| Course Info | Class Number: 2631
This course approaches the global refugee crisis from a sociological vantage point. The course begins by asking who is considered a refugee and how this category is constructed. We will examine how refugee families fit within the nation-state system and how forced migration fits within larger trends in migration and globalization. We then follow refugee families and the institutions that shape their trajectories from waiting in refugee camps and cities in neighboring countries to the possibility of more durable solutions through return migration to their home country (repatriation), local integration, or resettlement. How do the dynamics of family shape--and change in--the process? In the last section of the class, we focus on the integration of refugees and asylum-seekers in the U.S. and Europe. Along the way, we will consider refugee agency and self-reliance, as well as the constraints and inequalities they face while navigating global refugee systems.
Approach: Cross-Cultural Analysis (CC);
Enrollment Cap; 25. If the course exceeds the enrollment cap the
following criteria will be used for the lottery: SOCL Major/Minor;
Seniors, Juniors, Sophomore, Freshmen |
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