In this course we examine possible distinctions between the concepts of migration and mobility. We will analyse the drivers of (cross-border) migration as well as, the history of flows, and the transnational relationship between migration and social processes in the places of origin, transit, destination and onward movement. The course deals with labour migration, forced migration, movements of displaced people as well as other types of mobility involving, for example, students, expatriates, marriage, retirement or new life styles. After an overview of basic migration & mobility theories, we will delve into empirical exercises.
Faist, Thomas. 2019. The Transnationalized Social Question: Migration and the Politics of Social Inequalities in the 21st Century. Oxford: Oxford University Press.
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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 | Alternativ zu Seminar 1 und Seminar 2: großes Seminar | Study requirement
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| 30-M-Soz-M8b Soziologie der globalen Welt b | Alternativ zu Seminar 1 und Seminar 2: großes Seminar | Study requirement
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| 30-M-Soz-M8c Soziologie der globalen Welt c | Alternativ zu Seminar 1 und Seminar 2: großes Seminar | Study requirement
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