First edition: Academic year 2022/2023

Course Description

The course intends to introduce students to the Migration Social Theory by providing them with knowledge base regarding the evolution of the international migration law and politics standards.  Particular attention will be paid to the critical understanding of border control practices at the EU level and their implications on the protection of the migrants and refugees’ rights.

Throughout the course, students will be constantly encouraged to engage in debate and critical discussion on the topics dealt with. In order to stimulate their active learning capacity, students will also be encouraged to conduct small research projects on course-related themes and present them during round-table sessions in ad hoc class.

 Attending students will also participate in other activities outlined in the Jean Monnet project, such as public lectures or thematic seminars with external experts. Moreover, they will have the opportunity to take part in the Jean Monnet Lab on the human rights monitoring in border areas, planned for the second semester."

 Jean Monnet Course Syllabus  (english)

Scheda del Corso Jean Monnet (italiano)

Admission Criteria

The course is part of the Master's Degree program in International Relations and European Studies and the Master Philosophy, Politics, and Economics in MED (PPE) but it can also be attended chosen as an elective subject by students enrolled in any Master's Degree program at the University of Bari.

Class Schedule

The course will start on 19 September, 2022, scheduled as follows:

• Monday, 8:30 AM - 10:30 AM, Regeni Room, sixth floor of Palazzo del Prete.
• Wednesday, 2:30 PM - 4:30 PM, Buono Room, sixth floor of Palazzo del Prete.
• Thursday, 8:30 AM - 10:30 AM, Room XX, second floor of Palazzo del Prete."

Educational Material

Please contact the coordinator via email to get “the key” to unlock PDFs.       

Topic 1: Defining migration

• Bartram, D., Poros, M., and Monforte, P. (2014). Key Concepts in Migration. Sage, London, New York. Chapter 2. [scarica il PDF]
• Koser, Khalid (2007), International Migration. A Very Short Introduction. Oxford University Press, Oxford, Chapter 2. [scarica il PDF]
• Further readings list

Topic 2: Migration and social theory

• Massey, Douglas S., Joaquim Arango, Graeme Hugo, Ali Koiaouci, Adela Pellegrino, and Edward Taylor (2005) Worlds in Motion. Understanding International Migration at the end of the Millennium. Oxford: Oxford University Press. Chapter 2. [scarica il PDF]
• Castles, Stephen, Mark J. Miller and Hein de Haas (2013), The Age of Migration. International Population Movements in the Modern World, Palgrave McMillan, London. Chapter 2. [scarica il PDF]
• Further readings list

Topic 3: Contemporary migrations: trends and perspectives

• United Nations (2019), International Migration Report 2019. Highlights (New York: Department of Economic and Social Affairs). [scarica il PDF]
• Further readings list

Topic 4: Contemporary global migration law and politics

• Schindlmayr, Thomas (2003) “Sovereignty, Legal Regimes, and International Migration.” International Migration41(2): 109-23. [scarica il PDF]
• Betts, A. and L. Kainz. 2017. The History of Global Migration Governance. Oxford: Oxford Refugee Studies Center Working Paper Series, No. 122. [scarica il PDF]
• Further readings list

Topic 5: Borders and social theory

• Rumford, Cris (2006) “Theorizing Borders.” European Journal of Social Theory 9(2): 155-69. [scarica il PDF]
• Vaughan-Williams, Nick (2009) Border Politics. The Limits of Sovereign Power. Edimburgh: Edinburgh University Press. Chapter 2. [scarica il PDF]
• Further readings list

Topic 6: Migration, borders and security

• Huysmans, Jef (2000) “The European Union and the Securitization of Migration.”Journal of Common Market Studies38(5):751-77. [scarica il PDF]
• Bigo, Didier (2002) “Security and Immigration: Toward a Critique of the Governmentality of Unease.” Alternatives: Global Local Political 27: 63-92. [scarica il PDF]
• Further readings list

Topic 7: Contemporary border control practices

• Weber, Leanne, and Benjamin Bowling (2004) “Policing Migration: A Framework for Investigating the Regulation of Global Mobility.” Policing and Society 14(3): 195-212. [scarica il PDF]
• Walters, William (2006) "Border/Control." European Journal of Social Theory 9(2): 187-203. [scarica il PDF]
• Menjívar, Cecilia. 2014. “Immigration Law Beyond Borders: Externalizing and Internalizing Border Controls in an Era of Securitization.” Annual Review of Law and Social Science10(1):353-69. [scarica il PDF]
• Further readings list

Topic 8: Border control and human rights

• Carrera, Sergio, and Nicholas Hernanz. 2015. "Re-Framing Mobility and Identity Controls: The Next Generation of the EU Migration Management Toolkit." Journal of Borderlands Studies 30(1):69-84. [scarica il PDF]
• Gammeltoft-Hansen, Thomas, and Hathaway, James C. (2014). “Non-refoulement in a World of Cooperative Deterrence.” Columbia Journal of Transnational Law, 53: 235-284. [scarica il PDF]
• Moria Paz (2017). “The Law of Walls.” European Journal of International Law 28(2): 601-624. [scarica il PDF]
• Further readings list
  
   

Course Coordinator

Giuseppe Campesi

Department of Political Sciences

University of Bari

Corso Italia 23 70123 Bari

jmmodule.mbhr@uniba.it