1.Introduction to the course: expectations, requirements, and organizational plans. Conceptual framework.
2.The nexus between migration and development
a.Historical overview
b.Theoretical perspectives
3.From global lo local dilemmas policy dilemmas
a.The development gap reconsidered: development by whom, and for whom?
b.The regulation of diverse forms of mobility across national and regional spaces
4.Development strategies and human mobility: rationale and results
a.Changing gears at the international level: from foreign-aid to co-development
b.Long-distance nationalism and national development
5.Migrants’ agency revisited
a.Branding ethnicity
b.Migration-induced crises as policy tools
6.Zooming the lenses on border zones
a.The impact of legal and illegal forms of transit
b.The negotiation of wealth, well-being, and identities
7.The debate on economic and social remittances. Part I.
a.Channeling financial flows
b.Capturing knowledge flows
8.The debate on economic and social remittances. Part II.
a.Migrants’ social and cultural capital as triggers of innovation
b.Do democratic practices and institutions travel with migrants?
9.Migrant entrepreneurship: implications for the global political economy
a. The internationalization of food and ethnic cuisine
b. Niche markets: migrants as producers and consumers
10.The transformation of urban spaces through migration
a.The emergence of global cities
b.Local politics meet migrant festivities/art in the street
11.The political economy of female & family international migration.
a.Dismembered households and transnational care chains
b.Marriage migration, invisible workers, and informal migrant networks
12. Conclusions
c.Human trafficking and sex markets: the case of women and children