Human Migration. Migrant Adaptation and Integration

2024/2025

Academic Year

ENG

Instruction in English

3

ECTS credits

Delivered at:

Department of Demography (Vishnevsky Institute of Demography)

Course type:

Elective course

When:

1 year, 3 module

Course Syllabus

Abstract

Theoretical issues of human migrationHuman migration - concept and definitionClassification, kinds and types of migrationSources of information on migrationMigration ratesFactors and reasons for migrationMigration concepts and classification of main scientific approachesMigration and its impact on population and labor potentialMigration and population dynamicsMigration and its impact on the sex and age structure of the populationLevel of education of migrants and labor potentialMigration and ethnic processesMigration and ethnicity - issues of interactionMigration and its impact on the ethnic structures of the populationMigration and assimilation processesNational component of migration policyMigration and the labor marketLabor migration: concept, classification of formsModern aspects of demand for labor migrantsRegional features of the use of foreign laborIllegal migrationIntegration PolicyIntegration policy: barriers, potential, opportunitiesChallenges of social exclusion of migrantsPrinciples, approaches and contours of the integration policyIntegration policy in the context of migration policy issuesFundamental problems of integration policyManipulation of public opinionMethodological foundations for the development of state migration policyStages of development and implementation of migration policyTools for the implementation of migration policyMechanisms for implementing migration policy