
B) Dynamics and trends of migration fluxes
IV. Policies for Migrations Management
A) International Migration Management: International Regimes and Institutions
B) Models of integration and assimilation policies
C) Politicization and securitization of the migratory phenomenon. Analysis of national contexts.
Bibliography
Berezin,M.(2006) Xenophobia and the new nationalisms. The sage handbook of nations and nationalism. SAGE Publications, London, 273-284.
Bourbeau,P.(2011) The securitization of migration: A study of movement and order. Taylor&Francis.
Buonfino,A.(2004) Between unity and plurality: the politicization and securitization of the discourse of immigration in Europe. New Political Science, 26(1), 23-49.
Castles,S., De Haas,H., & Miller,M.J.(2013) The age of migration: International population movements in the modern world. Palgrave Macmillan.
Geddes,A.,&Scholten,P. (2016) The politics of migration and immigration in Europe. Sage.
Geiger,M.,&Pécoud,A. (2014) International organisations and the politics of migration. Journal of Ethnic and Migration Studies, 40(6), 865-887.
Kofman,E. (2005) Citizenship, migration and the reassertion of national identity. Citizenship studies, 9(5), 453-467.
Vertovec, S. (2001). Transnationalism and identity. Journal of Ethnic and Migration studies, 27(4), 573-582
Teaching method
Lectures by the responsible academic staff member, with a theoretical-practical component reflected in the analysis of academic articles (previously available to the students and organized by session), as well as
an individual oral presentation by students, based on case studies analysis (regional, national and subnational). Possibility of thematic seminars, with invited speakers.
Evaluation method
Presentation of assignments in class (30% of final grade); Essay on a topic included in the syllabus (70% of final grade).