GOVT-289 International Political Economy of Migration

Introductory survey of topics surrounding the movement of people across international borders from an international political economy perspective. Drawing on relevant works from political science and economics, students will analyze migration’s political and economic consequences in countries of origin and receiving countries and how they have changed over time due to globalization. Topics will include labor migration, repatriation agreements, brain drain or gain, remittances and their effects on economic development, residency and citizenship by investment, and the political backlash to immigration, among others.

Maximum Enrollment

Standard Course (40)

(Social Structural and Institutional Hierarchies.)

Credits

1

Prerequisite

GOVT-112, GOVT-114