Course for international guest/part time students

Faculty

Faculty of Social Sciences

Organization

TÁTK Department of European Studies

Code

IRB125

Title

Migration

Usual semester

Spring

Published semester

2025/26/2

ECTS

4

Language

en

Learning outcomes

The aim of the course is to analyse the issue of international migration from the viewpoint of several study areas (sociology, economics, law, political science, etc.). The following topics will be discussed: migration theories, basic legal and statistical concepts, asylum, reasons and consequences of emigration, climate migration, brain drain, remittances, social and labour market integration of immigrants, xenophobia, security policy aspects, migration policies in Europe and in Hungary. Upon completing the course, students will be able to analyse cases and issues of international migration from multiple perspectives and with an accurate academic background.

Course content

Class 1     Introduction and outlines of the course Class 2     Migration Studies: disciplinary and theoretical considerations Required readings: Brettell, pp. 1-11. Massey, pp. 431-454. Class 3     Migration, history and geography: global, European and Hungarian trends Required readings: Castles, pp. 86-91. and 102-118. Kucharczyk, pp. 204-212. Class 4     Legal aspects and categories of migration Required readings: Martin, pp. 5-16. and 27-30. Nicholson, pp. 15-29. Class 5     Measuring migration: statistical concepts and methods Required reading: Chudinovskikh, pp. 10-48. Class 6     Social and economic aspects of migration in the sending country Required readings: Koser, pp. 28-36. and 41-53. Castles, pp. 69-77. and 209-213. Class 7     Social and economic aspects of migration in the receiving country Required readings: Triandafyllidou, pp. 169-179. Portes, pp. 59-79. Class 8     Migration and security policies Required readings: Karakoulaki, pp. 57-73. Simonovits, pp. 295-310. Class 9     Migration policies in the European Union Required readings: Geddes, pp. 144-172. Palm, pp. 1-6. Class 10     Migration policies in Hungary Required readings: Juhász, pp. 35-54. Herner, pp. 55-67. Class 11     Migration in the 21st century: challenges and opportunities Required readings: Koser, pp. 109-123. Castles, pp. 317-331. Triandafyllidou, pp. 325-327. Class 12     Pre-exam (optional, for offered grade)

Assessment method

Examination will be held in the exam period only (December – January). The written test will be based on the lectures and the readings, and it will contain multiple choice and essay questions. In the last class of the semester, students can write a pre-exam for an offered grade that they can freely accept or reject.

Bibliography

Brettel, C. – Hollifield, J. (2008): Migration Theory: Talking across Disciplines. In: Brettel, C. – Hollifield, J. (eds.): Migration Theory: Talking across Disciplines. New York: Routledge, 1-29. Castles, S. – de Haas, H. – Miller, M. J. (2004): The Age of Migration. International Population Movements in the Modern World. Fifth Edition. New York: Palgrave Macmillan. Chudinovskikh, O. (2011): Statistics on International Migration. A Practical Guide for Countries of Eastern Europe and Central Asia. Geneva: United Nations Economic Commission for Europe. Available online: https://www.unece.org/fileadmin/DAM/stats/publications/International_Migration_ Practical_Guide _ENG.pdf Ferreira, S. (2018): From Narratives to Perceptions in the Securitisation of the Migratory Crisis in Europe. In: Karakoulaki, M. – Southgate, L. - Steiner, J. (eds.): Critical Perspectives on Migration in the Twenty-First Century. Bristol: E-International Relations Publishing, 57-73. Available online: https://www.e-ir.info/publication/critical-perspectives-on-migration-in-the-twenty-first-century/ Geddes, A. – Scholten, P. (2016): The Politics of Migration and Immigration in Europe. Second Edition. London: Sage. Herner-Kovács, E. (2014): Nation Building Extended: Hungarian Diaspora Politics. Minority Studies. 17 (2014), 55-67. Available online: https://bgazrt.hu/wp-content/uploads/2019/05/Kov%C3%A1csE_Nation-Building-Extended-hungarian-Diaspora-politics.pdf Isaakyan, I. (2016): Integration paradigms in Europe and North America. In: Triandafyllidou, A. (ed.): Routledge Handbook of Immigration and Refugee Studies. London: Routledge, 169-179. Juhász, K. (2017): Assessing Hungary’s Stance on Migration and Asylum in Light of the European and Hungarian Migration Strategies. Politics in Central Europe. Vol. 13, No. 1, 35-54. Available online: https://www.researchgate.net/publication/318905131_Assessing_Hungary's_Stance_ on_Migration_and_Asylum_in_Light_of_the_European_and_Hungarian_Migration_Strategies Koser, K. (2007): International Migration: A Very Short Introduction. Oxford: Oxford University Press. Martin, S. (2005): The legal and normative framework of international migration. A paper prepared for the Policy Analysis and Research Programme of the Global Commission on International Migration. Available online: https://www.iom.int/jahia/webdav/site/myjahiasite/shared/shared/mainsite/policy_and_ research/gcim/tp/TP9.pdf Massey, D.S. – Arango, J. – Hugo, G. – Kouaouci, A. – Pellegrino, A. – Taylor, J. E. (1993): Theories of international migration: a review and appraisal. Population and Development Review, 19(3): 431-466. Available online:  https://www.academia.edu/33905566/Theories_of_International_Migration_A_Review_ and_Appraisal Nicholson, F. – Kumin, J. (2017): A guide to international refugee protection and building state asylum systems. Handbook for Parliamentarians N° 27, issued by the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees and the Inter-Parliamentary Union. Available online: https://www.unhcr.org/3d4aba564.pdf Palm, A. V. (2017): The EU external policy on migration and asylum: What role for Italy in shaping its future? Policy Brief, May 2017. Pisa: Observatory on European Migration Law. Available online: https://www.researchgate.net/publication/317167170_The_EU_external_policy_on_ migration_and_asylum_What_role_for_Italy_in_shaping_its_future Papagianni, G. (2016): Asylum in the twenty-first century: trends and challenges. In: Triandafyllidou, A. (ed.): Routledge Handbook of Immigration and Refugee Studies. London: Routledge, 320-329. Portes, A. – Rumbaut, R. G. (2014): Immigrant America: A Portrait. Fourth Edition. Oakland: University of California Press. Simonovits, B. – Szeitl, B. (2019): Attitudes towards migration and migration policies in Hungary and Europe (2014-18). In: Hungarian social report, 2019. Budapest: TÁRKI, 295-313. Available online: https://www.tarki.hu/sites/default/files/2019-02/295_313_Simonovits_Szeitl.pdf Soltész, B. (2018): Migration trends and their socio-economic context in Hungary. In: Kucharczyk, J. – Mesežnikov, G. (eds.): Phantom Menace. The Politics and Policies of Migration in Central Europe. Prague: Heinrich-Böll-Stiftung, 204-224. Available online: https://cz.boell.org/en/2019/02/14/phantom-menace

Programmes of the course