Undergraduate Module Descriptor

SSI2006: Immigration in Western Societies

This module descriptor refers to the 2019/0 academic year.

Indicative Reading List

This reading list is indicative - i.e. it provides an idea of texts that may be useful to you on this module, but it is not considered to be a confirmed or compulsory reading list for this module.

Stephen Castles and Mark Miller, The Age of Migration: International Population Movements in the Modern World 4th ed., Palgrave (2009).

Anthony Heath and Sin Yi Cheung (Eds.), Unequal Chances: Ethnic Minorities in Western Labour Markets, Oxford University Press (2007).

Anthony Messina, The Logics and Politics of Post-WWII Migration to Western Europe, Cambridge University Press (2007).

Alejandro Portes and Ruben Rimbaud, Immigrant America: A Portrait, 3rd ed., University of California Press (2006).

George Borjas, Immigration Economics, Harvard University Press (2014).

Students will be provided with a list of required readings for group debates.