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Lecturer(s)
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Matuzevičiute-Balčiuniene Kristina, Assoc. prof. Ph.D.
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Course content
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Introduction to migration and development. Theories of international migration. Flows of population movement in the region and major types of migration. Microeconomic determinants of migration. Macroeconomic determinants of migration. Microeconomic consequences of migration for individuals, regions and countries. Macroeconomic consequences of migration for individuals, regions and countries. Remittances and return migration, the impact on individuals, regions and countries. Migration Policies and Regional Policy Development. Migration policy: international organizations and government intervention.
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Learning activities and teaching methods
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Řízená praxe
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Learning outcomes
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The course is designed for master students who want to acquire knowledge about the process of migration and its causes, enable students to evaluate the consequences of the migration on the individual, regional and national level, as well as to analyze used migration regulatory policy measures and provide suggestions for improving them. Students will be able to reveal the characteristics of the migration process based on migration theories, they will identify the causes of migration and the consequences of migration on individual, regional and national level. Students will know how to evaluate the migration policies and provided recommendations for management of the migration consequences.
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Prerequisites
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Students will be able to reveal the characteristics of the migration process based on migration theories, they will identify the causes of migration and the consequences of migration on individual, regional and national level. Students will know how to evaluate the migration policies and provided recommendations for management of the migration consequences. List of the learning outcomes: Reveal the characteristics of the migration process based on migration theories. Identify the causes of migration. Identify the consequences of migration on individual, regional and national level. Evaluate the migration policies and provided recommendations for management of the migration consequences. Select appropriate scientific sources, empirical data and analysis methods to summarize research results and presenting findings. Work in groups, analysing the tasks and problem situations.
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Assessment methods and criteria
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Written examination
The assignment is granted upon passing colloquium (30 %), course paper (team's conducted research and its presentation). - 30 %. The examination is written and obtains 40 % of total mark.
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Recommended literature
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DE HAAS, H. (2010). Migration and development: a theoretical perspective1. International migration review, 44(1), 227-264..
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GEDDES, A. (2011). International Migration. London: Sage Publications..
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GEDDES, A. (2012). Regions and regionalism. Rosenblum, M., Tichenor, D. (eds.) Oxford Handbook of the Politics of International Migration. Oxford: Oxford University Press..
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GUARNIZO, L. E. (2017). The migration-development nexus and the changing role of transnational immigrant organizations. Ethnic and Racial Studies, 40(3), 457-465..
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CHILLER, N. G., FAIST, T. (2010). Migration, Development, and Transnationalization: A Critical Stance (Critical Interventions). New York: Berghahn..
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IOM. (2013). World Migration Report..
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LUCAS, R. E. (2004). International migration regimes and economic development. Report for the expert group on development issues (EGDI). Stockholm: Swedish Ministry of Foreign Affairs..
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OECD. (2012). International Migration Outlook..
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RATHA, D., YI, S., YOUSEFI, S. R. (2015). Migration and development. Routledge Handbook of Immigration and Refugee Studies, 1(3)..
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TAYLOR, J. E. (2006). International migration and economic development. Turin: United Nations Secretariat..
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WIHTOL DE WENDEN, C. (2017). Migration and development. Ethnic and Racial Studies, 40(3), 434-442..
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