MZAG5580/DZAG7370

Migration and Citizenship

Professor Ilju Kim
email: iljukim@sophia.ac.jp
Office hours: Thu. 12:40-13:20 or by appointment
Course Description
As a powerful instrument and object of social closure, citizenship is an important concept that
regulates an individual’s membership to a political and geographic community with its rights and
obligations. This seminar examines the concept of citizenship within the context of migration.
How does citizenship (not) matter for migrants? How does citizenship affect migration? How
does migration affect citizenship? We will review theories of migration and citizenship and try to
answer these questions while exploring empirical studies in both established immigrant societies
and emerging recipient and sending countries.
Course Objectives
By the end of the semester, students in the course should have a firm grasp of the issues and debates
surrounding migration and citizenship and be able to develop an individual project that
incorporates but goes beyond the class materials.
Course requirements
- Attendance and class participation 30
- Discussion leadership 20
- Final paper 40
- Presentation 10

Participation 30:
You are expected to do all the required readings assigned for each week and come to class
prepared to contribute to class discussions. Please note that if you do not like discussion-
based courses, you will likely not do well in this class because participation makes up a
significant proportion of your overall grade. Furthermore, in the past, I have found that
students tend to get more out of the class if they are actively engaged in both the readings
and class discussions.

Response memos: As part of your participation grade, you will have to post one comment
question for each reading of that week. For the comment questions, I want to see you
engage the materials. What did you think of the readings? Did they leave you with more
questions? How did the readings speak to each other? You must post your memos on the
Moodle discussion thread each week by Sunday 5 PM. This will allow me (or others) to
incorporate them into the class discussions.
 Leading Class Discussion 20:
One student (or team of students) per week will be assigned to lead class discussions. The
student presenter should give a brief summary (approx. 10-15 min) of the readings. Then,
the student will present the main issues covered by the readings and initiate discussions
with three questions for the class to discuss.

Final paper 40:

You will write a research paper (18-23 pages, double-spaced) on any substantive topic
related to migration and citizenship. You would need to do additional external research,
and explore the patterns/arguments of the substantive topic using one or two theoretical
perspectives discussed in class (it should contribute to the framing of your paper). Due
dates are TBA.
You must submit a two-page paper proposal (due May 27).
Final paper presentation 10:
Each student is required to give a presentation on their final paper. You must follow a
standard presentation format (e.g., introduction, research question(s), methods, results,
and conclusions). Each presentation will be followed by a Q&A session. You will be
graded on both the content and delivery of the presentation, as well as your performance
in the Q&A session. The use of PowerPoint is highly recommended.

Course schedule
*Please note that course schedule and readings are subject to change. I will let you know in
advance if any change is necessary.

1. April 15: Introduction

Džankić, Jelena, and Maarten Peter Vink. 2022. “Citizenship & Migration.”

Bloemraad, Irene, Anna Korteweg, and Gökçe Yurdakul. 2008. “Citizenship and
Immigration: Multiculturalism, Assimilation, and Challenges to the Nation-State.”
Annual Review of Sociology 34 (1): 153–79.

2. April 22: Theories of migration

a. Classical theories
 Massey, D. S, J. Arango, G. Hugo, A. Kouaouci, A. Pellegrino, and J. E Taylor. 1993.
“Theories of International Migration: A Review and Appraisal.” Population and
Development Review 19 (3): 431–66.

Mahler, Sarah J., and Patricia R. Pessar. 2006. “Gender Matters: Ethnographers Bring
Gender from the Periphery toward the Core of Migration Studies.” International
Migration Review 40 (1): 27–63.

b. Migration infrastructure, migration industries

Xiang, Biao, and Johan Lindquist. 2014. “Migration Infrastructure.” International
Migration Review 48 (S1): S122–48.

Cranston, Sophie, Joris Schapendonk, and Ernst Spaan. 2018. “New Directions in
Exploring the Migration Industries: Introduction to Special Issue.” Journal of Ethnic and
Migration Studies 44 (4): 543–57.

3. April 29: Citizenship ideals and citizenship rights

a. Citizenship ideals
Pocock, J.G.A. 1995. “The Ideal of Citizenship since Classical Times.” Pp. 29-52 in
Beiner, R., ed. Theorizing Citizenship. Binghamton: SUNY Press.

Chung, Erin Aeran. 2017. “Citizenship in Non-Western Contexts.” In The Oxford

Handbook of Citizenship.

b. Citizenship rights
Marshall, Thomas Humphrey. 1950. “Citizenship and Social Class.” The Welfare State
Reader, Polity Press, Bristol, 30–39.

Esping-Anderson, G. 1990. The Three Worlds of Welfare Capitalism. Princeton:

Princeton University Press. (Chapter 1.)

4. May 13: Citizenship and gender, race, and class

Pateman, C. 1989. “The Patriarchal Welfare State.” Pp. 179-209 in The Disorder of
Women: Democracy, Feminism and Political Theory. Cambridge: Polity Press.

Lister, Ruth. 2012. “Citizenship and Gender.” In The Wiley‐Blackwell Companion to

Political Sociology, edited by Edwin Amenta, Kate Nash, and Alan Scott, 1st ed., 372–82.
Wiley.
 Glenn, Evelyn Nakano. 2001. Unequal Freedom. Cambridge Mass.: Harvard University
Press. Chapter 2. Citizenship: Universalism and Exclusion

Orloff, Ann Shola. 1993. “Gender and the Social Rights of Citizenship: The Comparative
Analysis of Gender Relations and Welfare States.” American Sociological Review 58 (3):
303–28.

5. May 20: Citizenship - possibilities and limitations

Bloemraad, I. 2018. “Theorising the Power of Citizenship as Claims-Making.” Journal of
Ethnic and Migration Studies 44 (1): 4–26.

McNevin, Anne. 2009. “Contesting Citizenship: Irregular Migrants and Strategic

Possibilities for Political Belonging.” New Political Science 31 (2): 163–181.

Shachar, Ayelet. 2017. “Citizenship for Sale?” In The Oxford Handbook of Citizenship.
Cook-Martin, D. 2019. “Temp Nations? A Research Agenda on Migration, Temporariness,
and Membership.” American Behavioral Scientist 63(9): 1389-1403.

6. May 27: How does citizenship (not) matter?

Soysal, Yasemin Nuhoglu. 2012. “Post-National Citizenship: Rights and Obligations of
Individuality.” In The Wiley-Blackwell Companion to Political Sociology, edited by
Edwin Amenta, Kate Nash, and Alan Scott, 1st ed., 383–93. Wiley.

Hansen, Randall. 2009. “The Poverty of Postnationalism: citizenship immigration, and

the new Europe.” Theory and Society 38(1): 1-24.

Ong, Aihwa. 2005. “(Re)Articulations of Citizenship.” PS: Political Science and Politics
38 (4): 697–99.

**Submission of final paper proposals: Brief presentation of proposals in the class

7. June 3: How and why do people acquire citizenship?

Bloemraad, Irene. 2006. Becoming a Citizen : Incorporating Immigrants and Refugees in
the United States and Canada. Berkeley: University of California Press. Introduction,
Chapters 2 and 3

Kim, Minjeong. 2013. “Citizenship Projects for Marriage Migrants in South Korea:
Intersecting Motherhood with Ethnicity and Class.” Social Politics: International Studies
in Gender, State & Society 20 (4): 455–81.
8. June 10: Nationalism and citizenship
Anderson, B. 1991. Imagined Communities. Verso. Introduction
Enloe, Cynthia. 2014. Bananas, Beaches and Bases: Making Feminist Sense of
International Politics. Univ of California Press. Chapter 3. Nationalism and Masculinity:
The Nationalist Story Is Not Over—and It Is Not a Simple Story

Brubaker, R. 2004. “’Ethnic’ versus ‘Civic’ Nationalism.” Pp. 132-46 in Ethnicity without
Groups. Cambridge: Harvard University Press.

Yu, Sojin. 2020. “Gendered Nationalism in Practice: An Intersectional Analysis of Migrant

Integration Policy in South Korea.” Gender & Society 34 (6): 976–1004.

9. June 17: Immigrant integration and multiculturalism

Kymlicka, Will. 2012. “Multiculturalism: Success, Failure, and the Future.” Migration
Policy Institute.
Chung, Erin Aeran. 2020. Immigrant Incorporation in East Asian Democracies.
Cambridge University Press. Introduction, Chapters 3 and 6.

10. June 24. Gender, sexuality, and citizenship

Choo, Hae Yeon. 2006. “Gendered Modernity and Ethnicized Citizenship North Korean
Settlers in Contemporary South Korea.” Gender & Society 20 (5): 576–604.
Faier, Lieba. 2007. “Filipina Migrants in Rural Japan and Their Professions of Love.”
American Ethnologist 34 (1): 148–162.
Epstein, Steven, and Hector Carrillo. 2014. “Immigrant Sexual Citizenship: Intersectional
Templates among Mexican Gay Immigrants to the USA.” Citizenship Studies 18 (3–4): 2
59–276.
**Collect suggestions and decide the readings for Week 13; form groups if necessary

11. July 1: Transnationalism and multiple citizenship

Schiller, N. G. 2005. “Transborder Citizenship: An Outcome of Legal Pluralism within

Transnational Social Fields.” In Mobile People, Mobile Law: Expanding Legal Relations
in a Contracting World, edited by V. B.-B. Franz and V. B.-B. Keebet, 48–90. London:
Ashgate.
Sejersen, Tanja Brøndsted. 2008. “‘I Vow to Thee My Countries’–the Expansion of Dual
Citizenship in the 21st Century.” International Migration Review 42 (3): 623–49.
 Harpaz, Y., and P. Mateos. 2019. “Strategic Citizenship: Negotiating Membership in the
Age of Dual Nationality.” Journal of Ethnic and Migration Studies 45 (6): 843–857.
Kim, Ilju. 2021. “Dual Citizenship as Claims-Making: The Case of Marriage Migrants in
South Korea.” Citizenship Studies 25 (3): 371–88.

12. July 8: Reshaping citizenship through migration

Aguilar Jr, Filomeo V. 2018. “Political Love: Affect, Instrumentalism and Dual
Citizenship Legislation in the Philippines.” Citizenship Studies 22 (8): 829–854.
doi:10.1080/ 13621025.2018.1538317.

Blanc, C. S. 1996. “Balikbayan: A Filipino Extension of the National Imaginary and of

State Boundaries.” Philippine Sociological Review 44 (1/4): 178–193.

Smith, R. C. 2003. “Diasporic Memberships in Historical Perspective: Comparative

Insights from the Mexican, Italian and Polish Cases 1.” International Migration Review
37 (3): 724–759.

Chan, Y. W., and T. L. T. Tran. 2011. “Recycling Migration and Changing Nationalisms:
The Vietnamese Return Diaspora and Reconstruction of Vietnamese Nationhood.”
Journal of Ethnic and Migration Studies 37 (7): 1101–1117.

13. July 15: Choice of your readings: group sessions and sharing

Are there any articles or book chapters that you think would be beneficial for the class?
We will collectively select the readings for the two sessions this week. In these sessions,
you may have the chance to share your core readings/ideas about your final papers.
Depending on the list of readings, we may divide into several groups.

14. July 22: Student final paper presentation