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Academic Year 2004/2005

Migration, Race and Ethnicity in the World Economy
SOC 252 SP
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This course will study the causes and consequences of human migration in the modern world system. The course will be divided into two parts. The first part will consider several competing theories of migration. The second part will focus on the recent trends of Caribbean, Asian, and Central American emigration to the United States; the consequences of these trends for the home countries; and the patterns of incorporation and the processes of culture change experienced by the new immigrants in the United States. Attention will be paid to the emergence of new ethnic identities among the new immigrants and the changing configuration of race and ethnicity in the United States.

MAJOR READINGS

Alejandro Portes and Ruben G. Rumbaut, IMMIGRANT AMERICA: A PORTRAIT
Stephen Steinberg, THE ETHNIC MYTH: RACE, ETHNICITY, AND CLASS IN AMERICA (Updated and Revised Edition)
Selected readings from THE HANDBOOK OF INTERNATIONAL MIGRATION
Peter Brimelow, ALIEN NATION: COMMON SENSE ABOUT AMERICA'S IMMIGRATION DISASTER
Milton Vickerman, CROSSCURRENTS: WEST INDIAN IMMIGRANTS AND RACE
Roger Weldinger, STILL THE PROMISED CITY? AFRICAN-AMERICANS AND NEW IMMIGRANTS IN POSTINDUSTRIAL NEW YORK
P aul Ong, et al, THE NEW ASIAN IMMIGRATION IN LOS ANGELES AND GLOBAL RESTRUCTURING

EXAMINATIONS AND ASSIGNMENTS

Three take-home essays (7-10) pages each.

ADDITIONAL REQUIREMENTS and/or COMMENTS

Students who do not have SOC151 may have the instructor sign a prerequisite override form.

COURSE FORMAT: Lecture/Discussion

REGISTRATION INFORMATION

Level: UGRD    Credit: 1    Gen Ed Area Dept: SBS SOC    Grading Mode: Graded   

Prerequisites: SOC151 Links to Web Resources For This Course.

Last Updated on MAR-21-2005

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