The right not to stay : justice in migration, the liberal democratic state, and the case of temporary migration projects / Valeria Ottonelli, Tiziana Torresi.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Ottonelli, Valeria, 1968- author.

Torresi, Tiziana, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Emigration and immigration--Government policy.

Emigration and immigration.

Return migration--Government policy.

Return migration.

Emigration and immigration law.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (187 pages)

Place of Publication:

Oxford : Oxford University Press, [2022]

Summary:

A central question in the debate on justice in immigration is whether immigrants have a right to stay; this book argues that liberal-democratic receiving states should also grant migrants a right not to stay.

Contents:

Cover

Half Title

Title Page

Copyright Page

Preface

Contents

1. Introduction

1.1 The political theory of justice in immigration

1.2 A migrant-centred point of view

1.3 Citizenship and equal rights

1.4 Plan of the book

2. Temporary Migration Projects

2.1 The rise and impact of temporary migration

2.2 Temporary migration projects

2.3 Some paradigmatic examples

2.4 Marginality, subalternity, and vulnerability

2.5 Conclusion

3. Migration, Ideal Theory, and the Pursuit of Happiness

3.1 Immigration, the liberal state, and non-ideal theory

3.2 The marginality of temporary migration projects and the wrongs of vulnerability and subalternity

3.3 The limits of citizenship

3.4 The dislocation of social spaces in temporary migration projects and the social bases of self-respect

3.5 Temporary migration projects and ideal theory

3.6 Special rights as a solution to the dilemma

3.7 Conclusion

4. When Is Migration Voluntary?

4.1 The notion of voluntariness in the normative theory of migration

4.2 Voluntariness and agency

4.3 On methodology

4.4 What counts as voluntary migration?

4.5 Voluntariness and temporary migration

4.6 Conclusion

5. Migrants' Agency, Liberalism, and Life Plans

5.1 Agency and life plans

5.2 The principle of accommodation

5.3 Migrants as bearers of life plans

5.4 The expensive tastes objection

5.5 Conclusion

6. Welfare and Work Rights

6.1 Life plans as the rationale and purpose of special rights for temporary migrants

6.2 What rights should temporary migrants have?

6.3 Temporary migration, inequality, and social dumping

6.4 Conclusion

7. Allegiance and Political Rights

7.1 Allegiance, national integrity, and failed political integration

7.2 Allegiance and the duties towards temporary migrants.

7.3 Giving voice to temporary migrants: the shortcomings of voting rights

7.4 Are there any better alternatives?

7.5 Conclusion

8. Concluding Remarks

Index.

Notes:

Also issued in print: 2022.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on online resource; title from home page (viewed on November 2, 2022).

Other Format:

Print version: Ottonelli, Valeria The Right Not to Stay

ISBN:

0-19-195768-2

0-19-269213-5

0-19-269214-3