The ethics and politics of asylum : liberal democracy and the response to refugees / Matthew J. Gibney.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Gibney, Matthew J., author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Asylum, Right of.

Refugees--Government policy.

Refugees.

Refugees--Legal status, laws, etc.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (x, 287 pages) : digital, PDF file(s).

Edition:

1st ed.

Other Title:

The Ethics & Politics of Asylum

Place of Publication:

Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 2004.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Asylum has become a highly charged political issue across developed countries, raising a host of difficult ethical and political questions. What responsibilities do the world's richest countries have to refugees arriving at their borders? Are states justified in implementing measures to prevent the arrival of economic migrants if they also block entry for refugees? Is it legitimate to curtail the rights of asylum seekers to maximize the number of refugees receiving protection overall? This book draws upon political and ethical theory and an examination of the experiences of the United States, Germany, the United Kingdom and Australia to consider how to respond to the challenges of asylum. In addition to explaining why asylum has emerged as such a key political issue in recent years, it provides a compelling account of how states could move towards implementing morally defensible responses to refugees.

Contents:

Partiality: community, citizenship and the defence of closure

Impartiality: freedom, equality and open borders

The federal republic of Germany : the rise and fall of a right to asylum

The United Kingdom: the value of asylum

The United States: the making and breaking of a refugee consensus

Australia: restricting asylum, resettling refugees

From ideal to non-ideal theory: reckoning with the state, politics and consequences

Liberal democratic states and ethically defensible asylum practices.

Notes:

Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 05 Oct 2015).

Includes bibliographical references (p. 261-278) and index.

ISBN:

1-107-14388-8

1-280-54154-7

0-511-21414-6

0-511-21593-2

0-511-21056-6

0-511-31492-2

0-511-49024-0

0-511-21233-X

OCLC:

560240535