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Immigration and the constraints of justice : between open borders and absolute sovereignty / Ryan Pevnick.

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Format:
Book
Author/Creator:
Pevnick, Ryan, 1980- author.
Language:
English
Subjects (All):
Emigration and immigration--Government policy.
Emigration and immigration.
Distributive justice.
Physical Description:
1 online resource (x, 199 pages) : digital, PDF file(s).
Other Title:
Immigration & the Constraints of Justice
Place of Publication:
Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 2011.
Language Note:
English
Summary:
This book explores the constraints which justice imposes on immigration policy. Like liberal nationalists, Ryan Pevnick argues that citizens have special claims to the institutions of their states. However, the source of these special claims is located in the citizenry's ownership of state institutions rather than in a shared national identity. Citizens contribute to the construction and maintenance of institutions (by paying taxes and obeying the law), and as a result they have special claims to these institutions and a limited right to exclude outsiders. Pevnick shows that the resulting view justifies a set of policies - including support for certain types of guest worker programs - which is distinct from those supported by either liberal nationalists or advocates of open borders. His book provides a framework for considering a number of connected topics including issues related to self-determination, the scope of distributive justice and the significance of shared national identity.
Contents:
Statism, self-determination and associate ownership
Refining associative ownership
Rights-based arguments for open borders
Distributive justice and open borders
The significance of national identity
Applications.
Notes:
Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 05 Oct 2015).
Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:
1-107-21790-3
1-139-03613-0
1-283-05212-1
9786613052124
1-139-04159-2
1-139-04236-X
1-139-04499-0
1-139-03845-1
0-511-97513-9
1-139-04082-0
OCLC:
710974880

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