Globalization, Migration and the Welfare State, 7.5 credits
The course is discontinued from 2023-06-19
Contents
The aim of the course is to contribute to a critical understanding of the relationships among globalization, migration, and the welfare state. Each of these phenomena is complex and important in their own right. This course, however, will explore the significant ways in which these forces interact and affect each other. In addition to a general introduction to the major themes and their intersections, we will also focus on different countries’ approaches to immigration and immigrant integration as well as variation in the experiences of immigrants in relation to social policies and economic conditions.
Expected learning outcomes
In regards to comprehension and knowledge, on successful completion of the course, the student will have:
- gained knowledge of sociological perspectives concerning globalization, the welfare state, and international migration
- developed a broad understanding of the important questions, major themes, and research areas that lie at the intersection of globalisation, the welfare state, and international migration
In regards to ability and proficiency, on successful completion of the course, the student will have:
- developed research skills such as identifying new and important research questions, locating and synthesising relevant academic research, distinguishing between reliable and unreliable information, and pursing evidenced-based explanations of phenomena
- gained experience thinking analytically and communicating effectively, both orally and in writing, sociological theories, arguments, and concepts related to globalisation, international migration, and welfare state systems
Concerning the logic of inquiry, on successful completion of the course, the student will have:
- gained greater knowledge of appropriate methods used to help answer research questions
- attained an increased awareness of how social science may inform practices in civil society, government, and certain occupations
Required Knowledge
Univ: Courses of the amount of 90 ECTS credits in Social Sciences (Business Administration 90 ECTS, Economics 90 ECTS, Economic History 90 ECTS, Pedagogy 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/5.
Form of instruction
The course consists of lectures and seminars and will focus on and provide many opportunities for active student participation. To complete course assignments students must have access to a computer, internet, and applications available for free download.
Examination modes
All seminars are compulsory. Students are required to come prepared to discuss course materials in each seminar. Performance on short weekly papers or presentations will also factor into student grades. Students will be assessed individually and receive a corresponding grade.
The Swedish academic grading system includes three pass grades: Fail, Pass and Pass with distinction. Examination based on this syllabus cannot be guaranteed after two years from the start of the course.
International students will be graded in accordance with the European Credit Transfer System (ECTS).
Grading decisions are based on an assessment of the individual student’s performance. In case of a student being awarded a “fail” grade, she or he has the right to be re-examined in a form and at a time agreed upon in consultation with the examiner.
Students have the right to be re-examined up to five times per course. Examination and supplementary examination based on the syllabus outlined here can be guaranteed for up to two years after the start of the course. If a student is awarded a “fail” grade on at least two consecutive attempts of the examination of the course or course component, she or he has the right to request a new examiner. The director of studies should be consulted in such circumstances.
Other regulations
Decisions relating to academic credit transfers are made on a case-by-case basis. For further information about this contact the study advisor. See also Umeå University’s set of rules and academic transfer regulations. www.umu.se/studentcentrum/regler_riktlinjer/regelsamlingen/examensfragor.html
Literature
Theme 1: Migration and the welfare state in an era of globalization
Barker Vanessa
Nordic vagabonds
: The Roma and the logic of benevolent violence in the Swedish welfare state
Included in:
European journal of criminology.
London :
Sage :
2004- :
14 :
120-139 pages
Länk
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
Immigration and the welfare state
: A cross-regional analysis of European welfare attitudes
Eger Maureen A, Breznau Nate
Included in:
International journal of comparative sociology
London :
Sage :
2002- :
58 :
440-463 pages
Länk
Mandatory
Globalization, socio-economic status and welfare chauvinism: European perspectives on attitudes toward the exclusion of immigrants.
Mewes Jan, Mau Steffen
International Journal of Comparative Sociology 54(3): 228-245 :
2013 :
Mandatory
Rodrik D.
Populism and the economics of globalization
Journal of International Business Policy, doi: 10.1057/s42214-018-0001-4 :
2018 :
Mandatory
Theme 2: Attitudinal and institutional responses to immigration
Opposing the veil in the name of liberalism
: Popular attitudes to liberalism and Muslim veiling in the Netherlands
Gustavsson Gina, van der Noll Jolanda, Sundberg Ralph
Included in:
Ethnic and racial studies [Elektronisk resurs].
[London] :
Routledge :
1992- :
39 :
1719-1737 pages
Länk
Mandatory
Why Do States Extend Rights to Immigrants?
: Institutional Settings and Historical Legacies Across 44 Countries Worldwide
Koopmans Ruud, Michalowski Ines
Included in:
Comparative political studies
Beverly Hills :
Sage publ. :
1968- :
Vol. 1- :
50 :
41-74 pages
Länk
Mandatory
Anti-immigration attitudes in different welfare states: Do types of labor market policies matter?
Nagayoshi Kikuko, Hjerm Mikael
International Journal of Comparative Sociology 56(2): 141-162 :
2015 :
Mandatory
Rapp Carolin
Shaping tolerant attitudes towards immigrants: The role of welfare state expenditures
Journal of European Social Policy
 doi: 10.1177/0958928716672181 :
2016 :
Mandatory
Triadafilopoulos Triadafilos
Illiberal Means to Liberal Ends? Understanding Recent Immigrant Integration Policies in Europe
Journal of Ethnic and Migration Studies 37(6): 861-880 :
2011 :
Mandatory
Theme 3: Global care and the welfare state
Hellgren Zenia
Markets, Regimes, and the Role of Stakeholders
: Explaining Precariousness of Migrant Domestic/Care Workers in Different Institutional Frameworks
Included in:
Social politics [e-journal].
22 :
220-241 pages
Länk
Mandatory
Liu Wen
The embodied crises of neoliberal globalization
: The lives and narratives of Filipina migrant domestic workers
Included in:
Women's studies international forum
Oxford :
Pergamon P. :
1982- :
50 :
80-88 pages
Länk
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
Showers Fumilayo
Being black, foreign and woman
: African immigrant identities in the United States
Included in:
Ethnic and racial studies [Elektronisk resurs].
[London] :
Routledge :
1992- :
38 :
1815-1830 pages
Länk
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: Experiences of migrants
Bevelander Pieter
Voting Participation of Immigrants in Sweden—a Cohort Analysis of the 2002, 2006 and 2010 Elections
Included in:
Journal of international migration and integration.
Edmonton :
Prairie Centre of Excellence for Research on Immigration and Integration :
16 :
61-80 pages
Länk
Mandatory
Crawley Heaven
Chance or choice? Understanding why asylum seekers come to the UK
Refugee Council :
2010 :
Länk
Mandatory
Labor force participation, unemployment and occupational attainment among immigrants in West European countries
Gorodzeisky Anastasia, Semyonov Moshe
Included in:
PloS one [Elektronisk resurs].
San Francisco, CA :
Public Library of Science :
12 :
Länk till artikel
Mandatory
What Makes a Satisfied Immigrant?
: Host-Country Characteristics and Immigrants’ Life Satisfaction in Eighteen European Countries
Kogan Irena, Shen Jing, Siegert Manuel
Included in:
Journal of happiness studies.
Länk
Mandatory
Immigrant Educational Mismatch in Western Europe, Apparent or Real?
Prokic-Breuer Tijana, McManus Patricia A.
Included in:
European sociological review.
Oxford :
Oxford University Press :
1985- :
32 :
411-438 pages
Länk
Mandatory
Supplemental Resources: Data Short Films
Theme 1: Migration and the welfare state in an era of globalization
Barker Vanessa
Nordic vagabonds
: The Roma and the logic of benevolent violence in the Swedish welfare state
Included in:
European journal of criminology.
London :
Sage :
2004- :
14 :
120-139 pages
Länk
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
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
Immigration and the welfare state
: A cross-regional analysis of European welfare attitudes
Eger Maureen A, Breznau Nate
Included in:
International journal of comparative sociology
London :
Sage :
2002- :
58 :
440-463 pages
Länk
Mandatory
Globalization, socio-economic status and welfare chauvinism: European perspectives on attitudes toward the exclusion of immigrants.
Mewes Jan, Mau Steffen
International Journal of Comparative Sociology 54(3): 228-245 :
2013 :
Mandatory
Theme 2: Attitudinal and institutional responses to immigration
Opposing the veil in the name of liberalism
: Popular attitudes to liberalism and Muslim veiling in the Netherlands
Gustavsson Gina, van der Noll Jolanda, Sundberg Ralph
Included in:
Ethnic and racial studies [Elektronisk resurs].
[London] :
Routledge :
1992- :
39 :
1719-1737 pages
Länk
Mandatory
Why Do States Extend Rights to Immigrants?
: Institutional Settings and Historical Legacies Across 44 Countries Worldwide
Koopmans Ruud, Michalowski Ines
Included in:
Comparative political studies
Beverly Hills :
Sage publ. :
1968- :
Vol. 1- :
50 :
41-74 pages
Länk
Mandatory
Anti-immigration attitudes in different welfare states: Do types of labor market policies matter?
Nagayoshi Kikuko, Hjerm Mikael
International Journal of Comparative Sociology 56(2): 141-162 :
2015 :
Mandatory
Rapp Carolin
Shaping tolerant attitudes towards immigrants: The role of welfare state expenditures
Journal of European Social Policy
 doi: 10.1177/0958928716672181 :
2016 :
Mandatory
Triadafilopoulos Triadafilos
Illiberal Means to Liberal Ends? Understanding Recent Immigrant Integration Policies in Europe
Journal of Ethnic and Migration Studies 37(6): 861-880 :
2011 :
Mandatory
Theme 3: Global care and the welfare state
Hellgren Zenia
Markets, Regimes, and the Role of Stakeholders
: Explaining Precariousness of Migrant Domestic/Care Workers in Different Institutional Frameworks
Included in:
Social politics [e-journal].
22 :
220-241 pages
Länk
Mandatory
Liu Wen
The embodied crises of neoliberal globalization
: The lives and narratives of Filipina migrant domestic workers
Included in:
Women's studies international forum
Oxford :
Pergamon P. :
1982- :
50 :
80-88 pages
Länk
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
Showers Fumilayo
Being black, foreign and woman
: African immigrant identities in the United States
Included in:
Ethnic and racial studies [Elektronisk resurs].
[London] :
Routledge :
1992- :
38 :
1815-1830 pages
Länk
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: Experiences of migrants
Bevelander Pieter
Voting Participation of Immigrants in Sweden—a Cohort Analysis of the 2002, 2006 and 2010 Elections
Included in:
Journal of international migration and integration.
Edmonton :
Prairie Centre of Excellence for Research on Immigration and Integration :
16 :
61-80 pages
Länk
Mandatory
Crawley Heaven
Chance or choice? Understanding why asylum seekers come to the UK
Refugee Council :
2010 :
Länk
Mandatory
Labor force participation, unemployment and occupational attainment among immigrants in West European countries
Gorodzeisky Anastasia, Semyonov Moshe
Included in:
PloS one [Elektronisk resurs].
San Francisco, CA :
Public Library of Science :
12 :
Länk till artikel
Mandatory
What Makes a Satisfied Immigrant?
: Host-Country Characteristics and Immigrants’ Life Satisfaction in Eighteen European Countries
Kogan Irena, Shen Jing, Siegert Manuel
Included in:
Journal of happiness studies.
Länk
Mandatory
Immigrant Educational Mismatch in Western Europe, Apparent or Real?
Prokic-Breuer Tijana, McManus Patricia A.
Included in:
European sociological review.
Oxford :
Oxford University Press :
1985- :
32 :
411-438 pages
Länk
Mandatory
Supplemental Resources: Data Short Films
Theme 1: Migration and the welfare state in an era of globalization
The Globalization of Migration: Has the World Become More Migratory?
Czaika M., De Haas H.
International Migration Review 48(2): 283-323 :
2014 :
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
Globalization, socio-economic status and welfare chauvinism: European perspectives on attitudes toward the exclusion of immigrants.
Mewes Jan, Mau Steffen
International Journal of Comparative Sociology 54(3): 228-245 :
2013 :
Mandatory
Steinmo S.
Globalization And Taxation Challenges to the Swedish Welfare State
Comparative Political Studies 35(7): 839-862 :
2002 :
Mandatory
Theme 2: Attitudinal and institutional responses to immigration
Joppke C.
Beyond National Models: Civic Integration Policies for Immigrants in Western Europe
West European Politics 30(1): 1-22 :
2007 :
Mandatory
Immigration or Welfare? The Progressive’s Dilemma Revisited
Kulin J, Eger M, Hjerm M
Socius: Sociological Research for a Dynamic World 2(0): doi:2378023116632223. :
2016 :
Mandatory
Anti-immigration attitudes in different welfare states: Do types of labor market policies matter?
Nagayoshi Kikuko, Hjerm Mikael
International Journal of Comparative Sociology 56(2): 141-162 :
2015 :
Mandatory
Rapp Carolin
Shaping tolerant attitudes towards immigrants: The role of welfare state expenditures
Journal of European Social Policy
 doi: 10.1177/0958928716672181 :
2016 :
Mandatory
Triadafilopoulos Triadafilos
Illiberal Means to Liberal Ends? Understanding Recent Immigrant Integration Policies in Europe
Journal of Ethnic and Migration Studies 37(6): 861-880 :
2011 :
Mandatory
Theme 3: Global care and the welfare state
Hochschild Arlie
The Nanny Chain
The American Prospect 11(4): 32-36 :
2000 :
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
Nguyen Alexander
High-Tech Migrant Labor
The American Prospect 11(3): 38-42 :
1999 :
Mandatory
Supplementary course materials will be included
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