Dr Moshi Herman

This course is available on the MSc in African Development, MSc in Development Management, MSc in Development Studies, MSc in Gender, Development and Globalisation, MSc in Gender, Policy and Inequalities, MSc in Health, Population and Society and MSc in Population and Development. This course is available as an outside option to students on other programmes where regulations permit.

Students should have basic numeracy, but the course does not require advanced mathematical knowledge. It assumes no previous knowledge of the subject.

The course deals with the inter-relationships between migration and its economic and social context. The causes of migration and its consequences are examined at national and international levels together with their policy implications. The approach of the course is comparative, both across time and between more developed and less developed societies. A wide range of topics is covered, including: sources and types of demographic data; techniques for the measurement of migration; main migration flows; macro- and microeconomic theories of migration; forced migration and migrants; demographic consequences of migration; and, international and national migration policies.

15 hours of lectures and 15 hours of seminars in the LT.

Students are expected to participate actively in seminars

Readings are mainly in the form of on-line articles. Key overview texts include: The age of migration (Castles & Miller); Migration theory: talking across disciplines (Brettell & Hollifield); Worlds in motion: understanding international migration at the end of the millennium (Massey); The migration reader : exploring politics and policies, 2006 (Anthony & Lahav); International handbook on the economics of migration (Constant & Zimmermann); Global migration and the world economy (Hatton & Williamson); Dialogues on migration policy (Giugni & Passy); Migration, immigration and social policy (Jones-Finer); Migration and development : opportunities and challenges for policymakers (Farrant); Rural-urban migration in developing countries (Lall).

Exam (75%, duration: 2 hours) in the main exam period.
Coursework (25%) in the ST.

Coursework assignment maximum of 5 A4 pages.