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Global Migration MA
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Department of Sociology


About this course

This course takes an interdisciplinary approach drawing on sociology, law, politics, international relations, social policy, economics and anthropology; it introduces students to the local, national and regional impact of migration across the world; a significant part of the course is spent examining theoretical explanations of the causes of different forms of migration eg refugee, forced, and free, and responses to migrants and their settlement patterns.

Modules

An introduction to refugee studies; refugee rights and refugee settlement; approaches to social research; sociology dissertation; elective modules: globalisation: challenges and transformations; communities and social action; human wrongs; rights, multiculturalism and citizenship; media and human rights; political sociology; theories of race and ethnicity; crime, justice and security; global migration; international human rights law; media, violence and culture; global insecurity; surveillance studies: theories and concepts; feminism and the media: representation, technology and change; victimology; global politics of human rights; human rights and social theory; international politics modules; global conflict and security; international organisations in global politics; NGOs, human rights and UN system; theories of international politics; development and international politics; political Islam in global politics; political economy of global finance; the politics of forced displacement and resettlement.

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September – contact provider for latest dates

2 years

Part-time No application date provided City,
EC1V 0HB
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£3800 per year

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Mon 17th Sep 2012

2 years

Part-time No application date provided Islington,
EC1V 0HB
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£3800 per year

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Mon 17th Sep 2012

2 years

Part-time No application date provided Islington,
EC1V 0HB
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N/A

£3800 per year

*More info: £3800 per year

September – contact provider for latest dates

1 years

Full time No application date provided City,
EC1V 0HB
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£6950 per year

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Mon 17th Sep 2012

1 years

Full time No application date provided Islington,
EC1V 0HB
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N/A

£6950 per year

*More info: £6950 per year

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City University

Subject areas

International Relations, Human Geography


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