International Labour Migration: Economics, Politics and Ethics (Online) offered by Oxford University
- Public University
1 Campus- Estd. 1096
International Labour Migration: Economics, Politics and Ethics (Online) at Oxford University Overview
Duration | 10 weeks |
Total fee | ₹26,117 |
Mode of learning | Online |
Course Level | UG Certificate |
International Labour Migration: Economics, Politics and Ethics (Online) at Oxford University Highlights
- Earn a certificate of completion from Oxford university
- Listening/watching podcasts/vodcasts including over 15 interviews with global migration experts
- Group discussions in unit-specific group forums
- Interactive analysis and debate through our InfoMap tool
- Two Q&A sessions with the course author
International Labour Migration: Economics, Politics and Ethics (Online) at Oxford University Course details
- Analyse global trends, patterns and determinants of international labour migration and discuss the changing role of migrants in the global labour market
- Discuss and compare the key features of labour immigration policies and the rights of migrant workers in high- and middle-income countries
- Critically analyse the drivers of labour immigration policies in high-income countries and labour emigration policies of lower-income countries
- Discuss key issues in the supra-national and global governance of international labour migration and the rights of migrant workers
- Provide a multi-disciplinary and integrated discussion of labour migration drawing on economics, politics, and ethics
- This global course analyses one of the most controversial public policy issues of the 21st century: how to regulate international labour migration and the rights of migrant workers
- Integrating economics, politics and ethics, the course comprehensively discusses the determinants, impacts and regulation of labour immigration and emigration around the world
- The regulation of labour immigration and the rights of migrant workers are among the most controversial policy issues around the world
- This global course discusses key facts and fiction in debates about international labour migration
- It comprehensively analyses the determinants and consequences of labour migration for host countries, migrants and their countries of origin
- The course debates the fundamental policy questions, trade-offs and moral dilemmas that are inescapable in the regulation of labour immigration and emigration.
International Labour Migration: Economics, Politics and Ethics (Online) at Oxford University Curriculum
International labour migration: Global trends and determinants
Definitions and their consequences
Public attitudes
The scale, patterns and drivers of migration
Reflection
Beyond control? Objectives and limitations of the immigration state
The objectives and limitations of the immigration state
Interests, institutions and ideas: What are the drivers of labour immigration policies?
Burden or benefit? The impacts of migrant workers in receiving countries
The economic effects of immigration
The social effects of immigration
Opening doors: Labour immigration policies in high-income countries
Policy tools for regulating labour immigration
Labour immigration policies in high-income countries: Key features and drivers
Labour emigration and rights abroad: The perspectives of migrants and their countries of origin
The effects of emigration on migrants, their families and countries of origin
Labour emigration policies and dilemmas in practice
Temporary labour migration programmes: Past, present and future
Looking back: Experiences with past guest worker programmes
Looking forward: Can we make TMPs work better?
Open borders: The economics and politics of free movement agreements
Drivers and effects of free movement agreements
Policy changes: Comparing the EU and ASEAN
Illegal and exploited? Functions and impacts of illegality in labour migration
Definitions, functions and impacts of illegality in labour migration
Policy responses
Inclusion and exclusion: The ethics of labour immigration policy
Fundamental ethical questions in labour immigration policy
The ethics of temporary migration programmes that restrict migrant rights
Toward a World Migration Organisation? The global governance of international labour migration
The human rights of migrant workers: Why do so few countries care?
The global governance of international labour migration: Where next?
International Labour Migration: Economics, Politics and Ethics (Online) at Oxford University Faculty details
International Labour Migration: Economics, Politics and Ethics (Online) at Oxford University Entry Requirements
- Prerequisite: Familiar with using a computer for purposes such as sending email and searching the Internet
- Recommended Books- Ruhs, M. (2013) The Price of Rights. Regulating International Labor Migration, Princeton University Press, Princeton and Oxford
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- In countries where the normal examinations have been cancelled, university will expect the conditions of student's offer to be met by the alternative assessment put in place by qualifications' regulators.
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