Migration and Development - 2nd semester

Objectives

Develop the capacity to: 1. Critically think about the complex and multidimensional migration-development nexus 2. Identify and critically discuss the impact of migratory flows in the origin, destination and regions of transit 3. Recognize and critically address the main themes, politics and theories concerning the migration-development nexus 4. Identify themes and build research questions 5. Communicate knowledge, through speach or writing, in synthetic and critical terms, while mobilizing relevant empirical and theoretical knowledge 6. Get to know how to work in interdisciplinary environments, while understanding the added-value of interdisciplinarity 7. Apply academic knowledge in non-academic environments, strengthening the ability to engage with decision makers, private actors and other stakeholders.

General characterization

Code

722081129

Credits

10

Responsible teacher

José Leitão, Maria Margarida Marques

Hours

Weekly - 3 letivas + 1 tutorial

Total - Available soon

Teaching language

Portuguese without teacher supervision in FL

Prerequisites

Not aplicable

Bibliography

. Castles, S. e R. Delgado Wise. Org. Migration and Development: Perspectives from the South. Genebra: OIM, 2008. . Evans, P. Embedded Autonomy: States and Industrial Transformation. Princeton University Press, 1995. . Faist, T., M. Fauser e P. Kivisto. Org. The Migration-Development Nexus: A Transnational Perspective. Basingstoke: Palgrave Macmillan, 2011. . Massey, D. S. et al., Worlds in Motion: Understanding International Migration at the End of the Millennium. Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1998. . Marques, M.M. Org. Estado-Nação e Migrações Internacionais. Lisboa: Livros Horizonte, 2010. . Portes, A. Migrações internacionais: Origens, tipos e modos de incorporação. Oeiras: Celta, 1999. . Sassen, Saskia. Expulsions. Brutality and Complexity in the Global Economy. Cambridge (Mass.) e Londres: Belknap Press, 2014. . Sen, A. O Desenvolvimento como Liberdade. Lisboa: Gradiva, 2003

Teaching method

Theoretical exposés and practical exercise. Sessions based on theoretical exposés are traditional in-class teaching. Students are invited to react and participate in these sessions. The remaining sessions are conceived as practical exercise of discussion of: the content of theoretical exposés, selected bibliography, the final essay or research project, and/or presentations made by guests invited to discuss specific topics with students.

Evaluation method

Evaluation includes: in-class participation of students; oral presentation and discussion of the final essay; the final version of the essay, which must include selected bibliography and sources.

Subject matter

1. Globalization, migration and development: theories and basic concepts 2. From supra-national guidelines to local practice: international agendas, regional strategies, public policy 3. Multi-situated impacts of migration on development: origin, transit and destination 4. Transnationalism and development 5. Development indexes: synthetic measures, usefulness and limitations


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