Syllabi
Politics of Immigration
Dr. William L. Rosenberg
Drexel University
Winter 2008
This course is designed to introduce the student to the issues associated with immigration from both a US and international historical and contemporary perspective. Emphasis will be focused on the theory, public policy and philosophical issues that are associated with this area of inquiry.
Texts
Debating Immigration. Edited by Carol M. Swain. Cambridge University Press. 2007
Dividing Lines: The Politics of Immigration Control in America. By Daniel J. Tiechnor. Princeton University Press. 2002
The Politics of Immigration: Questions and Answers. By Jane Guskin and David L. Wilson. Monthly Review Foundation. 2007
You are expected to monitor and review a daily newspaper such as the NY Times, Washington Post or other major online news source. You should be prepared to discuss the material related to this class each week in class.
General Reading and Viewing Assignments
Week 1 Philosophy and Policy
Swain Chapters 1-3
Tiechnor Chapter 1
Film: Farmingville
Week 2 Religion and Contemporary Immigration Policy
Swain Chapters 4-5
Guskin and Wilson Entire text.
Week 3 Immigration Control and Early US Immigration Policy
Tiechnor 2-3
Film: Out of Ireland
Week 4 Law and Policy
Swain 6-8
Film: Mojados
Week 5 Mid-term
Week 6 Economics and Demographics
Swain 9-12
Week 7 Race
Swain 13-15
Tiechnor 4-6
Film: Shanghai Jews or Double Crossing: The Voyage of the St Louis
Week 8 Cosmopolitanism and Europe
Swain 16-17
Week 9 Evolution of Immigration in US in the 20th Century
Tiechnor 7-9
Film: Balseros
Week 10 Conclusions
Swain 18
Tiechnor 10