Against borders
Subtitle: why the world needs free movement of people
By: Alex Sager
Series: Off the fence: morality, politics and society; Off the Fence: Morality, Politics and Society
Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield International
Published: 2020
Place of publication: London; New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 137
ISBN-13: 9781786606297
Subjects: Boundaries (Philosophy); Emigration and immigration; Social aspects; Globalization; Sovereignty; Émigration et immigration; Aspect social; Mondialisation; Souveraineté
Description: This book carefully engages philosophical arguments for and against open borders, bringing together major approaches to open borders across disciplines and establishing the feasibility of open borders against the charge of utopianism.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Against Borders; title: Contents; title: Acknowledgments; title: Introduction; title: 1 What Are Open Borders?; title: 2 Freedom, Coercion, and Open Borders; title: 3 Open Borders and Distributive Justice; title: 4 The Inherent Violence of Border Controls; title: 5 Arguments for Closing Borders 1: Self-Determination, Security, and the Environment; title: 6 Arguments for Closing Borders 2: Culture and Social Trust; title: 7 Resistance and Refusal (or Toward a World of Open Borders); title: Bibliography; title: Index; title: About the Author