McGill University Department of Political Science Poli 619 IMMIGRANTS, REFUGEES, AND MINORITIES

Transcription

1 McGill University Department of Political Science Poli 619 IMMIGRANTS, REFUGEES, AND MINORITIES Professor Jerome H. Black Fall 2006 Leacock 521; Office Hours: Wednesday 12:30-1:30 Thursday 12:45-2:15 through WebCT Notes: (1) A few additional readings may be added (and, if so, through WebCT); (2) follow-up and additional reference readings as well as useful websites will be suggested at regular intervals. I Introduction (Sept. 6) II Initial Immersions (Sept. 13, 20) 1. Descriptive, Theoretical, and Ethical Perspectives on Migration Policy and Politics Castles & Miller, The Age of Migration, 3 rd ed., chs. 1, 4 Weiner, The Global Migration Crisis, in Gungwu (ed.), Global History and Migrations, ch. 4 Hollifield, The Politics of International Migration: How Can We Bring the State Back In? in Brettell & Hollifield (eds.), Migration Theory: Talking Across Disciplines, ch. 6 Carens, Who Gets In? The Ethics of Immigration Admissions, Ethics & International Affairs 2003: 17, The Distinctive Case of Refugees Martin, Refugees and Migration, in Joyner (ed.), The United Nations and International Law, ch. 6 Gidney, The Ethics and Politics of Asylum: Liberal Democracy and the Response to Refugees, intro.

2 2 3. Minorities, Incorporation, Citizenship Bloemraad, Citizenship and Immigration: A Current Review, Journal of International Migration and Integration 2000: 1, 9-37 Kymlicka & Norman, Citizenship in Culturally Diverse Societies, in Kymlicka & Norman (eds.), Citizenship in Diverse Societies, ch. 1 III Comparative Approaches to Immigration Policy and Politics (Sept. 20, 27) Cornelius & Tsuda, Controlling Immigration: The Limits of Government Intervention, in Cornelius et al. (eds.), Controlling Immigration: A Global Perspective, 2 nd ed., ch. 1 Freeman Modes of Immigration Politics in Liberal Democratic States, commentary by Brubaker, rejoinder by Freeman, International Migration Review 1995: 29, Joppke, Why Liberal States Accept Unwanted Immigration? World Politics 1998: 50, Sassen, The de facto Transnationalizing of Immigration Policy, in Joppke (ed.), Challenge to the Nation-State, ch. 2 Guiraudon, De-nationalizing Control, in Guiraudon & Joppke (eds.), Controlling a New Migration World, ch. 2 Ellermann, Street-level Democracy: How Immigration Bureaucrats Manage Public Opposition, Western European Politics 2006: 29: (through WebCT) IV Country Studies (Oct. 4, 11) 1. The Three Traditional Countries of Immigration (i) Canada Canada (Reitz plus commentaries) in Cornelius et al. Simmons, Immigration Policy: Imagined Futures, in Halli & Driedger (eds.), Immigrant Canada: Demographic, Economic, and Social Challenges, ch. 2 Citizenship and Immigration Canada, Overview of Bill C-11, The Immigration and Refugee Protection Act

3 3 (ii) The United States, Australia The United States (Martin plus commentaries) in Cornelius et al. Australia (Castles & Vasta plus commentaries) in Cornelius et al. 2. The Major De Facto European Countries of Immigration France (Hollifield plus commentaries) in Cornelius et al. Germany (Martin plus commentaries) in Cornelius et al. Britain (Layton-Henry plus commentaries in Cornelius et al. Possibly: The Netherlands (Muus plus commentaries) in Cornelius et al. 3. More Recent Countries of Immigration One or more of the following: Italy, Spain, Japan, South Korea (all covered in Cornelius et al.) V Some Specialized Topics (Oct. 18) (1) The European Union Geddes, The Politics of Migration in an Integrating Europe, in Geddes, The Politics of Migration and Immigration in Europe, ch. 6 Lavenex, Shifting Up and Out: The Foreign Policy of European Control, Western European Politics, 2006: 29, (through WebCT) (2) Smuggling and Trafficking Kyle & Koslowski (eds.), Global Human Smuggling: Comparative Perspectives, intro. (3) The Relevance of Gender Piper, Gendering the Politics of Migration, International Migration Review 2006: 40, (through WebCT)

4 4 VI Refugees, Refugee Politics and Response (Oct. 25, Nov. 1) 1. The Refugee Crisis Weiner Bad Neighbors, Bad Neighborhoods: An Inquiry into the Causes of Refugee Flows, , in Munz and Weiner (eds.), Migrants, Refugees, and Foreign Policy, ch. 7 Neumayer, Bogus Refugees? The Determinants of Asylum Migration to Western Europe, International Studies Quarterly 2005: 49, (through WebCT) 2. The Canadian Response Hathaway, Selective Concern: An Overview of Refugee Law in Canada, McGill Law Journal 1988: 33, ; Postscript Selective Concern: An Overview of Refugee Law in Canada, McGill Law Journal 1989: 34, Parliamentary Research Branch, Canada s Refugee Protection System (includes Appendix 3: Safe Third Country Agreement with the US) 3. Some Comparative and International Dimensions of Response Loescher, UNCHR at Fifty: Refugee Protection and World Politics, and Helton, What is Refugee Protection? A Question Revisited in Steiner et al. (eds.), Problems of Protection: the UNHCR, Refugees, and Human Rights, chs. 1, 2 Levy, The European Union after 9/11: The Demise of a Liberal Democratic Asylum Regime, Government and Opposition, 2005: 40, (through WebCT) NOTE: Depending upon time and student interest, some other individual countries (e.g., Australia, USA) can also be examined in this section. 4. Considering Gender: An Example Macklin, Cross-Border Shopping for Ideas: A Critical Review of United States, Canadian, and Australian Approaches to Gender-Related Asylum Claims, Georgetown Immigration Law Journal 1998: 13, (through WebCT) VII The Politics and Challenges of Diversity and Incorporation (Nov. 8, 15) 1. Canadian Multiculturalism Breton, Multiculturalism and Canadian Nation-Building, in Cairns & Williams (eds.), Politics of Gender, Ethnicity and Language in Canada, ch. 2

5 5 Abu-Laban, The Politics of Race, Ethnicity, and Immigration: The Contested Area of Multiculturalism, in Bickerton & Gagnon (eds), Canadian Politics, 3 rd ed., ch. 21 Kymlicka, Finding Our Way, intro., chs. 1-5, 8 2. Comparative Perspectives Bloemraad, The Limits of Tocqueville: How Government Facilitates Organizational Capacity in Newcomer Communities, Journal of Ethnic and Migration Studies 2005: 31, (through WebCT) Koopmans et al., Contested Citizenship: Immigration and Cultural Diversity in Europe, intro., ch. 1 VIII Immigrant/Minority Political Expression (Nov. 22, 29) 1. Some Canadian Vantage Points Black, Ethnic Minorities and Mass Politics in Canada: Some Observations in the Toronto Setting, International Journal. of Canadian Studies 1991: 3, Black Representation in the Parliament of Canada: The Case of Ethnoracial Minorities, in Everitt & O Neil (eds.), Citizen Politics, ch. 21 Black, Ethnoracial Minorities in the 38 th Parliament: Patterns of Change and Continuity, (forthcoming) (through WebCT) 2. Selected Comparative and Transnational (and Xenophobic) Dimensions Uhlaner et al., Political Participation of Ethnic Minorities in the 1980s, Political Behavior 1989: 11, Koopmans et al., Contested Citizenship: Immigration and Cultural Diversity in Europe, chs. 2-7