Katherine
Tegtmeyer Pak
ktp@stolaf.edu
POLITICS OF TRANSNATIONAL MIGRATION
Transnational
migration presents rich material
for social science investigation. This course introduces
students to the political dimensions of the human drama of migration,
by moving beyond media coverage and politicians’ rhetoric to consider
the political processes shaping migration. We will study entry control
and integration policy in advanced industrial countries that receive immigrants
(or not), and the political activities of the migrants themselves. Throughout
we will be particularly concerned with the relationship between political
process and social theory, specifically addressing how sovereignty, national
identity, citizenship, and gender are articulated in the politics of transnational
migration.................LINK TO SYLLABUS
