Globalization, Migration and the Welfare State, 7.5 credits
The course is discontinued from 2023-06-19
Required Knowledge
Univ: Courses of the amount of 90 ECTS credits in Social Sciences (Business Administration 90 ECTS, Economics 90 ECTS, Education 90 ECTS, Gender Studies 90 ECTS, Human Geography 90 ECTS, Informatics 90 ECTS, Peace and Conflict Studies 90 ECTS, Political Science 90 ECTS, Psychology 90 ECTS, Social Administration 90 ECTS, Social Care 90 ECTS, Social Policy 90 ECTS, Social Work 90 ECTS, Sociology 90 ECTS), or equivalent eligibility.
Proficiency in English equivalent to Swedish upper secondary course English A. IELTS (Academic) with a minimum overall score of 5.5 and no individual score below 5.0. TOEFL PBT (Paper-based Test) with a minimun total score of 530 and a minimum TWE score of 4. TOEFL IBT (Internet-based Test) with a minimum total score of 72 and a minimum score of 17 on the Writing Section.
Literature
Valid from: 2016 week 1
Theme 1: Introduction to globalization, migration, and the welfare state
Li P.
World Migration in the Age of Globalization: Policy Implications and Challenges
New Zealand Population Review 33/34: 1-22 :
2008 :
Mandatory
The Globalization of Migration: Has the World Become More Migratory?
Czaika M., De Haas H.
International Migration Review 48(2): 283-323 :
2014 :
Mandatory
Steinmo S.
Globalization And Taxation Challenges to the Swedish Welfare State
Comparative Political Studies 35(7): 839-862 :
2002 :
Mandatory
Eger M. A.
Even in Sweden: The Effect of Immigration on Support for Welfare State Spending
European Sociological Review 26(2): 203-217 :
2010 :
Mandatory
Theme 2: Country approaches to immigrant integration
Joppke C.
Beyond National Models: Civic Integration Policies for Immigrants in Western Europe
West European Politics 30(1): 1-22 :
2007 :
Mandatory
Koopmans R.
Trade-Offs between Equality and Difference: Immigrant Integration, Multiculturalism and the Welfare State in Cross-National Perspective
Journal of Ethnic and Migration Studies 36(1): 1-26 :
2010 :
Mandatory
Migrant Integration Policy Index
Huddleston Thomas, Bilgili Ozge, Joki Anne-Linde, Vankova Zvezda
With the vision of Jan Niessen, the scientific review of Anna Bardolet, Francesc Fàbregues, J. David Ingleby and Elena Sánchez-Montijano and the support of Karina Shklyan. Barcelona/Brussels: CIDOB and MPG | http://www.mipex.eu :
2015 :
Mandatory
Statistical and Perceived Diversity and Their Impacts on Neighborhood Social Cohesion in Germany, France and the Netherlands
Koopman R., Schaeffer M.
Social Indicators Research, doi: 10.1007/s11205-015-0863-3 :
2015 :
Mandatory
Theme 3: Global care and the welfare state
International Labour Office
Domestic workers across the world: Global and regional statistics and the extent of legal protection
International Labour Office :
2013 :
Mandatory
Kofman E.
Gendered migrations, social reproduction and the household in Europe
Dialectical Anthropology 38(1): 79-94 :
2014 :
Mandatory
Care workers, care drain, and care chains: Reflections on care, migration, and citizenship
Lutz Helma, Palenga-Möllenbeck Ewa
Social Politics: International Studies in Gender, State & Society 19.1 (2012): 15-37 :
2012 :
Mandatory
Vaittanen T.
Reading global care chains as migrant trajectories: A theoretical framework for the understanding of structural change
Women's Studies International Forum 47 (2014) 191-202 :
2014 :
Mandatory
Theme 4: Migrants in the global economy
Anderson B.
Migration, immigration controls and the fashioning of precarious workers
Work Employment & Society 24(2): 300-317 :
2010 :
Mandatory
Indian Punjabi skilled migrants in Britain: of brain drain and under‐employment
Kaveri Qureshi V.J., Varghese F.O.
Journal of Management Development 32(2): 182-192 :
2013 :
Mandatory
Gender and Global Labour Migrations: Incorporating Skilled Workers
Kofman E., Raghuram P.
Antipode 38: 282–303 :
2006 :
Mandatory
Supplementary course materials will be included