Introduction course MUSA Migration, Urbanisation and Societal Change

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1 1(5) Faculty of Culture and Society Research and Doctoral Education Committee Bo Petersson Vice Dean Translation of syllabus from Swedish Dnr UTB /326 Syllabus Introduction course MUSA Migration, Urbanisation and Societal Change Course name in Swedish Introduktionskurs MUSA Migration, urbanisering och samhällsomvandling Course name in English Introduction course MUSA Migration, Urbanisation and Societal Change Approval and date of approval Approved by the chair of the Research and Doctoral Education Committee at the Faculty of Culture and Society after preparation by the MUSA Coordination Group. The syllabus is valid from the spring semester of Course code KSMU003 Credits 7,5 credits Level Third cycle Grading scale Pass or fail. For a pass grade the student must pass all modules: seminars and written paper including response on fellow student s paper. Entry requirements Admission to relevant programme. Eligibility to be admitted to the doctoral programmes within the area Migration, urbanisation, and societal change (MUSA).

2 2(5) Intended learning outcomes Following successful completion of the course, the doctoral student shall be able to give a broad account of the meaning of the concepts migration and urbanisation and critically reflect upon how the corresponding processes are manifested in societal change. identity key theories and concepts within the research areas and discuss how they relate to each other. in an independent manner identify and problematise specific manifestations of migration and urbanisation and suggest ways to analyse and study them describe and critically reflect upon a selected track of specialisation in the literature in the field and relate it to other elements of the theoretical field. Course description Migration and urbanisation are two closely related processes with global reach and which are crucial for how the world is changing in our time. They have a significant impact on virtually all manifestations of societal change and are reflected on a global and local level. The purpose of the course is to provide a basic introduction to theories, concepts and phenomena within the research field Migration, urbanisation and societal change (MUSA). Emphasis is placed on the application of concepts and theories on current problems. Content The course consists of several interrelated parts: Introductory presentations in lecture or seminar form on migration and urbanisation as global/local processes and social phenomena and how these are interpreted and analysed with a basis in relevant theory. Seminars with senior and post doc researchers presenting current research, including case studies. The seminars are related to the intended learning outcomes and are clearly linked to one and other. Literature seminars where the course participants will give presentations on the readings, followed by questions and critical discussion. Text seminars where the course participants present and respond to each other s papers.

3 3(5) Work formats In addition to individual studies of the literature and writing papers, the teaching methods include different kinds of seminars, such as research seminars with presentations by researchers followed by questions and critical discussions, and literature seminars, as well as closing seminars on each theme of the course. Formats for assessing student performances active participation in seminars 4credits paper corresponding to 3.5 credits and comments on another course participant s text. Reading list and other teaching materials Main Book: Glick Schiller, Nina & Caglar, Ayse (eds): Locating Migration: Rescaling Cities and Migrants. Cornell University Press 2011 Selective Readings: Adey, Peter (2010) Mobility, Routledge Arendt, Hannah (1951) The Origins of Totalitarianism. San Diego: Harcourt & Brace or other editions, chapter 9. Arts, Wil and John Gelissen (2002) Three worlds of welfare capitalism or more? Journal of European Social Policy, vol. 12, no 2: Borjas, George J: The Economics of Immigration in Journal of Economic Literature, Vol.XXX11 (pp ), Brenner, N. & Schmidt, C. (2014) The Urban Age in Question, International Journal of Urban and Regional Research, 38, 3, pp Bråmå, Åsa (2006) Studies in the Dynamics of Residential Segregation: Uppsala University. Clifford J. & Marcus G. E. (ed) 2010: Writing Culture: The Poetics and Politics of Ethnography., 25th Anniversary Edition edition. University of California Press Glick Schiller, Nina & Caglar, Ayse (eds): Locating Migration: Rescaling Cities and Migrants. Cornell University Press 2011 Harvey, D. (1991) The Condition of Postmodernity, Blackwell Hatton, Timothy J. & Williamson, Jeffrey G: Global Migration and The World Economy, Two centuries of Policy and Performance, Cambridge: The MIT Press, Hedin, K & Clark, E (2012) Neoliberalization of housing in Sweden: gentrification, filtering and social polarization, Annals of the Association of American Geographers

4 4(5) Guiraudon, Virginie, and Gallya Lahav (2000) "A Reappraisal of the State Sovereignty Debate. The Case of Migration Control." Comparative political studies 33.2: Jessop, Bob (1993) Towards a Schumpeterian Workfare State? Preliminary Remarks on Post-Fordist Political Economy. Studies in Political Economy, vol. 40: 7-39, available at bobjessop.org Joppke, Christian (2007) "Transformation of citizenship: status, rights, identity." Citizenship studies 11.1: Joppke, Christian (2008) "Immigration and the identity of citizenship: the paradox of universalism." Citizenship studies 12.6: Koopmans, Ruud, Ines Michalowski, and Stine Waibel (2012) "Citizenship Rights for Immigrants: National Political Processes and Cross-National Convergence in Western Europe, " American Journal of Sociology 117.4: Kärrholm, M. (2007). The materiality of territorial production a conceptual discussion of territoriality, materiality, and the everyday life of public space. Space and culture, 10(4), Ley, D (2004) Transnational spaces and everyday life. Transactions 29: (pp ), Listerborn, C. (2015) Geographies of the veil: violent encounters in urban public spaces in Malmö, Sweden, Social and Cultural Geography, Vol 16 (1), pp ; Massey, Douglas S. and Nancy A. Denton, The Dimensions of Residential Segregation, Social Forces, 67: 2 (pp ). Midtbøen, Arnfinn H. & Rogstad, Jon: Discrimination. Methodological controversies and sociological perspectives on future research. Nordic Journal of Migration Research. Volume 2, Issue 3 (pp ), Portes, Alejandro & Sensenbrenner, Julia: Embeddedness and Immigration: Notes on the Social Determinants of Economic Action. The American Journal of Sociology, Vol. 98, No. 6 (pp ), Povrzanovic Frykman, M. (forthcoming) Cosmopolitanism in situ: conjoining local and universal concerns in a Malmö neighbourhood, Identities. Global Studies and Culture and Power, Sainsbury, Diane (2006) "Immigrants social rights in comparative perspective: welfare regimes, forms in immigration and immigration policy regimes." Journal of European Social Policy 16.3: Simonsen, K. (2008) Practice, Narrative and the `Multicultural City': A Copenhagen Case, European Urban and Regional Studies 2008; 15; 145 Smith, N (2002) New globalism, new urbanism: Gentrification as a global urban strategy, Antipode Vol 34(3) Van Kempen, Ronald and A. sule Özuekren, Ethnic Segregation in Cities: New Forms and Explanations in a Dynamic World, Urban Studies, 25: Walters, William (2002) "Deportation, expulsion, and the international police of aliens." Citizenship studies 6.3: Additional texts may be added to the reading list.

5 5(5) Transitional regulations In situations where the course is no longer offered or the course contents have been significantly changed, the doctoral candidate has the right, during a period of one year following the change, to be examined on two different occasions in accordance with the course syllabus valid at the date of registration. Course evaluation The course will be completed with a course evaluation based on the objectives of the course. The course convenor will provide information about the results and any measures to be implemented on the basis of the results prior t the next course. In connection with the course start, the course convenor will provide information about measures that have been implemented since the previous occasion when the course was offered.