- Docente: Michela Ceccorulli
- Credits: 8
- SSD: SPS/04
- Language: English
- Moduli: Michela Ceccorulli (Modulo 1) Sonia Lucarelli (Modulo 2)
- Teaching Mode: Traditional lectures (Modulo 1) Traditional lectures (Modulo 2)
- Campus: Forli
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Corso:
Second cycle degree programme (LM) in
International Politics and Economics (cod. 5702)
Also valid for Second cycle degree programme (LM) in Interdisciplinary research and studies on Eastern Europe (cod. 8049)
Second cycle degree programme (LM) in International Relations and Diplomatic Affairs (cod. 9247)
Learning outcomes
The aim of this Course is to provide students with analytical skills to assess, research and critically debate the political dimensions of international migrations. At the end of the Course the student is expected to know the layers of governance of the issue at the regional and global level; to acknowledge the main challenges key actors identify with respect to the phenomenon and to be aware of the main resistances to the creation of an effective and efficient governance of the phenomenon.
Course contents
The course is organized in lectures and seminars. Lectures (16 hours) aim to introduce students to the core tenets of the discipline. Seminars (12 hours) aim to provide occasions for in-depth discussions on topics of key relevance through class-works, debates, exercises and presentations. For the seminar section of the course, students will be divided in two groups according to their preferences and according to rules concerning the current pandemic emergency. Students are required to carefully read the assigned material before the session and - especially in the case of seminars - active participation is strongly recommended.
The programme is quite dense and requires full dedications by enrolled Students. Students are expected to read the material in the Syllabus ahead of classes, following Professor’s instruction. No specific schedule is provided as Classes may vary according to need.
Readings/Bibliography
The programme content is divided as follows:
MIGRATION: CONCEPTS AND THEORIES
Topic 1. Migration, a global phenomenon
De Haas, H., Castles, S. and Miller, M. (2020), ‘Introduction’ and ‘Categories of Migration’, in The Age of Migration, 6th Edition, pp. 1-14; 19-20; 21-41.
Zolberg, A. (2006), ‘Managing a World on the Move’, Population and Development Review, 32, pp. 222-253.
MPI, International Migration Statistics, available here: https://www.migrationpolicy.org/programs/data-hub/international-migration-statistics
Topic 2. Actors and layers of governance
Betts, A. and Kainz, L. (2020), ‘Power and proliferation: Explaining the fragmentation of global migration governance’, Migration Studies, pp. 1-25.
Betts, A. and Milner, J. (2019), ‘Governance of the Global Refugee Regime’, World Refugee Council Research Paper 13, May 2019.
Fine, S. and Pécoud, A. (2018), ‘International Organizations and the multi-level governance of migration’, in A. Triandafyllidou (ed), Handbook of Migration and Globalization, Edward Elgar Publishing, Ch. 3.
Topic 3. Migration and International Relations
Hollifield, J. F. (2004), ‘The Emerging Migration State’, The International Migration Review, 38, 3, pp. 885-912.
Adamson, F. and Tsourapas, G. (2019), ‘The Migration State in the Global South: Nationalising, Developmental and Neoliberal Models of Migration Management’, International Migration Review, 54, 3, pp. 853-852.
Hollifield, J. F. (2012), ‘Migration and International Relations’, in Rosenblum Marc R. and Tichenor Daniel J. (eds), Oxford Handbook of the Politics of International Migration, Oxford, Oxford University Press.
Adamson, F. and Demetriou, M. (2007), ‘Remapping the Boundaries of ‘States’ and ‘National Identity’: Incorporating Diasporas into IR Theorizing, European Journal of International Relations, 13, 4, pp. 489-526.
Betts, A. and Loescher, G. (2011), ‘Refugees in International Relations’, in Betts, A. and Loescher, G., (eds), Refugees in International Relations, Oxford, Oxford University Press, Introduction.
Topic 4. Migration, foreign policy and migration diplomacy
Teitelbaum, M. (1984), Immigration, refugees, and foreign policy, International Organization, 38(3), 429-450.
Tsourapas, G. (2017), ‘Migration Diplomacy in the Global South: cooperation, coercion and issue linkage in Gaddafi’s Libya’, Third World Quarterly 38, 10, 2367-2385.
Greenhill, K. M. (2016), ‘Migration as a Weapon in Theory and Practice’, Military Review. November-December 2016 and ‘Introduction’, in Weapons of mass migration. Forced displacement, coercion, and foreign policy, Cornell University Press, Ithaca and London.
MIGRATION and the EU
Topic 5. Migration, an old phenomenon in the EU. From the past to recent developments
De Haas et al, (2020), ‘Migration in Europe since 1945’, in The Age of Migration, 6th Edition, pp.117-144
Uçarer, E. M. (2013), ‘The Area of Freedom, Security and Justice’, in M. Cini et al. (2013), European Union Politics, Oxford University Press, pp. 281-296.
Geddes, A. (2020), ‘Tampere and the Politics of Migration and Asylum in the EU: Looking Back to Look forwards’, in Carrera, S., Curtin, D. and Geddes, A. (eds), 20 Years Anniversary of the Tampere Programme, EUI.
Topic 6. Migration/asylum policies in the EU
Merler, S. (2017), ‘The economic effects of migration’, Bruegel, 16 January 2017.
Guiraudon, V. (2020), ’20 Years after Tampere’s Agenda on “Illegal Migration”: Policy Continuity in Spite of Unintended Consequences’, in Carrera, S., Curtin, D. and Geddes, A. (eds), 20 Years Anniversary of the Tampere Programme, EUI.
Sanchez, G. (2020), ‘Who is a Smuggler’, in Carrera, S., Curtin, D. and Geddes, A. (eds), 20 Years Anniversary of the Tampere Programme, EUI.
Bauböck, R. (2018), ‘’Refugee Protection and Burden Sharing in the European Union’, Journal of Common Market Studies, 56, 1, pp. 141-156.
Topic 7. The ‘refugee/migration crisis’
Collett, E. and Le Coz, C. (2018), ‘After the Storm: Learning from the EU response to the Migration Crisis’, MPI, June 2018.
Ceccorulli, M. (2019), ‘Back to Schengen: the Collective Securitization of the EU free-border area’, West European Politics, 42, 2, pp. 302-322.
Roman, E. (2020), ‘The Burden of “Being Safe”, Blog, 1 October. Available here: https://verfassungsblog.de/the-burden-of-being-safe/
European Commission (2015), ‘A European Agenda on Migration’, COM(2015) 240 final, Brussels, 13 May 2015.
Topic 8. Migration and borders
Parker, N. and Vaughan-Williams, N. (2012) Critical Border Studies: Broadening and Deepening the ‘Lines in the Sand' Agenda, Geopolitics, 17, 4, pp. 727-733.
Casaglia, A. (2020), ‘Interpreting the Politics of Borders’, in J. W. Scott (ed), A research Agenda for Border Studies, Edward Elgar, pp. 27-42.
Grappi, G. and Lucarelli, S. (2021), ‘Bordering power Europe? The mobility-bordering nexus in and by the EU, Journal of Contemporary European Studies, online first.
Aradau, C. et al. (2021), ‘Data and new Technologies, the hidden face of mobility control’, Brief Migreurop 12.
SEMINARS
(N.B. Readings are intended as preparatory materials for activities to be played in class)
Migration and Security
What is security and how does migration turn into a security issue? The seminar explores securitization dynamics and dives into speeches and practices as performative acts.
Browning, C.S. (2017), ‘Security and migration: a conceptual exploration’, in Bourbeau, P. (ed), Migration and Security, Cheltenham; Edward Elgar Publishing, pp. 39-59.
Koser, K. (2011), ‘When is Migration a Security Issue?’, Op-Ed, Brookings, 31 March, available here: https://www.brookings.edu/opinions/when-is-migration-a-security-issue/
Migration and Development
Does migration promote development? Does development hamper migration? The nexus is here discussed as developed throughout history until our days.
De Haas, H. (2012), ‘The Migration and Development Pendulum: A Critical View on Research and Policy’, International Migration, 50, 3, pp. 8-25.
Lavenex, S. and Kunz, R. (2008), ‘The migration-development nexus in EU external relations’, Journal of European Integration, 30, 3, pp. 439-457.
Caritas Europe (2019), ‘Common Home. Migration and development in Europe and Beyond’, Brussels, pp.1-23.
The external dimension of migration and asylum
The Seminar uncovers the development and the practices of the EU external approach to migration, drawing from specific case-studies presented by Students in group-teams.
Boswell, C. (2003), ‘The “external dimension” of EU immigration and asylum policy’, International Affairs, 79, 3, pp. 619-638.
Pastore, F. and Roman, E. ‘Migration Policies and Threat-based Extraversion. Analysing the Impact of European Externalisation Policies on African Polities’, Revue européenne des migrations internationales, vol. 36 - n°1, 133-152.
Collyer, M. (2020), ‘Years of “Partnership with Countries of Origin and Transit”, in Carrera, S., Curtin, D. and Geddes, A. (eds), 20 Years Anniversary of the Tampere Programme, EUI.
Feith Tan, N. (2021), ‘Conceptualizing Externalisation: still fit for the purpose? Forced Migration Review, 68
Rethinking asylum in a globalized world
The debate considers possible extensions of the term opposing different views with a focus on climate change and the revision of established practices vis-à-vis muted circumstances
Schutte, S. et al. (2021), ‘Climatic conditions are weak predictors of asylum migration’, Nature Communications, 12.
Frelick, B. (2021), Rethinking asylum on a warming planet, Human Rights Watch.
Crisp, J. (2020), ‘UNHCR at 70. An uncertain future for the International Refugee Regime’, Global Governance, 26, pp. 359-3
Kraler et al. (2020), ‘Learning from the past. Protracted displacement in the post-World War II period, TRAFIG Working Paper 2
MPI (2020), ‘Changing Climate, changing migration: Does climate change cause migration? It’s complicated. PODCAST HERE: https://www.migrationpolicy.org/multimedia/welfare-states-and-migration-how-will-pandemic-reshape-complex-relationship
A crisis in the EU: in – class simulation
The ethics of migration
The discussion explores multiple ethical dimensions of migration and asylum starting from the baseline open/closed borders debate, inviting to move beyond simplistic arguments
Miller, D. (2016), ‘Introduction’, in Miller, D., Strangers in our Midst. The political philosophy of Immigration, pp. 1-19.
Gibney, M. (2018), ‘The Ethics of Refugees’, Philosophy Compass, pp. 1-9.
Video: Open borders? Immigration, Citizenship, and Nationalism in the 21st Century, Janus Forum Series, Brown University, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Pl5_JOy3lSU
SEMINARS PROF. LUCARELLI
(N.B. Readings are compulsory and intended as preparatory materials for activities to be played in class)
4 April
Migration and Security
What is security and how does migration turn into a security issue? The seminar explores securitization dynamics and dives into speeches and practices as performative acts.
Reading
Browning, C.S. (2017), ‘Security and migration: a conceptual exploration’, in Bourbeau, P. (ed), Migration and Security, Cheltenham; Edward Elgar Publishing, pp. 39-59.
Koser, K. (2011), ‘When is Migration a Security Issue?’, Op-Ed, Brookings, 31 March, available here: https://www.brookings.edu/opinions/when-is-migration-a-security-issue/
Assignments:
- All: mark and comment the articles
- Selected: Students introduce the main elements of the reading material and introduce the discussion
- Selected: Students present one or two case studies of weaponization of migration
11 April
Migration and Development
Does migration promote development? Does development hamper migration? The nexus is here discussed as developed throughout history until our days.
De Haas, H. (2012), ‘The Migration and Development Pendulum: A Critical View on Research and Policy’, International Migration, 50, 3, pp. 8-25.
Lavenex, S. and Kunz, R. (2008), ‘The migration-development nexus in EU external relations’, Journal of European Integration, 30, 3, pp. 439-457.
Caritas Europe (2019), ‘Common Home. Migration and development in Europe and Beyond’, Brussels, pp.1-23.
Assignments:
- All: mark and comment the articles
- Selected: Students’ debate
WENDSDAY 27 April (NB NOTE DIFFERENT DAY!)
The external dimension of migration and asylum
The Seminar uncovers the development and the practices of the EU external approach to migration, drawing from specific case-studies
Boswell, C. (2003), ‘The “external dimension” of EU immigration and asylum policy’, International Affairs, 79, 3, pp. 619-638.
Pastore, F. and Roman, E. ‘Migration Policies and Threat-based Extraversion. Analysing the Impact of European Externalisation Policies on African Polities’, Revue européenne des migrations internationales, vol. 36 - n°1, 133-152.
Collyer, M. (2020), ‘Years of “Partnership with Countries of Origin and Transit”, in Carrera, S., Curtin, D. and Geddes, A. (eds), 20 Years Anniversary of the Tampere Programme, EUI.
Feith Tan, N. (2021), ‘Conceptualizing Externalisation: still fit for the purpose? Forced Migration Review, 68
Assignments:
- All: mark and comment the articles
- Selected: Students’ presentations on case studies
9 May
Migration and Digital Technology Marie McAuliffe (2021) “International migration and digital technology: an overview”, in M. McAuliffe, Research Handbook on International migration and digital technology, Elgar. available at: https://www.elgaronline.com/view/edcoll/9781839100604/9781839100604.00008.xml
McAuliffe, M. and A. Triandafyllidou (eds.), 2021. World Migration Report 2022. International Organization for Migration (IOM), Geneva, Chapters 1, 8 and 11. Available here: https://publications.iom.int/books/world-migration-report-2022
Assignments:
- All: mark and comment the articles
- Selected: Students’ presentations on case studies
16 May
A crisis in the EU: in – class simulation
18 May
The ethics of migration
The discussion explores multiple ethical dimensions of migration and asylum starting from the baseline open/closed borders debate, inviting to move beyond simplistic arguments
Miller, D. (2016), ‘Introduction’, in Miller, D., Strangers in our Midst. The political philosophy of Immigration, pp. 1-19.
Gibney, M. (2018), ‘The Ethics of Refugees’, Philosophy Compass, pp. 1-9.
Video: Open borders? Immigration, Citizenship, and Nationalism in the 21st Century, Janus Forum Series, Brown University, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Pl5_JOy3lSU
Assignments:
- All: mark and comment the articles
- Selected: Students’ debate
Readings assigned can be easily found on the web. Books chapters are instead available at the Forlì ‘R. Ruffilli’ Library. Highlighted readings constitute background information and are not part of examination material. Newspapers articles (and similar) will be circulated throughout the Course to keep the Class updated with ongoing developments in the field.
Readings assigned can be easily found on the web. Books chapters are instead available at the Forlì ‘R. Ruffilli’ Library. Highlighted readings constitute background information and are not part of examination material. Newspapers articles (and similar) will be circulated throughout the Course to keep the Class updated with ongoing developments in the field.
One or two Guest-Lectures are offered during the Course
Teaching methods
Lectures; Class - debates; Seminars; Class-activities; presentations.
Assessment methods
The Course is part of the IPM/IPE Programme. Be sure to consult instructions on attendance. 'Non-attending student' modality is not offered for this Course.
1). Participation - for this Course, students' active engagement is strongly recommended and will be part of the grading system according to the modality explained during classes.
2). Essay - the student is expected to submit an essay of around 3000 words (bibliography excluded) by the last week of Classes. Suggestions on structure and style are provided by the Professor as well as instruction for submission. Topic should be accorded with Professor. Students are expected to submit a well-structured, consistent and well-argued work, detailing the reserach question and the methodology employed. The project is expected to include a comprehensive and solid bibliography.
3). Final oral exam - readings proposed for the 'frontal' part are to be fully and thoroughly studied. Professor could also ask to discuss about arguments debated during the seminarial part.
More details on the grading system will be provided in Class.
Teaching tools
Powerpoint presentations, video-clips, in Class debate, comments on articles, seminars, activities.
Office hours
See the website of Michela Ceccorulli
See the website of Sonia Lucarelli
SDGs
This teaching activity contributes to the achievement of the Sustainable Development Goals of the UN 2030 Agenda.