Immigration Justice

ISBN-13: 9780748670260 / Angielski / Twarda / 2013 / 288 str.

Peter Higgins

Opis

What moral standards ought nation-states abide by when selecting immigration policies? Peter Higgins argues that immigration policies can only be judged by considering the inequalities that are produced by the institutions - such as gender, race and class - that constitute our social world.Higgins challenges conventional positions on immigration justice, including the view that states have a right to choose whatever immigration policies they like, or that all immigration restrictions ought to be eliminated and borders opened. Rather than suggesting one absolute solution, he argues that a unique set of immigration policies will be just for each country. He concludes with concrete recommendations for policymaking.

Spis treści

Acknowledgments; 1. The Philosophical and Empirical Context; 2. Nationalist Approaches to Immigration Justice; 3. Cosmopolitan Approaches to Immigration Justice; 4. The Priority of Disadvantage Principle; 5. Immigration Justice: In Defense of the Priority of Disadvantage Principle; 6. Admission, Exclusion, and Beyond: Which Immigration Policies Are Just?; Bibliography; Notes.