How and under what conditions do societies in an ever more mobile world manage or fail to ensure the social protection of their members in times of increasing insecurity, particularly in the context of environmental deterioration? Social protection is necessary for people in order to lead a decent life but it is currently not adequately provided to a large part of the world’s population. Under these conditions, people seek in-situ solutions to problems they might or might not voice, migrate or use a combination of responses. The effects of environmental change on social protection can be expected to be most important in those parts of the world, in which people’s livelihoods predominantly depend on access to land and natural resources. Environmental deterioration may include natural as well as man-made changes to the environment. The seminar will first look into the conceptualisation of the linkages between environmental change, migration, and social protection and then inquire in more detail into different case studies.
Knowledge in development and livelihood studies including the role of migration as a livelihood strategy are of great advantage.
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30-M-IAS10 Structures and Dynamics of Global Communities and Transnationalisation / Estructuras y dinámicas de comunidades globales y de transnacionalización | Seminar "empirisch" oder "anwendungsorientiert" | Study requirement
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30-M-Soz-M8a Soziologie der globalen Welt a | Seminar 1 | Study requirement
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30-M-Soz-M8b Soziologie der globalen Welt b | Seminar 1 | Study requirement
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30-M-Soz-M8c Soziologie der globalen Welt c | Seminar 1 | Study requirement
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Degree programme/academic programme | Validity | Variant | Subdivision | Status | Semester | LP | |
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Interamerikanische Studien / Master | (Enrollment until SoSe 2012) | MaIAS9 | 4/8 | ||||
Pädagogik / Erziehungswissenschaft / Diplom | (Enrollment until SoSe 2008) | H.S.2; H.S.3 | |||||
Politische Kommunikation / Master | (Enrollment until SoSe 2013) | 3.1 | |||||
Soziologie / Master | (Enrollment until SoSe 2012) | Modul 4.1; Modul 4.2 | Wahl | 3 | (bei Einzelleistung 3 LP zusätzlich) |
It is essential that all students read the indicated literature in preparation of the seminar. Discussions will to a large extent be based on the indicated reading material.
Active participation also includes the preparation of one session, in which you will shortly introduce the subject and prepare some input for discussion. Additional active literature research is required for these sessions.