USESEN007 Migration Processes in Europe

Faculty of Public Policies in Opava
Summer 2014
Extent and Intensity
2/0/0. 5 credit(s). Type of Completion: zk (examination).
Guaranteed by
doc. PhDr. Tomáš Staněk, CSc.
Institute of Central European Studies – Faculty of Public Policies in Opava
Course Enrolment Limitations
The course is also offered to the students of the fields other than those the course is directly associated with.
fields of study / plans the course is directly associated with
Course objectives
The course provides relatively united image of causes, forms and consequences of migration processes in European area and on the territory of former Czechoslovakia after the Second World War and in next temporal periods till present day. The students will acquire principal knowledge of phenomenon of migration in modern society in various historical, cultural and regional connections and at the same time also of approaches to solving the problems evocated by transports of numerous groups of people in "national" as well as international merit. The attention will be paid to the forms of forced migrations (escapes, expulsions, relocations and displaces), the questions regarding current tendencies of migration and asylum policy in individual European countries and within EU will be followed as well.
Syllabus
  • 1. Migration as social-historical phenomenon and process: delimitation of principal concepts, typology of migrations, migration as a subject of social-scientific researches and analyses
    2. - 3. Characteristics of the most important periods, areas and forms of European migrations from the half of the 19th century till the beginning of the Second World War
    4. The Second World War and connected demonstrations of territorial mobility of population I (general frame)
    5. The Second World War II (settlement policy of aggressors and occupants, repression. forced migration - deportation)
    6. Migration trends in Europe after World War II (1945-1950), post-war organization, situation of national minorities
    7. Settlement policy of Czechoslovak state (1945-1950), position of "different-national" population, way outs, course and consequences of various forms of migration
    8. Causes, territories, types and impacts of migrations in European countries in the 50´s till the 70´s, peculiarities of "central-eastern" Europe
    9. Economic, social, political and cultural aspects of territorial mobility of population in Europe in the 80´, work migration, phenomenon of refugees
    10. Termination of "cold war", decline of communist regimes and migration in Europe in the 90´s(work migration, asylum seekers, refugees)
    11. Migration in Czechoslovakia (the Czech republic) after 1989 I (general context)
    12. Migration in Czechoslovakia (the Czech republic) after 1989 II (legal and illegal migration, asylum, free move of persons, immigration and integration of foreigners)
Literature
    required literature
  • Odbor azylové a migrační politiky Ministerstva vnitra ČR - (OAMP. http://www.mvcr.cz/uprchlici/. URL info
  • European Council on Refugees and Exiles - ECRE. http://www.ecre.org. URL info
  • Forced Migration Online. http://www. forcedmigration.org. URL info
  • http://www.migraceonline.cz. URL info
  • United Nation High Commisioner for Refugees - UNHCR. http://www.unhcr.ch. URL info
  • KNOPP, G. Exodus: Osud vyhnanců. Praha, 2006. info
  • NAIMARK, N.M. Plameny nenávisti: etnické čistky v Evropě 20. století. Praha, 2006. info
  • BADE, K. J. Evropa v pohybu: evropské migrace dvou staletí. Praha, 2005. info
  • SARTORI, G. Pluralismus, multikulturalismus a přistěhovalci: esej o multietnické společnosti. Praha, 2005. info
  • BARŠOVÁ, A. - BARŠA, P. Přistěhovalectví a liberální stát: Imigrační a integrační politiky v USA, západní Evropě a Česku. Brno, 2005. info
  • ARBURG, A. von. Tak či onak: Nucené přesídlení v komplexním pojetí poválečné sídelní politiky v českých zemích. Soudobé dějiny, 10, 2003. info
  • ŠIŠKOVÁ, T. (ed.). Menšiny a migranti v České republice: my a oni v multikulturní společnosti 21. století. Praha, 2001. info
Language of instruction
Czech
Further comments (probably available only in Czech)
The course can also be completed outside the examination period.
Teacher's information
Seminar paper, or detailed essay about book, of taught topic or issue. Oral exam focused on testing knowledge of both general context and concrete realia.
The course is also listed under the following terms Summer 2012, Summer 2013, Summer 2015.
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