ECTS - Migration and Politics: Contemporary Issues and Approaches

Migration and Politics: Contemporary Issues and Approaches (KAM624) Course Detail

Course Name Course Code Season Lecture Hours Application Hours Lab Hours Credit ECTS
Migration and Politics: Contemporary Issues and Approaches KAM624 Area Elective 3 0 0 3 5
Pre-requisite Course(s)
N/A
Course Language Turkish
Course Type Elective Courses
Course Level Ph.D.
Mode of Delivery Face To Face
Learning and Teaching Strategies Lecture, Discussion, Question and Answer, Team/Group.
Course Coordinator
Course Lecturer(s)
  • Asst. Prof. Dr. Asuman Özgür Keysan
Course Assistants
Course Objectives This course aims to analyze the relationship between migration and politics in the light of contemporary debates by considering theoretical discussions on the concept of migration.
Course Learning Outcomes The students who succeeded in this course;
  • Get familiar with the theoretical debates on the concept of migration and develop an approach that synthesizes theory and practice
  • Analyze the relationship of migration with other related concepts such as citizenship, gender, family, and social cohesion.
Course Content The concept of migration in the light of classic and modern migration theories and concepts related to international migration; the relationship of migration with other related concepts such as citizenship, gender, family, and social cohesion; the role of nation-states, international organizations and nongovernmental organizations on migration politics; historical analysis of Turkey?s migration politics and contemporary migration flows.

Weekly Subjects and Releated Preparation Studies

Week Subjects Preparation
1 Introduction to the course -
2 Theoretical Approaches: Classic and Contemporary Migration Theories Sert, D. (2016). “Uluslararası Göç Yazınında Bütünleyici Bir Kurama Doğru”. S. G. Ihlamur Öner ve N. A. Şirin Öner (Ed.). Küreselleşme Çağında Göç: Kavramlar, Tartışmalar, İstanbul: İletişim Yayıncılık, 29-47. Betts, A. 2011. “Introduction: Global Migration Governance”, in A. Betts (ed.), Global Migration Governance. Oxford: Oxford University Press. 1-33.
3 International Migration Flows: Migrants, Refugees and Asylum Seekers Castles, S. & Miller, J. M. (2008). Göçler Çağı- Modern Dünyada Uluslararası Göç Hareketleri. B. U. Bal ve İ. Akbulut (Çev.). İstanbul: İstanbul Bilgi Üniversitesi Yayınları. Betts, A. (2011). “Introduction: Global Migration Governance”, in A. Betts (ed.), Global Migration Governance. Oxford: Oxford University Press. 1-33.
4 Migration, Nation-State and Border Controls Morris, L. (1997). “Globalization, Migration and the Nation-State: The Path to a Post-National Europe?”, The British Journal of Sociology, 48(2), 192–209. Dittgen, H. (1999). “World without Borders? Reflections on the Future of the Nation‐State”, Government and Opposition, 34(2), 161-179. Joppke, C. (1998). “Immigration challenges the nation-state”, Challenge to the nation-state: Immigration in Western Europe and the United States, 5-46.
5 Migration, Citizenship and Belonging Unat, Abadan, N. (2006). Bitmeyen Göç Konuk İşçilikten Ulus-Ötesi Yurttaşlığa, İstanbul: İstanbul Bilgi Üniversitesi Yayınları. Baban, F., S. Ilcan, & K. Rygiel. (2017). “Syrian Refugees in Turkey: Pathways to Precarity, Differential Inclusion, and Negotiated Citizenship Rights”, Journal of Ethnic Migration Studies, 43 (1): 41–57. Biehl, K. S. (2017). “Inclusive Exclusion? The Regulation and Experience of Citizenship in a Space of Irregular Migration in Istanbul.” In Within and Beyond Citizenship, edited by R. G. Gonzales, and N. Sigona (Der.), Londra ve New York: Routledge, 80-92.
6 Feminization of Migration: Re-reading of Theories Coşkun, E. (2016). “Türkiye'nin göç rejiminde toplumsal cinsiyet faktörü: Ugandalı göçmen kadınlar örneği”. Fe Dergi. 8(1), 91-104. Christou, A., & Kofman, E. (2022). “Gendering Asylum”. In Gender and Migration. Cham: Springer, 77-93. Doğangün, G. & Özgür Keysan, A. (2022). “Göçün Suriyeli Kadınların Toplumsal Cinsiyet Pratikleri Üzerindeki Etkisi: İmkanlar ve Zorluklar”, SBF Dergisi, Erken Gorunum.
7 Migration Politics and Actors: Humanitarian Aid and Non-governmental Organizations Aras, B., & Duman, Y. (2018). “I/NGOs’ Assistance to Syrian Refugees in Turkey: Opportunities and Challenges”, Journal of Balkan and Near East Studies, 21 (4): 478–491. Özgür Keysan, A.& Şentürk, B. (2021). “Empowerment Perspectives and Practices of Refugee-Related NGOs in Turkey: Family, Protection, or Solidarity?”, Journal of Refugee Studies, 34(4), 3820–3845. Sunata, U., & S. Tosun. (2019). “Assessing the Civil Society’s Role in Refugee Integration in Turkey: NGO-R as a New Typology.” Journal of Refugee Studies, 32 (4), 683–703. Özgür Keysan, A. (2020) “Refugee-focused NGOs in Turkey: Difficulties and Expectations”, in Migration Generating Geographies and International Irregular Migrations, S. Kolukırık & E. Gün (eds.), Berlin: Peter Lang Publishing, 129-149.
8 Submission of Assignment -
9 Migration, Global Labour Market and Development Castles, S. (2011) “Migration, Crisis, and the Global Labour Market”, Globalizations, 8(3), 311-324. Toksöz, G. (2006). Uluslararası Emek Göçü. İstanbul: İstanbul Bilgi Üniversitesi Yayınları. İçduygu, A., and E. Diker. 2017. “Labor Market Integration of Syrian Refugees: From Refugees to Settlers.” The Journal of Migration Studies, 3 (1), 12–35.
10 Migration, Family and Marriage Brettell, Caroline B. (2017). “Marriage and migration”, Annual Review of Anthropology, 46, 81-97. Robinson, K. (2007). Marriage migration, gender transformations, and family values in the ‘global ecumene’. Gender, Place & Culture, 14(4), 483-497. Dedeoğlu, S., & Gökmen, Ç. E. (2011). Göç ve Sosyal Dışlanma. Eflatun Basım Dağıtım Yayıncılık.
11 Recreating the Local: Social Cohesion, Assimilation and Exclusion Akıncı, B., Nergiz, A. ve Gedik, E. (2015). “Uyum Süreci Üzerine Bir Değerlendirme: Göç ve Toplumsal Kabul”. Yaşam Bilimleri Dergisi, 1(2), 58-83. Erdoğan, M. M. (2015). Türkiye’deki Suriyeliler: Toplumsal kabul ve uyum. İstanbul: İstanbul Bilgi Üniversitesi Yayınları. Şimşek, D., and M. Çorabatır. (2016). “Challenges and Opportunities of Refugee Integration in Turkey.” Research Centre on Asylum and Migration (IGAM). https://tr.boell.org/sites/default/ files/hb_rapor_duezlt_1904173.pdf.
12 Migration Politics in Turkey: Historical Development of the Migration İçduygu, A., Erder, S., & Gençkaya, Ö. (2009). “Türkiye nin Uluslararası Göç Politikaları 1923-2023 Ulus devlet Oluşumundan Ulus ötesi Dönüşümlere”. Mirekoc. Koc Univ. Şimşek, D. (2017). “Göç Politikaları ve “insan güvenliği”: Türkiye’deki Suriyeliler örneği. Toplum ve Bilim, 140, 11-26. İnan, C. E. (2016). “Türkiye’de göç politikaları: iskân kanunları üzerinden bir inceleme”. Göç Araştırmaları Dergisi, (3), 10-33. Erdoğan, M. ve Kaya, A. (2015). “Türkiye’nin Göç Tarihi: 14. Yüzyıldan 21. Yüzyıla Türkiye’ye Göçler”. İstanbul: İstanbul Bilgi Üniversitesi Yayınları.
13 Contemporary Issues of Turkey’s Migration Politics: Syrian and Afghan Migration Christou, A., & Kofman, E. (2022). “Gendering Asylum”. In Gender and Migration (pp. 77-93). Springer, Cham.
14 General Assessment -

Sources

Course Book 1. 1. Ihlamur-Öner, S. G. & Öner, A.Ş. (2012). Küreselleşme Çağında Göç: Kavramlar, Tartışmalar. İstanbul: İletişim Yayınları.
2. 2. Castles, S., & Miller, J. M. (2008). Göçler Çağı- Modern Dünyada Uluslararası Göç Hareketleri. B. U. Bal & İ. Akbulut (Çev.). İstanbul: İstanbul Bilgi Üniversitesi Yayınları.
3. 3. Cohen, R. (2016). Migration and its enemies: global capital, migrant labour and the nation-state. London: Routledge.
4. 4. Yuval-Davis, N., Wemyss, G., & Cassidy, K. (2019). Bordering. London: John Wiley & Sons.

Evaluation System

Requirements Number Percentage of Grade
Attendance/Participation 14 15
Laboratory - -
Application - -
Field Work - -
Special Course Internship - -
Quizzes/Studio Critics - -
Homework Assignments 1 30
Presentation 1 15
Project - -
Report - -
Seminar - -
Midterms Exams/Midterms Jury - -
Final Exam/Final Jury 1 40
Toplam 17 100
Percentage of Semester Work
Percentage of Final Work 100
Total 100

Course Category

Core Courses X
Major Area Courses
Supportive Courses
Media and Managment Skills Courses
Transferable Skill Courses

The Relation Between Course Learning Competencies and Program Qualifications

# Program Qualifications / Competencies Level of Contribution
1 2 3 4 5
1 Improving knowledge and understanding of the disciplines political science and public administration so as to enable the Ph. D. candidates to produce new knowledge on these disciplines.
2 Improving knowledge and understanding in the parallel disciplines of sociology, anthropology, history etc. to create a multi-disciplinary perspective of the field of study.
3 Introducing and improving knowledge and skills of qualitative and quantitative research methodologies and methods so as to create a capacity to utilize them in researches in the field of political science and public administration.
4 Enabling the Ph. D. candidates to utilize their thoretical, methodological, and multi-disciplinary knowledge so as to critically understand the discussions in those fields, and to understand the gaps in the literature concerned.
5 Improving academic writing skills so as to enable the Ph. D. candidates to write their dissertations or research papers in a suitable manner.

ECTS/Workload Table

Activities Number Duration (Hours) Total Workload
Course Hours (Including Exam Week: 16 x Total Hours) 14 3 42
Laboratory
Application
Special Course Internship
Field Work
Study Hours Out of Class 14 3 42
Presentation/Seminar Prepration 1 6 6
Project
Report
Homework Assignments 1 15 15
Quizzes/Studio Critics
Prepration of Midterm Exams/Midterm Jury
Prepration of Final Exams/Final Jury 1 20 20
Total Workload 125