The Ethics of Immigration
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Product details:
- Publisher OUP USA
- Date of Publication 7 November 2013
- ISBN 9780199933839
- Binding Hardback
- No. of pages386 pages
- Size 157x241x27 mm
- Weight 635 g
- Language English 0
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Short description:
Eminent political theorist Joseph Carens tests the limits of democratic theory in the realm of immigration, arguing that any acceptable immigration policy must be based on moral principles even if it conflicts with the will of the majority.
MoreLong description:
In The Ethics of Immigration, Joseph Carens synthesizes a lifetime of work to explore and illuminate one of the most pressing issues of our time. Immigration poses practical problems for western democracies and also challenges the ways in which people in democracies think about citizenship and belonging, about rights and responsibilities, and about freedom and equality.
Carens begins by focusing on current immigration controversies in North America and Europe about access to citizenship, the integration of immigrants, temporary workers, irregular migrants and the admission of family members and refugees. Working within the moral framework provided by liberal democratic values, he argues that some of the practices of democratic states in these areas are morally defensible, while others need to be reformed. In the last part of the book he moves beyond the currently feasible to ask questions about immigration from a more fundamental perspective. He argues that democratic values of freedom and equality ultimately entail a commitment to open borders. Only in a world of open borders, he contends, will we live up to our most basic principles.
Many will not agree with some of Carens' claims, especially his controversial conclusion, but none will be able to dismiss his views lightly. Powerfully argued by one of the world's leading political philosophers on the issue, The Ethics of Immigration is a landmark work on one of the most important global social trends of our era.
Caren's writes in a refreshingly calm, measured, humane voice about one of the most politically charged and morally urgent issues of our time, deftly illustrating what philosophers can add to the heated conversation. He is the leading anglophone political philosopher working on the subject of immigration, and this book is the culmination of decades of path-breaking research...a brilliant and engaging, persuasive book, which attempts to reconcile the claims of democratic communities and the claims of migrants.
Table of Contents:
Acknowledgments
1. Introduction: Mapping the Ethics of Immigration
PART I: WHO BELONGS?
2. Birthright Citizenship
3. Naturalization
4. Beyond Legal Citizenship to Inclusion
5. Permanent Residents
6. Temporary Workers
7. Irregular Migrants
8. The Theory of Social Membership
PART II: WHO SHOULD GET IN?
9. Ordinary Admissions
10. Refugees
11. The Case for Open Borders
12. The Claims of Community
13. Conclusion
Appendix: Presuppositions and Political Theory
References
Notes
Index
