HACETTEPE UNIVERSITY
DEPARTMENT OF INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS
2009-2010 ACADEMIC YEAR, FALL SEMESTER
INR 327 POLITICS OF INTERNATIONAL MIGRATION
Instructor
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Office Hours :
E-mail
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Assistant Prof. Dr. Özlen Çelebi
Tuesday: 10.30-11.30; Wednesday: 10.30-11.30
ozlen@hacettepe.edu.tr
Course Description: The primary goal of this course is to help you develop theoretical and
empirical knowledge and the critical analytical skills needed to make sense of international
migration. Through lectures, discussions, readings, and written assignments, you will have the
opportunity to consider a wide range of developments regarding international migration
throughout the centuries. The course provides a study of some of the main issues related to
migration and asylum policies of different countries and regions. We will also study on the
works of some international organizations (such as UNHCR and IOM).
Readings:
The reading load is not heavy, but it is essential that you keep up with
assignments, as the lectures and discussion will assume a familiarity with the content of this
course.
Keeping Informed: To facilitate your knowledge of international migartion, its causes and
results, its types and modifications you should also make it practice to read a high-quality,
internationally oriented news sources on a regular basis. The web-page of the UNHCR; IOM
and the EU (europa) may provide you a large span of e-documents and sources of
information. You can also follow documentary programs and news on public and private Tv
channels such as NTV, CNN Int., BBC World.
Course Expectation and Evaluation: As instructors, we have a responsibility to come to class
prepared, to be accessible when you have questions, and to provide you with feedback on
your performance. This is a two-way syreet, however. We expect you to attend lectures and
discussion sections mentally prepared by having read the assigned material. Make-up exams
will be granted only with authoritative written evidence of illness.
Your grade will be determined on the basis of one mid-term examination, weekly written
assignments and expositions, one final examination and participation in discussion sections.
The exams will be composed of essay questions and will cover material from lectures,
assigned readings, and discussion sections.
Mid-term exam (within the 10th week of semester)
Final exam
In-class participation
Course Schedule:
40%
50%
10%
1st week:
2nd week:
Course introduction
Causes of migration; types of migration; policies of migration
(Terms, definitions and basic concepts)
Koser, Khalid, International Migration, A Very Short Introduction,
Oxford, Oxford University Press, 2007, pp.1-28.
Betts, Alexander, Forced Migration and Global Politics, WileyBlackwell, Oxford, 2009, pp. 18-42
3rd week:
An Historical Perspective:
Major Migration Movements and Patterns in World Throughout
History
(Pre-WWI periods; WWI and the Forced Migrations; Inter-war Years;
WWII and the new waves, esp. in Europe)
Koser, Khalid, International Migration, A Very Short Introduction,
Oxford, Oxford University Press, 2007, pp.28-54.
Kim Salomon, Refugees in the Cold War, Lund University Press,
Lund, 1991, pp.13-42.
4th week:
Cold War Politics and Migration-Asylum Nexus:
(1951 Convention, 1967 Protocol, Wars, Political and Economic
Environment and the UNHCR)
Controlling Immigration, A Global Perspective, (Eds.) Wayne A.
Cornelius, Philip L. Martin, and James Hollifield, California, Stanford
University Press, 1994, pp.3-42.
Kim Salomon, Refugees in the Cold War, Lund University Press,
Lund, 1991, pp.13-42, pp.218-238.
Daniele, Joly, Refugees, Asylum in Europe, Minority Rights
Publications, London, 1992, 23-74.
5th week
Protection Within the UN System
(Guest Lecturer: Mr. Metin Çorabatır, UNHCR Ankara)
The State of the World’s Refugees, The Challenge of Protection,
UNHCR, New York, Penguin Books, 1993, pp. 1-12, pp. 67-82.
http://www.unhcr.org/pages/49c3646cc8.html
Helton, Arthur C., “The Detention of Refugeesand Asylum-Seekers: A
Misguided Threat to Refugee Protection,” Refugees and International
Relations, (Eds.) Gil Loescher and Laila Monahan, Oxford, Clarendon
Press, 1990, pp. 135-140.
6th week:
Migration-Asylum Nexus in the post-Cold War Era:
Daniele, Joly, Refugees, Asylum in Europe, Minority Rights
Publications, London, 1992, 75-128.
Hathaway, James, “The United States: Benign Neglect Toward
Immigration,” Controlling Immigration, A Global Perspective,
(Eds.) Wayne A. Cornelius, Philip L. Martin, and James Hollifield,
California, Stanford University Press, 1994, pp.83-100.
Hollifield, James, “Immigration and Republicanism in France: The
Hidden Consensus,” Controlling Immigration, A Global
Perspective, (Eds.) Wayne A. Cornelius, Philip L. Martin, and James
Hollifield, California, Stanford University Press, 1994, pp.143-176.
Martin, L. Philip, “Germany: Reluctant Land of Immigration,”
Controlling Immigration, A Global Perspective, (Eds.) Wayne A.
Cornelius, Philip L. Martin, and James Hollifield, California, Stanford
University Press, 1994, pp.289-226.
7th week:
Enlarged Scope of “Security” and the Shadow of Forced Migration
Problems
Betts, Alexander, Forced Migration and Global Politics, WileyBlackwell, Oxford, 2009, pp. 60-79.
Bali, Sita, “Migration and Refugees,” Issues in World Politics, (Eds.)
Brian White, Richard Little, and Michael Smith, New York, Palgrave,
2001, pp.171-190.
Mtango, Elly-Elikunda, “Military and Armed Attacks on Refugee
Camps,” Refugees and International Relations, (Eds.) Gil Loescher
and Laila Monahan, Oxford, Clarendon Press, 1990, pp.87-122.
8th week:
Refugee Children and Refugee Women
Camus-Jacques, Genevive, “Refugee Women: The Forgotten
Majority,” Refugees and International Relations, (Eds.) Gil Loescher
and Laila Monahan, Oxford, Clarendon Press, 1990, pp. 141-158.
http://www.unhcr.org/cgibin/texis/vtx/search?page=search&query=refugee+children&x=16&y=
12
http://www.unhcr.org/cgibin/texis/vtx/search?page=search&query=refugee+women
9th week:
International Non-Governmental Organizations and the
Forced Migration
(Guest Lecturer from IOM)
http://www.iom.int/jahia/jsp/index.jsp
Betts, Alexander, Forced Migration and Global Politics, WileyBlackwell, Oxford, 2009, pp.99-126.
10th week:
Mid-term examination
11th week:
Irregular Migration
Betts, Alexander, Forced Migration and Global Politics, WileyBlackwell, Oxford, 2009, pp.127-163.
Movie:
12th week:
Dirty, Pretty Things
Turkey’s Policies Towards Migrants and Refugees
(Guest Lecturer: Mr. Mustafa İlhan, Ministry of Internal Affairs)
A short movie on the Iraqi Kurdish Refugees in Turkey: 1991 Crises
13th week:
Human Trafficking and Human Smuggling
http://www.iom.int/jahia/jsp/index.jsp
http://www.osce.org/search/?displayMode=3&lsi=1&q=transboundary+crime
Lecturer’s Notes (in DVD)
Movie: Lilia Forever
14th week:
An overview of the semester
MANDATORY READINGS:
Betts, Alexander, Forced Migration and Global Politics, Wiley-Blackwell, Oxford, 2009.
Kim Salomon, Refugees in the Cold War, Lund University Press, Lund, 1991.
Refugees and International Relations, Gil Loescher and Laila Monahan (ed.), Clarendon
Press, Oxford, 1990.
SUPPLEMANTARY READINGS:
Controlling Immigration, A Global Perspective, Wayne A. Cornelius, Philip L. Martin and
James F. Hollifield (ed.), Stanford University Press, Stanford, 1994.
Andrew Geddes, The Politics of Migration and Immigration in Europe, SAGE
Publications, 2003.
Thomas Sowell, Migrations and Cultures, A World View, Basic Books, New York, 1996.
Building A New Global Order, Emerging Trends in International Security, David
Dewitt, David Haglund and John Kirton (ed.), Oxford University Press, Oxford, 1993.
Issues in World Politics, Brian White, Richard Little and Michael Smith (ed.), 2nd edition,
Palgrave, New York , 2001.
Daniele, Joly, Refugees, Asylum in Europe, Minority Rights Publications, London, 1992.
Niklaus Steiner, Arguing About Asylum, The Complexity of Refugee Debates in Europe,
Blackwell Publications, 2000.
Patterns of Migration in Central Europe, Claire Wallace and Dariusz Stola (ed.), Palgrave,
2001.
The State of the World’s Refugees, The Challenge of Protection, United Nations High
Commissioner for Refugees, Penguin Books, 1993.
The State of the World’s Refugees, In Search of Solutions, United Nations High
Commissioner for Refugees, Oxford University Press, 1995.
INTERNET SOURCES:
http://europa.eu/
http://www.rsc.ox.ac.uk/index.html?main
http://www.migrationinformation.org
http://www.iom.int/jahia/jsp/index.jsp
http://www.unhcr.org/cgi-bin/texis/vtx/home
http://www.cihc.org/resources