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Curricular information is subject to change
By the end of this course students will be able:
- apply social theories relating to anti-immigration to historic case studies
- engage with various disciplinary perspectives on nativism/anti-immigration
- compare the political and public reaction to immigration in different countries over time
- relate past political and public immigration debates with more recent discussions
- examine primary sources relating to historic case studies
The module addresses such topics as:
- What role can history play in debates about anti-immigration?
- Demand-side factors: Cultural backlash or economic insecurity?
- Supply-side factors: What is the role of politicians in nativism?
- Anti-Irishness in Britain, 1840s-1880s
- Xenophobia in Australia: From the goldmines to federation
- The Anti-Chinese movement and restrictionism in the United States, 1880s-1920s
- Excluding Indians from white South Africa, 1890s-1910s
- Anti-Semitism in interwar Europe
- Opposition to post-colonial immigration in Britain
- The rise of the radical right since the 1980s
- Why is there no major anti-immigrant party in Ireland?
- Brexit in the UK, Trump in the US and Modi in India: Is this the ‘age of anger’?
Student Effort Type | Hours |
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Lectures | 11 |
Seminar (or Webinar) | 11 |
Specified Learning Activities | 45 |
Autonomous Student Learning | 45 |
Total | 112 |
Not applicable to this module.
Description | Timing | Component Scale | % of Final Grade | ||
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Participation in Learning Activities: Class participation in weekly seminars | n/a | Graded | No | 20 |
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Assignment(Including Essay): 1500 word document analysis | n/a | Graded | No | 40 |
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Portfolio: 3 contributions to discussion boards | n/a | Graded | No | 30 |
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Group Work Assignment: Group presentation | n/a | Graded | No | 10 |
Resit In | Terminal Exam |
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Autumn | No |
• Feedback individually to students, post-assessment
Feedback is given individually and to the class and by appointment after submission and grading.