POLS 210 - Immigration and Citizenship

Unit(s): 4

This seminar focuses on the history and critical analysis of the politics of immigration and citizenship in the U.S. Rooted in political science with its attention of legal traditions and government institutions, we will also study citizenship as a broader field that includes feelings and practices of belonging and entitlement, particularly amongst immigrant groups in this country. Notions of citizenship and immigration have changed over time - they are historically geopolitically contingent. This course pays particular attention to ways different groups of migrants and their descendants have had to struggle (or not) for full inclusion in the body politic and how that experience varies across different regions and national traditions. Guest speakers and engaged research opportunities link course content with contemporary immigrant community life and politics in San Francisco.

College of Arts and Sciences