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Autumn 2024

Instructor: José J. Mendoza  

Email: josejm@uw.edu

Office: Savery Hall 385

Office Hour: Tuesday 1:30-3:30pm

 

Course Description

This course is designed as an advanced survey of some of the more recent work being done on the topic of immigration justice. 

 

Required Texts (pdfs for all the readings will be provided, but feel free to click on the links below to see more information about the books themselves)

David Miller (2016): Strangers in Our Midst

Sahar Akhtar (2024): Immigration and Discrimination

Jamie Draper (2024): Climate Displacement

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Grading and Assignments:

4 Short Response Papers: 200-500 words each (40%)

1 Class Presentation: 10-15 minutes (20%)

Final Paper: 3K-5K words (40%)

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Reading Schedule

Week One (Sept 25) David Miller: Strangers in Our Midst

Chapter One: Introduction 

Chapter Two: Cosmopolitanism, Compatriot Partiality, and Human Rights

Week Two (October 2) David Miller: Strangers in Our Midst

Chapter Three: Open Borders

Chapter Four: Closed Borders

Chapter Five: Refugees

Week Three (October 9) David Miller: Strangers in Our Midst

Chapter Six: Economic Migrants

Chapter Seven: The Rights of Immigrants

Chapter Eight: Integrating Immigrants

Chapter Nine: Conclusion and Postscript

Week Four (October 16) Sahar Akhtar: Immigration and Discrimination

Finish David Miller

Week Five (October 23) Sahar Akhtar: Immigration and Discrimination

Introduction: Immigration and Identity (Akhtar)

CH 1: Race, Ethnicity, and Religion under States' Choice

CH 2: Core Elements of Antidiscrimination

Week Six (October 30) Sahar Akhtar: Immigration and Discrimination

CH 3: Race, Ethnicity, and Religion in the Global Context

CH 4: Global Antidiscrimination Duties

CH 5: The Primary Duties

Week Seven (November 6) Sahar Akhtar: Immigration and Discrimination

CH 6: Between the Primary Duties and Open Borders

CH 7: Rethinking the Right to Exclude

Week Eight (November 13) Jamie Draper: Climate Displacement

CH 1: The Moral Challenge of Climate Displacement

CH 2: Against a Treaty for Climate Refugees

Week Nine (November 20) Jamie Draper: Climate Displacement

CH 3: Climate Change and Community Relocation

CH 4: Climate Change and Territorial Sovereignty

CH 5: Climate Change and Labour Migration

Week Ten (November 27) Jamie Draper: Climate Displacement

CH 6: Climate Change and the Refugee Regime

CH 7: Climate Change and Internal Displacement

 Week Eleven (December 4):

CH 8: Sharing the Costs of Climate Displacement

CH 9: The Future of Climate Displacement

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Course Summary:

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