The Politics of Immigration
GOV 94MR
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Description
In this course, we will examine how immigration affects politics in both American and international contexts. One half of the course will focus on how the political institutions and mass publics of receiving countries react to immigration flows. The other half of this course will focus on immigrant political behavior in response to experiences in immigration-receiving societies and how international migration affects the politics of sending countries. We will ask several important questions: What kinds of immigrants do host country citizens prefer? Is opposition to immigration rooted in economic considerations, or cultural considerations? How do immigrants negotiate their own identities in response to host country discrimination or rejection? How do immigrants influence the politics of their home countries? How are the politics of home countries transformed when many of their citizens leave to other destination countries? In the final project, students will execute their own social scientific project on the politics of immigration, broadly construed.
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Please note that you must enter the Gov 94 lottery by Monday, November 9th at 11:59 pm: https://www.gov.harvard.edu/undergraduate/academics/concentration-requirements/gov-94-seminars/. Priority will be given to Government concentrators. Results will be released on the evening of Tuesday, November 10th.
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