2020/2021
Migration Policies and Social Integration
Code: 44039 ECTS Credits: 6| Degree | Type | Year | Semester |
|---|---|---|---|
| 4313228 Social Policy, Employment and Welfare | OT | 0 | 2 |
The proposed teaching and assessment methodology that appear in the guide may be subject to changes as a result of the restrictions to face-to-face class attendance imposed by the health authorities.
Contact
- Name:
- Sonia Parella Rubio
- Email:
- Sonia.Parella@uab.cat
Use of Languages
- Principal working language:
- spanish (spa)
Teachers
- Teresa Sorde Marti
Prerequisites
None
Objectives and Contextualisation
The growth of international migration in European societies has become one of the most important social events and poses major challenges for public policies and models of social cohesion and coexistence. The general objective of the module is to offer analytical, conceptual and methodological tools to address these processes of economic, political and social transformation, from a comparative perspective and from the emphasis on two key axes in managing migration and diversity:
- Migration policies and control of flows and their impacts on the rights of people
- Integration policies, from the perspective of equality and redistribution, as well as from the perspective of the recognition and management of diversity and coexistence
- Migration policies and control of flows and their impacts on the rights of people
- Integration policies, from the perspective of equality and redistribution, as well as from the perspective of the recognition and management of diversity and coexistence
Competences
- Aplicar l'enfocament de gènere a l'anàlisi de la relació entre mercat laboral, cures i desigualtats socials.
- Design, implement and evaluate social policies and processes for resource redistribution and improvement of citizens' welfare, in different contexts and from a European perspective.
- Recognise the main economic, political, social and cultural transformations of complex societies in order to analyse the fundamental challenges they pose to equality and welfare.
- Use and manage bibliography and IT resources in the field of study.
Learning Outcomes
- Analyse the challenges posed by the social dynamics of migratory processes in Europe to models of integration and social exclusion processes.
- Apply the gender perspective to the link between care work and migration patterns in Europe and to their impacts.
- Apply the principles of public policies that tackle the integration of the immigrant population from a standpoint of equality and redistribution in societies, taking into account the peculiarities of the different welfare regimes and immigration regimes.
- Identify gender as one of the main social relations that shape migration patterns, integration processes and the design of public policies that affect the immigrant population.
- Use and manage bibliography and IT resources in the field of study.
Content
1. The challenges of migration policy
2. Migration policy in the EU
3. The axes of asylum and refugee policy in Europe
4. Highly qualified immigration: labor markets and regulation
5. Challenges and debates about the construction of citizenship in the EU
6. Policies for integration and management of diversity in the EU
7. Anti-discrimination policies in the EU
Methodology
Combine master classes with participatory debates and role playing exercises
Activities
| Title | Hours | ECTS | Learning Outcomes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Type: Directed | |||
| Master classes | 22 | 0.88 | 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 |
| Oral presentation | 4 | 0.16 | 1, 3, 4, 5 |
| Type: Supervised | |||
| Tutorial | 15 | 0.6 | 3, 4, 5 |
| Type: Autonomous | |||
| Preparing academic paper | 70 | 2.8 | 1, 3, 4, 5 |
| Preparing exercises | 39 | 1.56 | 2, 3, 4 |
Assessment
The evaluation incorporates three different types of evidence:
• INDIVIDUAL EXERCISES: delivery of 2 sessions summary (40%)
• ORAL PRESENTATION. Oral presentations in teams of 3-4 people. "Role playing" methodology (20%)
• ELABORATION "ACADEMIC PAPER" 5000 WORDS. (40%)
Other issues to keep in mind: - Class attendance is mandatory - Calculation of the final grade. It is necessary to achieve a rating of at least 4 on each evidence
Assessment Activities
| Title | Weighting | Hours | ECTS | Learning Outcomes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oral presentation | 20% | 0 | 0 | 1, 3, 4, 5 |
| Research paper | 40% | 0 | 0 | 2, 3, 4, 5 |
| Submission of 2 exercises | 40% (20% each exercise) | 0 | 0 | 1, 3, 4, 5 |
Bibliography
When beginning the course the list of readings will be provided.