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Module details for 2022/23.

30 credits

FHEQ Level 7 (Masters)

Module Outline

This module will examine the structural causes driving forced labour and trafficking in our globalised and securitised world where barriers to mobility are increasing and opportunities for legal migration are shrinking. Global circuits of labour circulation have seemingly made national boundaries irrelevant but restrictive immigration policies are making it more dangerous and expensive to cross borders. At the same time, forced migration has become more prevalent as a result of political conflict, environmental factors and persecution. The ways in which migrants navigate border controls through smugglers and the entanglement of exploitation and agency in this process will also be examined through empirical evidence across a range of contexts in the Global South.

The module will equip students with an understanding of
• Globalised circuits of labour circulation Racialised and feminised work; Segmented labour markets
• Global value chains, adverse incorporation of labour
• Hyperprecarity and immigration regimes
• Forced labour; Critical approaches to human trafficking and human smuggling
• Global and national policies to control human trafficking and smuggling
• Labour market intermediaries, ethical recruitment and costs
• Labour agency – collective action, individual agency and prospects for challenging power structures

The module is taught through a one-hour lecture and two-hour seminar weekly. The seminars allow students to participate actively where they discuss their readings in small groups. They also undertake exercises that have been set by the tutor to enhance their learning from the lecture and develop ways of applying that learning to real world contexts.

Full Module Description

This module will examine the structural causes driving forced labour and trafficking in our globalised and securitised world where barriers to mobility are increasing and opportunities for legal migration are shrinking. Global circuits of labour circulation have seemingly made national boundaries irrelevant but restrictive immigration policies are making it more dangerous and expensive to cross borders. At the same time, forced migration has become more prevalent as a result of political conflict, environmental factors and persecution. The ways in which migrants navigate border controls through smugglers and the entanglement of exploitation and agency in this process will also be examined through empirical evidence across a range of contexts in the Global South.

The module will equip students with an understanding of
• Globalised circuits of labour circulation Racialised and feminised work; Segmented labour markets
• Global value chains, adverse incorporation of labour
• Hyperprecarity and immigration regimes
• Forced labour; Critical approaches to human trafficking and human smuggling
• Global and national policies to control human trafficking and smuggling
• Labour market intermediaries, ethical recruitment and costs
• Labour agency – collective action, individual agency and prospects for challenging power structures

The module is taught through a one-hour lecture and two-hour seminar weekly. The seminars allow students to participate actively where they discuss their readings in small groups. They also undertake exercises that have been set by the tutor to enhance their learning from the lecture and develop ways of applying that learning to real world contexts.

Module learning outcomes

Demonstrate an understanding of debates around the structural causes driving forced labour and trafficking in contemporary globalised and securitised economies

Demonstrate an understanding of policy approaches on forced labour, modern slavery and human trafficking

Critically evaluate and assess specific approaches to labour agency; collective action and labour centred development

Find and evaluate academic literature related to forced labour, modern slavery and human trafficking

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Prof Priya Deshingkar

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Dr Anna Laing

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Mr Fred Fordham

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