Immigration justice

by Higgins, Peter W.

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Title Statements

Full title :Immigration justice / Peter W. Higgins.

Summary

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. Key Features. Draws on empirical data on trends, patterns and causes of contemporary global migration The most thorough, up-to-date examination of existing philosophical work on justice in admissions Responds the thought of other political philosophers including John Rawls, Thomas Pogge and Michael Walzer Includes chapters on nationalism, cosmopolitanism and policy

Edition Statements

Publication Date:©2013

Publication Statements

Publisher(s):Edinburgh University Press
Place of Publication:Edinburgh
Language:eng
Publication Date:©2013

The Physical Object

Description:1 online resource (viii, 272 pages)

Edition Identifiers

ISBN:1299963994, 9781299963993, 0748670270, 9780748670277, 0748695125, 9780748695126
oclc:ocn859836250
LC Classification:JV6201
Dewey Decimal:325.1

Title Page; Imprint; Contents; Acknowledgements; Chapter 1 The Philosophical and Empirical Context; Chapter 2 Nationalist Approaches to Immigration Justice; Chapter 3 Cosmopolitan Approaches to Immigration Justice; Chapter 4 The Priority of Disadvantage Principle; Chapter 5 Immigration Justice: In Defense of the Priority of Disadvantage Principle; Chapter 6 Admission, Exclusion and Beyond: Which Immigration Policies are Just?; Notes; Bibliography; Index.

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