Migration : the boundaries of equality and justice
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Migration : the boundaries of equality and justice
（Themes for the 21st century）
Polity, 2003
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Includes bibliographies and index
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Description
The freedom to choose where to live and work is a fundamental right in liberal societies. The moral equality of persons is the basic principle of democratic politics. But liberal democracy has no coherent theory of boundaries, or how members should be selected for political communities. The global economy requires mobility across borders, but liberal democracy cannot reconcile the demands of footloose and rivalrous economic agents with the human needs of sedentary and vulnerable populations.
These are urgent issues for the new century, as the upsurge of nationalist, authoritarian and racist movements threatens the liberal democratic order. Mass migrations in search of political freedom and economic opportunity expose incoherence in states' policies, and in theories of equality and justice. Whilst globalization allows new opportunities for mobility and membership in a chosen community, claims for income support or humanitarian protection are viewed as signs of moral defectiveness. In this book, Bill Jordan and Franck Duvell offer an alternative to market-driven regimes for migration management, which select those able to make economic contributions, whilst confining vulnerable outsiders to impoverished and excluded communities of fate.
Table of Contents
Preface and Acknowledgements. Chapter 1: Introduction: Issues and Perspectives.
Chapter 2: The New Model of Global Governance.
Chapter 3: The Political Model of Migration.
Chapter 4: Cosmopolitan Economic Membership.
Chapter 5: Global Equality and Justice.
Notes.
Index
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