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Short courses masters
Introduction to Migration Studies
2 February
to 6 March
Workload: 40 hours per week
Faculty:
Assessment: The paper
should cover the current and
historical flows of migration
and remittances, what types of
migrants are migrating, what
data sources can be used to find
information on the migration of
this country
Content and objectives
Have you
ever wondered what really makes
people migrate? This course gives an
introduction into the field of
migration studies. Preparing
students for the more focused
courses that will follow, the
introduction will cover such topics
as the actual flows and trends in
migration and remittances,
demography and historical
developments, theories of migration
from different disciplines such as
economics and sociology, different
types of migrants and generational
issues and an introduction to
comparative migration studies.
Literature
- Cichon et al.:
Financing Social
Protection, Geneva 2004
- Barr, N: Reforming
pensions: Myth, Truths
and policy choices (IMF
working paper),
Washington, 2000
- Barr, N.: The
economics of the Welfare
state, Weidenfeld and
Nicolson, London, 1993
- ILO: Introduction to
social security, Geneva
1989
- World Bank: Social
Protection Sector
Strategy: From Safety
Net to springboard,
Washington, 2001
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