300658 Transnational Migration and Development in West Africa (MA: Soziologie der globalen Welt) (S) (WiSe 2024/2025)
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The course/seminar aims to critically look at various ways immigrants contribute to development processes in their home countries.This will be discussed at both the macro and micro levels. In particular, it highlights the transnational practices employed in these processes with a concentration on West African.
The following topics will be discussed;
1. Migration and Development- General Overview and the Transnational Lens
2. Forms of Development
3. The Role of Traditional Rulers
4. Brain Drain, Brain Gain, or Brain Circulation?
5. Transnational Families
6. Remittances (Financial and Social)
7. Strategies for Raising Funds
Bibliography
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References
Adepoju, Aderanti. 2011. Reflections on International Migration and Development in Sub-Saharan Africa. African Population Studies, 25(2).Castles, Stephen. 2009. Development and Migration--Migration and Development: What Comes First? Global Perspective and African Experiences. Theoria, 56(121), pp.1-31.
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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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- Tuesday, November 5, 2024
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- Thursday, September 5, 2024
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- Thursday, September 5, 2024
- Type(s) / SWS (hours per week per semester)
- seminar (S) / 2
- Language
- This lecture is taught in english
- Department
- Faculty of Sociology
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