This course is new.

PSCI/INTR 269 Migration, Economic Change, and Conflict

  • Spring 2024
    Bethany Lacina
    Spring 2024 ("W" Optional) — M 14:00 - 16:40
    Course Syllabus

    A high level of migration within and between countries is the most controversial feature of our globalized and technologically integrated world. This class will review the economic and non-economic causes of trends in migration and discuss the political conflict that migration can spark. The course will deal with both international and internal migration. The primary focus will be on comparing nativist politics in the US and Europe to political conflict over migration in poorer countries. There will be two in-class midterms and a comprehensive final exam.

  • Spring 2022
    Bethany Lacina
    Spring 2022 ("W" Optional) — W 14:00 - 16:40
    Course Syllabus

    A high level of migration within and between countries is the most controversial feature of our globalized and technologically integrated world. This class will review the economic and non-economic causes of trends in migration and discuss the political conflict that migration can spark. The course will deal with both international and internal migration. The primary focus will be on comparing nativist politics in the US and Europe to political conflict over migration in poorer countries. There will be two in-class midterms and a comprehensive final exam.