Sociology 213 Spring 2005

Online Schedule

Key: [S] = Required book, available in the bookstore.

Month	Date	Class
Jan	13	1	Population Growth Livi Bacci, A Concise History of the World's Population, Chapters 1-2 (p.1-62) [S] Thomas Malthus, An Essay on the Principle of Population, Preface, Chapters 1-2 (10 pages) [total: 72 pages]
Jan	18	2	Livi Bacci, A Concise History of the World's Population, Chapters 3-4 (p.63-119) [S] Thomas Malthus, An Essay on the Principle of Population, Chapter 18 (5 pages)
Jan	20	3	Note: We will meet for labs in Hanes02 Lab 1: Intro
Jan	25	4	Pessimists and Optimists: Neo-Malthusians and Simon Ehrlich, Paul. 1968. The Population Bomb. (Pages 13-45, 69-80, 174) Simon, Julian 1996. The Ultimate Resource II. (pages 3-16, 84-96, 367-90, 604-610) Optional: Ahlburg, Dennis A. (1998), "Julian Simon and the Population Growth Debate" in Population and Development Review, June 1998, Vol. 24, No. 2, pp. 317-327. Simon vs. Ehrlich webpage Negative Population Growth Population Connection (formerly Zero Population Growth)
Jan	27	5	Livi Bacci, A Concise History of the World's Population, Chapters 5-6 (p. 128-202) Optional: Population Reference Bureau, World Population Data Sheet
Feb	1	6	National Research Council, Beyond Six Billion, Ch. 1,3 (pa ges 15-36, 53-82) Lecture on Population Projections
Feb	3	7	Lab 2: World Values SurveyàWhy are fertility rates low in Europe? [Read this for class #7, but we will discuss it in class #9] Alba and Nee, Remaking the American Mainstream, Chapter 5 “The Background to Contemporary Immigration” (pages 167-214)
Feb	8	8	NRC, Beyond Six Billion, Ch. 4 (pages 83-113) Phillip Longman. 2004. The Empty Cradle: How Falling Birthrates Threaten World Prosperity. (Pages 1-36, 47-88) Optional: Buchanan, Patrick. 2002. The Death of the West, (pages 1-48) Lutz, O’Neill and Scherbov. 2003. “Europe’s Population at a Turning Point.” Science 299:1991-2
Feb	10	9	Migration Brimelow, Peter 1995. Alien Nation. (Pages 1-19, 45-49, 58-68, 156-168, 115-133, 250-254, 277-280) Simon, 1998. “Are There Grounds for Limiting Immigration”, Journal of Libertarian Studies 13(2):137-152. Jacoby, 2002. “Too Many Immigrants?”, Commentary (pages 37-44). Wall Street Journal, July 3 1984. “In Praise of Huddled Masses” , Letters to the editor, “Free Immigration Alienates Many” Daniel Griswold, Wall Street Journal, October 22, 2002, “Mexican Workers Come Here to Work: Let them!” [102 pages] Optional: A “liberal” argument for immigration restrictions
Feb	15	10	The decision to migrate Massey et. al. 1993. “Theories of International Migration: A Review and Appraisal.” Population and Development Review 19:(3)431-466 Optional: Massey et. al. 1994. “An Evaluation of International Migration Theory: The North American Case”. Population and Development Review 20(4):699-741. [35 pages]
Feb	17	11	Peter Andreas 2000, Border Games: Policing the U.S. Mexico Divide. (pages viii-x, 85-112, 140-152) [ Massey, Durand, and Malone. 2002. Beyond Smoke and Mirrors: Mexican Immigration in an Era of Economic Integration. (pages 1-6, 25-72) [S] [94 pages] Optional “Light at the End of the Tunnel” Peter Landesman, New York Times Magazine, April 14, 2002 (an account of migrants trying to cross into England via the underground channel train). “A Mexican Manual for Illegal Migrants Upsets Some in U.S.” New York Times, January 6, 2005 “Girl Found Inside Dashboard Trying To Cross Border” 10News.com (San Diego, CA), January 5, 2005
Feb	22	12	Massey, Durand, and Malone. 2002. Beyond Smoke and Mirrors. (pages 73-164) [S] Optional: “Tougher laws eyed for alien workers”. The Washington Times, January 6, 2005
Feb	24	13	Lab 3: Mexican Migration Project data Martinez, Crossing Over [S] (pages 1-170) [Note: we will discuss the whole book in the next class] Bibliography: (other books of interest) Ted Connover 1987. Coyotes. Ramon Perez. 1991. Diary of an Undocumented Immigrant.
March	1	14	Martinez, Crossing Over [S] (pages 171-end)
March	3	15	The economic consequences of immigration National Research Council, 1997. The New Americans, Chapter 4 “Immigration’s Effects on Jobs and Wages: First Principles” (pages 135-172)
March	8	16	NRC, The New Americans, Chapter 5 “Immigration’s Effects on Jobs and Wages: Empirical Evidence” (pages 173-253). Reference: Borjas. 1997. “How much have immigration and trade affected the U.S. job market?” Brookings Papers. Card, 1990. “The impact of the Mariel boatlift on the Miami labor market.” Industrial and Labor Relations Review 43(2):245-257 [ Hammermesh. 1993. Labor Demand. Smith. 1997. Hispanics and the American Dream. Waldinger. 1996. Still the Promised City?
March	10	17	Borjas, 1999. Heaven’s Door. Chapters 4-6 “The Labor Market Impact of Immigration”, “The Economic Benefits of Immigration” , and “Immigration and the Welfare State (pages 62-126) [Link] [64 pages]
March	22	18	Waldinger and Lichter 2003. How the Other Half Works [S, student stores], pages 1-99.
March	24	19	Waldinger and Lichter, 2003. How the Other Half Works [S], pages 141-217. Carolyn Turnovsky, 2004. “Making the Queue: Latino Day Laborers in New York’s Street Corner Labor Markets.” (25 pages)
March	29	20	Assimilation The basic question, a polarized overview. Gary Shteyngart 2004, “The New Two-Way Street” (pages 285-292) in Jacoby, Reinventing the Melting Pot. Jorge Ramos 2004. The Latino Wave. (pages 70-93, 175-187, prologue) Samuel Huntington. 2004. Who Are We? Chapters 1 and 9. “The Crisis of National Identity” and “Mexican Immigration and Hispanization.” Optional: Buchanan, Patrick. 2002. The Death of the West, Chapter 6 “La Reconquista” (pages 123-146) Gregory Rodriguez 2004, “Mexican Americans and the Mestizo Melting Pot” (pages 125-139) in Jacoby, Reinventing the Melting Pot.
March	31	21	No class: PAA
April	5	22	Bean and Stevens 2003. America’s Newcomers and the Dynamics of Diversity. Chapter 5 “The New Immigrants and Theories of Incorporation” (pages 94-113) Gordon, Assimilation in American Life, Chapters 3-6 (p.60-159)
April	7	23	Lab 4: U.S. Census data on immigration.
April	12	24	Glazer and Moynihan, Beyond the Melting Pot. Introduction (pages 1-23) Steinberg, The Ethnic Myth. (pages 1-81) [97 pages]
April	14	25	Portes and Rumbaut, Legacies (pages 1-69, 91-112) [S]
April	19	26	Portes and Rumbaut, Legacies (pages 113-232) [S]
April	21	27	Lab 5: Children of Immigrants Longitudinal Survey
April	26	28	Alba, 2005. “Bright vs. Blurred Boundaries: Second Generation Exclusion and Assimilation in France, Germany, and the United States.” Ethnic and Racial Studies 28:20-49 Brubaker, 2001. “The return of assimilation? Changing perspectives on immigration and its sequels in France, Germany, and the United States.” Ethnic and Racial Studies. 24:531-548 Waldinger and Feliciano, 2004. “Will the new second generation experience `downward assimilation’? Segmented assimilation re-assessed” Ethnic and Racial Studies. 27:376-402 “The War of the Headscarves”, The Economist, Feb 5 2004. Optional (short) “The New Dutch Model,” The Economist, Mar 31 2005 “France, its Muslims, and the Future,” internet blog 4-13-04
April	28	29	Alba and Nee, Remaking the American Mainstream (Chapters 6-7, pages 216-292) [76 pages]
			Other reading (not currently assigned) Alba and Nee, Remaking the American Mainstream, (pages 1-16, 67-77, 88-114, 123-166) [97 pages] Zhou and Bankston. 1994. “Social Capital and the Adaptation of the Second Generation: The Case of Vietnamese Youth in New Orleans” International Migration Review 28:821-45 Steinberg, The Ethnic Myth. (pages 263-302 “Ethnic Heroes and Racial Villains”)