Mobility, Citizenship and Identity

Course aim

To examine the interplay of population mobility, citizenship and constructions of identity in national and transnational contexts.

Course content

Political, economic and cultural dimensions of globalisation; patterns of internal and transnational mobility; voluntary and involuntary migration (sojourners, guest workers, immigrant settlers, short term and long term refugees); citizenship and the politics of belonging; policies of incorporation of voluntary and involuntary migrants in a range of settler countries; human rights and international governance of migration; adaptation of voluntary and involuntary migrants to new cultural contexts; the construction and negotiation of cultural and social identities.

Textbook(s)

Nil

Prerequisite(s)

Admission to a postgraduate program.

Corequisite(s)

Nil

Teaching method

Component	Duration
INTERNAL, MAGILL
Seminar	3 hours x 13 weeks

Note: These components may or may not be scheduled in every study period. Please refer to the timetable for further details.

Assessment

Case study, Essay, Online reflection task

Fees

EFTSL*: 0.125
Commonwealth Supported program (Band 1)
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Fee-paying program for domestic and international students
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* Equivalent Full Time Study Load. Please note: all EFTSL values are published and calculated at ten decimal places. Values are displayed to three decimal places for ease of interpretation.