Module description
The theoretical aim of the module is, first, to understand the problem of migration, both legal and illegal, in the context of globalisation; and, second, to assess the relation between globalisation, marginalisation and the EU response to threats of mass immigration from less developed countries. The Unit therefore focuses on the following theoretical questions:
- How is the process of globalisation related to the increase of migratory flows from less developed countries to Western ones?
- What are the main political and economic causes and consequences of migration, in general, and illegal migration, in particular?
- Is there tension between legal and illegal migration?
Assessment details
One 3,000 word essay (100%)
Teaching pattern
1-hour weekly lecture and 1-hour weekly seminar
Indicative Teaching Schedule:
Week 1: Introduction: the political economy of international migration
Week 2: Migration in theory: The state of the debate or the State in the debate
Week 3: The globalisation thesis within the globalisation debate
Week 4: The paradox of Fortress Europe
Week 5: Illegal migration into the EU modalities and main routes
Week 6: Globalisation and regionalisation: The lack of integration of the MENA area
Week 7: Globalisation and marginalisation: Migration from the MENA after the Arab Spring
Week 8: What does the Muslim migrant do in receiving countries?
Week 9: Islamophobia and Social Capital
Week 10: The profits of illegal migration: money laundering
Note that this teaching schedule is indicative and subject to change.
Suggested reading list
- Textbook : L.S.Talani, (2014), European Political Economy: Theories and Issues, Ashgate
- Textbook : L.S.Talani, (2014), The Arab Spring in the Global Political Economy, Palgrave
- Textbook: L.S.Talani and McMahon, S., (ed) (2015), Handbook on the international Political Economy of Migration, Edward Elgar
- Textbook: L.S.Talani (2010), From Egypt to Europe, I.B.Tauris