Immigration justice / [electronic resource]
Higgins, Peter W.,author.
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.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
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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.
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.
Emigration and immigration
Emigration and immigration