| Course Description |
This is an elective course, which focuses on contemporary forms of international migration and the social relations that are built along the process of migration. The course will provide an overview of migration theories and empirical studies and will cover key concepts, issues, and scholarly debates in migration studies. Given the interdisciplinary nature of migration studies, students will be assigned readings from various disciplines (economics, political science, anthropology, geography, sociology, International Relations, and other disciplines), to help them appreciate the different perspectives and methods that each discipline adopts. Concepts and categorizations related to international migration such as immigrants, asylum-seekers, refugees, security, citizenship, development, welfare, gender, international policies, regimes and organizations, globalization, and transnationalism will be discussed from different theoretical and analytical perspectives.
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| Course Description in Turkish |
Bu ders uluslararası göçün çağdaş biçimlerine ve göç süreci boyunca oluşan sosyal ilişkilere odaklanan seçmeli bir derstir. Ders, göç teorileri ve ampirik çalışmalara genel bir bakış sunacak ve göç çalışmalarındaki temel kavramları, konuları ve bilimsel tartışmaları kapsayacaktır. Göç çalışmalarının disiplinler arası doğası göz önüne alındığında, öğrencilere her disiplinin benimsediği farklı bakış açılarını ve yöntemleri anlamalarına yardımcı olmak için çeşitli disiplinlerden (ekonomi, siyaset bilimi, antropoloji, coğrafya, sosyoloji, Uluslararası İlişkiler ve diğer disiplinler) okumalar verilecektir. Göçmenler, sığınmacılar, mülteciler, güvenlik, vatandaşlık, kalkınma, refah, toplumsal cinsiyet, uluslararası politikalar, rejimler ve örgütler, küreselleşme ve ulus-ötesilik gibi uluslararası göçle ilgili kavram ve sınıflandırmalar farklı teorik ve analitik perspektiflerden tartışılacaktır. |
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Program Outcomes and Competences |
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Assessed by |
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Adequate knowledge of political history necessary to comprehend and effectively evaluate contemporary Political Science and International Relations issues. |
H |
Participation
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Understanding of the fundamental concepts that exist in the fields of social and behavioral sciences as well as the correlation between these concepts |
S |
Participation
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Ability to analyze the fundamental theories in the field Political Science and International Relations and to assess their reflections into practice |
H |
Presentation
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Ability to critically discuss different aspects of theories and developments in Political Science and International Relations both individually and in the course of group work during classroom discussions. |
H |
Participation
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Ability to conduct research independently, or with a team, about the developments taking place in the international arena, make foreign policy analyses, develop research-based conflict resolution models, and prepare comprehensive reports using computers and relevant software |
S |
Presentation
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Ability to take decisions as well as to implement these decisions by using the knowledge about the field and the skills that have been acquired during the undergraduate studies |
S |
Participation
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Ability to recognize the relations between scientific thought and ethical behavior; pay attention to being tolerant and properly defend different ideas, ideologies and belief systems |
H |
Presentation
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Ability to work in international institutions and multicultural environments, with the help of the knowledge on different cultures, societies, political systems as well as linguistic skills acquired during the undergraduate studies |
H |
Participation
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Ability to display language skills in English at minimum B2 level enough for debating with colleagues on issues of Political Science and International Relations, and also display language skills in a second foreign language at minimum A2 level enough for communicating in daily life |
S |
Presentation
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Ability to pursue lifelong learning as well as perform advanced/graduate studies in the field Political Science and International Relations and other social sciences disciplines in academic institutions at home and abroad |
S |
Participation
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Subject |
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WEEK I. A BRIEF INTRODUCTION TO THE COURSE:
SCOPE, PURPOSE, RELEVANCE OF THE MATERIAL, AND DISCUSSION TOPICS
Key Questions: What is migration? Why does the study of migration matter in a globalized |
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WEEK II. HISTORICAL OVERVIEW OF INTERNATIONAL MIGRATION AND CHARACTERISTICS OF CURRENT MIGRATION
Key Questions: What is the history of international labour migration? What were the major migrations and what were their effects? Which countries produce labour migrants and which countries accept labour migrants? How have the working conditions for labour migrants changed over time? What are the main global migration trends and how did they evolve?
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WEEK III. THE STATE OF MIGRATION RESEARCH
Key Questions: Why do people migrate? When people migrate, how do they decide where to go? What are the political, social, economic, and cultural determinants of migration? What are the effects of migration on the states and societies that receive immigrants and that send emigrants? What are the new issues, concerns, and challenges in international migration research? What are the major challenges for theorizing migration, particularly forced migration?
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WEEK IV. GLOBALIZATION AND MIGRATION: NEW ISSUES AND CHALLENGES
Key Questions: What is the relationship between globalization and migration? How do processes of globalization drive international migration? How does international migration generate processes of globalization? What are the new forms of human mobility? To what extent growing irregular migration is linked with globalization and informalization? Can circular migration induce development? Why does the feminization of migration matter? How has the pandemic affected migration patterns and policies?
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WEEK V. INTERNATIONAL REFUGEE REGIME AND FORCED DISPLACEMENT
Key Questions: Who is a refugee? What is the scale of forced displacement today? How does the international community respond to the refugee crisis? What are the main features of the global system for refugee protection today?
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WEEK VI. GLOBALIZATION OF MIGRATION: REGIONAL EXPERIENCES
Key Questions: What are the main intra-continental and intra-regional migration patterns, trends, and policies in Africa? How did the so-called “migration crisis emerge in Europe? Did the measures taken by European states in response to the 2015 “crisis” deter migration to the region? How can the categories of refugees and migrants overlap in different contexts and settings, particularly in the European context?
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WEEK VII. GLOBAL GOVERNANCE OF MIGRATION: INTERNATIONAL CONVENTIONS AND INSTITUTIONS
Key Questions: Is there a global migration and asylum regime? What are the main actors, practices, and discourses of global migration governance? How do states cooperate on migration? What explains the level of cooperation, especially in comparison to other international issues? What are the means and spaces of influence for civil society and migrant/refugee organizations?
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WEEK VIII. MIXED MIGRATION FLOWS
Key Questions: Why is mixed migration an increasingly relevant area of migration research? Where, why, and how mixed migration flows emerge? What have been the regional responses to mixed flows?
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WEEK VIII. MIXED MIGRATION FLOWS
Key Questions: Why is mixed migration an increasingly relevant area of migration research? Where, why, and how mixed migration flows emerge? What have been the regional responses to mixed flows?
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WEEK IX. MIGRATION: A PROBLEM OR A SOLUTION?
Key Questions: What do securitization, politicization, and criminalization of migration mean? How does the securitization of migration affect migrant workers and refugees in Europe? How do we account for illiberal migration policies in liberal democracies? Does migration induce development? Does development reduce migration?
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WEEK X. BELONGING, IDENTITY, AND CULTURE
Key Questions: What is the relationship between identity, place, mobility, and politics of belonging? How cross-border migration is related to the process of identity formation? How are identities renegotiated throughout the migration process?
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WEEK XI. INCLUSION VS. EXCLUSION OF MIGRANTS
Key Questions: What determines policies toward migrants and refugees in the receiving countries? How do policies of exclusion and practices of inclusion shape migrant experiences?
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WEEK XII. INCLUSION VS. EXCLUSION OF MIGRANTS
Key Questions: Did migration contribute to the recent rise of right-wing populism in Europe and the world? How radical right-ring populism has shaped recent migration policy-making in Europe? How has migration into Europe from the Middle East and North Africa impacted European politics?
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WEEK XIII. MIGRATION, CITIZENSHIP, AND WELFARE REGIMES
Key Questions: How can states regulate citizenship and the rights of immigration? What are the challenges that migration poses to citizenship and welfare regimes in Europe? What are the limits of the modern notion of citizenship and how did lose ground to new forms of citizenship? To what extent migrants and refugees can access social services in Europe?
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WEEK XIV. IRREGULAR AND TRANSIT MIGRATION TO TURKEY; TURKEY’S MIGRATION AND ASYLUM REGIME
Key Questions: What are the changing patterns of immigration into Turkey? How was Turkey’s migration and asylum regime restructured throughout the 2000s? What are the continuities, discontinuities, and peculiarities of Turkish migration policy-making? How has the arrival of Syrian refugees affected the Turkish asylum regime? How has the issue of migration become central to Turkish-EU relations?
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