SCS3026   Migration and Families   (20 credits)

Description

This unit explores intersections between migration and families in theory, policy and practice, in UK and internationally. It critically examines dominant theories around migration and `the family' in the context of contemporary migration patterns and evidence of how migrants `do' family. It explores how migration policies, in interaction with labour market and welfare policies, stratify migrants' opportunities for family-life. Particular attention is paid to examining the transformative potential of migration for family practices (e.g. care-giving) and relations (e.g. gender and parental). Adopting a transnational lens, the role of migration in contributing to the configuration of non-migrants' family-life is also examined

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