87563 - Politics Of International Migration

Learning outcomes

The Course aims at providing Students with an overview of the political dynamics caracterizing the governance of migration. Main concepts and political understandings of migration are offered to highlight challenges, actors and relational dynamics emerging in the field.

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 21^st 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