| Dozent/in |
Samuel David Schmid, MA, MRes |
| Veranstaltungsart |
Masterseminar |
| Code |
FS201438 |
| Semester |
Frühjahrssemester 2020 |
| Durchführender Fachbereich |
Politikwissenschaft |
| Studienstufe |
Bachelor
Master |
| Termin/e |
Di, 18.02.2020, 12:30 - 13:30 Uhr, Hörsaal 7
Fr, 24.04.2020, 09:15 - 17:00 Uhr, HS 11
Sa, 25.04.2020, 09:15 - 15:30 Uhr, 3.B57
Fr, 15.05.2020, 11:00 - 17:00 Uhr, 3.B55
Fr, 15.05.2020, 09:15 - 11:00 Uhr, 3.B01
Sa, 16.05.2020, 09:15 - 15:30 Uhr, 3.B57 |
| Umfang |
2 Semesterwochenstunden |
| Turnus |
Blockveranstaltung |
| Inhalt |
Immigration-related issues have become increasingly prominent in recent decades. This seminar examines how liberal democracies have governed immigration, integration, and the access to citizenship. Looking at various conceptualizations in the literature, we will first define and categorize various policies as immigration, integration, and citizenship policies. Then we will learn how these policies can be measured and compared by building quantitative policy indices. Against this background, the seminar explores the cross-national patterns and trends in the various policy areas. For instance, have immigration policies have really become more restrictive across the board, as is often assumed? Or have borders been closed for some, while having been opened to others? Once we know how different policies vary across space and time, as well as categories of migrants, we will turn to the question of how this variation can be explained. The focus is mostly on quantitative analyses that test various explanatory theories. Have far-right parties been able to influence these policies? What do historical factors such as colonial legacy play? And how important are economic factors? We will learn how studies attempting to test these theories are designed, and how the results can be interpreted and critically reflected. On this basis, we will discuss which explanatory factors are most important for which policy areas, and whether, therefore, the politics of immigration, integration, and citizenship follow the same underlying logic. |
| Lernziele |
- Students can identify concrete policies as immigration, integration, or citizenship policies, and they can categorize them and discuss why some policies cross-cut these categories
- Students can recall the main policy trends in immigration, integration and citizenship over the past decades, and they understand why there are different findings regarding these trends
- Students understand how a policy index is built and how it can be used to explain or evaluate policies
- Students can evaluate the conceptual and methodological quality of a policy index
- Students understand applied quantitative research designs and can interpret the results of various regression models
- Students can formulate theories for different policies inspired by the literature, and they can evaluate and compare the explanatory power of different explanatory factors |
| Sprache |
Englisch |
| Begrenzung |
A maximum of 25 students will be allowed |
| Anmeldung |
Open for advanced BA-students in Political Science. In case of too many interested students priority is given to MA-students. |
| Abschlussform / Credits |
regelmässige Teilnahme, Referat, Response Paper (benotet) / 4 Credits
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| Hinweise |
Studienschwerpunkt: Vergleichende Politikwissenschaft |
| Hörer-/innen |
Ja |
| Kontakt |
Samuel.Schmid@eui.eu |
| Material |
Pflichtlektüre und Seminarmaterialien zugänglich auf Online-Plattform OLAT. |
| Literatur |
- Abou-Chadi, Tarik (2016). ‘Political and institutional determinants of immigration policies’, Journal of Ethnic and Migration Studies, 42:13, 2087–110.
- Bjerre, Liv, Marc Helbling, Friederike Römer, and Malisa Zobel (2015). ‘Conceptualizing and Measuring Immigration Policies: A Comparative Perspective’, International Migration Review, 49:3, 555–600.
- Czaika, Matthias and Hein de Haas (2014) The Globalization of Migration: Has the World Become More Migratory? International Migration Review 48(2): 283-323.
- Haas, Hein d., Katharina Natter, and Simona Vezzoli (2016). ‘Growing Restrictiveness or Changing Selection? The Nature and Evolution of Migration Policies’, International Migration Review, 49:3, online first.
- Hansen, Michael A., and Jennifer L. Clemens (2018). ‘What to expect when you’re electing: the relationship between far-right strength and citizenship policy in Europe’, Comparative European Politics, 35:3.
- Helbling, Marc (2013). ‘Validating integration and citizenship policy indices’, Comparative European Politics, 11:5, 555–76.
- Helbling, Marc (2016). ‘Immigration, integration and citizenship policies. indices, concepts and analyses’, in: Gary P. Freeman and Nikola Mirilovic (eds.), Handbook on migration and social policy. Cheltenham, UK: Edward Elgar Publishing
- Helbling, Marc, and Dorina Kalkum (2017). ‘Migration policy trends in OECD countries’, Journal of European Public Policy, 38:1, 1–19
- Howard, Marc M. (2006). ‘Comparative Citizenship: An Agenda for Cross-National Research’, Perspectives on Politics, 4:3, 443–55.
- Koopmans, Ruud, Ines Michalowski, and Stine Waibel (2012). ‘Citizenship Rights for Immigrants: National Political Processes and Cross-National Convergence in Western Europe, 1980–2008’, American Journal of Sociology, 117:4, 1202–45.
- Lutz, Philipp (2019). ‘Variation in policy success: radical right populism and migration policy’, West European Politics, 42:3, 517–44.
- Manatschal, Anita (2011). ‘Path-dependent or dynamic? Cantonal integration policies between regional citizenship traditions and right populist party politics’, Ethnic and racial studies, 7, 1–17.
- Peters, Margaret E. (2015). ‘Open Trade, Closed Borders Immigration in the Era of Globalization’, World Politics, 67:1, 114–54.
- Vink, Maarten P., and Gerard-René de Groot (2010). ‘Citizenship Attribution in Western Europe: International Framework and Domestic Trends’, Journal of Ethnic and Migration Studies, 36:5, 713–34.
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