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Sto caricando le informazioni... Immigration and Democracy (Oxford Political Theory) (edizione 2021)di Sarah Song (Autore)
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Immigration is one of the most polarizing issues in contemporary politics. It raises questions about identity, economic well-being, the legitimacy of state power, and the boundaries of membership and justice. How should we think about immigration and what policies should democratic societies pursue? Some contend that borders should generally be open and people should be free to migrate in search of better lives. Others insist that governments have the right to unilaterally close their borders and should do so. In Immigration and Democracy, Sarah Song develops an intermediate ethical position that takes seriously both the claims of receiving countries and the claims of prospective migrants. She argues that political membership is morally significant, even if morally arbitrary. Political membership grounds particular rights and obligations, and a government may show some partiality toward the interests of its members. Yet, we also have universal obligations to those outside our orders. Where prospective migrants have urgent reasons to move, as in the case of refugees, their interests may trump the less weighty interests of members. What is required is not open or closed borders but open doors. An accessible ethical framework that clarifies and deepens the ideas with which members of democratic societies can debate immigration, Immigration and Democracy considers the implications of a realistically utopian theory for immigration law and policy. Non sono state trovate descrizioni di biblioteche |
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Even so, I was expecting something a bit more theoretically challenging based on the series this book belongs to (Oxford Political Theory). The author sets her own theory in opposition both to "open border" and "closed border" theories, but these alternatives are so unrealistic that an intermediate position is hardly a great epiphany. After that, the only thing left to do is to discuss factors which influence practical immigration decisions. The discussion is reasonably interesting, but it did not really reveal anything that I didn't already know, so on the whole I found this book a bit tedious.