Syllabus/achievement requirements

* = the article is in a compendium @ = the article is available online

Main books

Samers, M. (2010) Migration (Key Ideas in Geography Series), Routledge. – chapters 1-6, 311 pages

Glick Schiller, N. and Faist, T. (Ed) (2010) Migration, Development and Transnationalization: A Critical Stance, Berghahn books (Pocket size), chapters 1-5, 181 pages,

Articles & book chapters:

@Black,  R, Neil Adge, W.. Arnell, W. N., Dercon, S, Geddes, A.,  Thomas,  D. S.G,  (20119 The effect of environmental change on human migration, Global Environmental Change 21S ,  S3–S11, 9 pages. Online

@ Brochmann, G and Hagelund, A (2011) "Migrant in the Scandinavian Welfare State: The emergence of a social policy problem", Nordic Journal for Migration Research, 1(1):13- 23 – 11 pages. Online

@ Carling, J (2008) "The determinants of Migrants remittances", Oxford Review of Economic Policy, 24 (3): 581-598 – 18 pages. Online

@ Cheran, R (2006) "Multiple homes and Parallel Civil Societies: Refugee Diasporas and Transnationalism", Refuge, 23(1): 4-8 – 5 pages. Online

*Cohen, R (2008) "Global Diasporas: An Introduction", Second edition, Chapter 1 (20 pages)

@de Haas, H (2007) "Remittances, Migration and Social Development: A conceptual review of the literature, Social Policy and Development Programme paper 34", United Nations Research Institute for Social Development . 38 pages Online

@ de Haas, H (2012) "Migration and Development Pendulum: A Critical View on Research and Policy", International Migration, 50(3): 8-24, 18 pages. Online

@ Faist, T (2010) Towards Transnational Studies: World Theories, Transnationalisation and Changing Institutions, Journal of Ethnic and Migration Studies, 36:10, 1665-16 – 22 pages. Online

@ Fangen, K (2010) "Social Exclusion of young Immigrants: Presentation of an analytical framework", Young, 18(2):133-156. (24 pages)Online

@ Glick Schiller, Bach, L and Blanc-Szanton, C. (1992) "Transnationalism: A New Analytic Framework for Understanding Migration", Annals New York Academy of Science, 625: 1-24. (24 pages)Online

@ King, R &  Skeldon, R (2010) ‘Mind the Gap!’ Integrating Approaches to Internal and International Migration, Journal of Ethnic and Migration Studies, 36:10, 1619-1646, 27 pages. Online

@King, R  (2012) Geography and Migration Studies: Retrospect and Prospec, Popul. Space Place 18, 134–153, 19 pages. Online

@ Portes, A  (2010) Migration and Social Change: Some Conceptual Reflections, Journal of Ethnic and Migration Studies, 36:10, 1537-1563,  26 pages. Online

@ Renaud,F,  . Bogardi, J.J, Dun,O,  Warner, K (2007)  Control, Adapt or Flee How to Face Environmental Migration? ‘Interdisciplinary Security Connections’ publication series of UNU- EHS, Number 5. – 40 pages. Online

@ Shanmugaratnam, N (2001) "On the meaning of development: An exploration of the capability approach", Forum for Development Studies, 28 (2): 263-288. (26 pages) Online

@ Silvey, R (2006) "Geographies of Gender and Migration: Spatializing social differences, International Migration Review", 40 (1): 64-81 – 18 pages. Online

@ Tölölyan, K (2007)"The contemporary Discourse of Diaspora studies", Comparative Studies of South Asia, Africa and the Middle East, 27 (3): 647-655. (9 pages). Online

@ Tölölyan, K (2012) "Diaspora studies: Past, present and promise, working paper 55", International Migration Institute, University of Oxford, UK .(11 pages). Online

*Vetrovec, S (2009) Transnationalism, Routledge, "Chapter 1". (26 pages)

Recommended reading:

@ Brubaker, R (2005): "The ‘diaspora’ diaspora", Ethnic and Racial Studies, 28(1), 1-19. (19 pages). Online

@ Carling, J and Erdal, M.B (2012) "How does conflict in Migrants’ country of origin affect Remittance-Sending? Financial priorities and Transnational Obligations Among Somalis and Pakistanis in Norway", International Migration review, 46(2): 283-309. (27 pages) Online

Castles, S. Miller M.J (2009) The Age of Migration: International Population Movements in the Modern World, Fourth Edition, Palgrave Macmillan, Chapters, 2 & 8. (56 pages)

@ Tharmalingam, S (2011) "Remittances Practices and Transnational Social Spaces of Tamils and Somalis in Norway", Nordic Journal of Migration Research 1(3): 166-175. (10 pages) Online

 

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