Population and Social Dynamics (Basics)
This research seminar B (1) ("kenkyu-kai B (1) Basics") is suitable for students who wish to pursue a social scientific study of international population movements and related social phenomena. Throughout the semester, students will be expected to attend weekly seminars, having completed the assigned readings beforehand. Both the instructor and students will discuss the readings in depth.
The books and papers listed below are examples of readings. For the fall, the final decision will be made in April, after considering the specific interests and needs of the enrolled students:
・三井さよ・三谷はるよ・西川知亨・工藤保則編. (2023)『はじめての社会調査』世界思想社.
・Alba, R. (2005). Bright vs. blurred boundaries: Second-generation assimilation and exclusion in France, Germany, and the United States. Ethnic and Racial studies, 28(1), 20-49.
・Caron, L., McAvay, H., & Safi, M. (2023). Born Again French: Explaining Inconsistency in Citizenship Declarations in French Longitudinal Data. American Sociological Review, 88(6), 1066-1103.
・de Haas, H. (2021). A theory of migration: the aspirations-capabilities framework. Comparative Migration Studies 9, 8 (2021). https://doi.org/10.1186/s40878-020-00210-4.
・Törngren, S. O., & Sato, Y. (2021). Beyond being either-or: Identification of multiracial and multiethnic Japanese. Journal of Ethnic and Migration Studies, 47(4), 802-820.
Attendance is mandatory. The final evaluation will be based on class participation and weekly assignments.