Immigration Justice
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. He 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 el…
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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. He 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, Higgins argues that a unique set of immigration policies will be just for each country. He concludes with concrete recommendations for policymaking.
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- Publication Date:2013.
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- Publisher(s):Edinburgh University Press
- Language:eng
- Publication Date:2013.
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- Description:1 online resource
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- ISBN:9780748670260, 0748670262, 9780748670277, 0748670270, 9780748695126, 0748695125
- oclc:on1229348115
- LC Classification:JV6201
- Dewey Decimal:323
Table of Contents
Acknowledgments -- Philosophical and empirical context -- Nationalist approaches to immigration justice -- Cosmopolitan approaches to immigration justice -- Priority of disadvantage principle -- Immigration justice: in defense of the priority of disadvantage principle -- Admission, exclusion and beyond: which immigration policies are just? -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index.
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