Strangers in Our Midst : The Political Philosophy of Immigration / David Miller.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Miller, David, 1946- author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Emigration and immigration--Political aspects.

Emigration and immigration.

Emigration and immigration--Philosophy.

Emigration and immigration--Government policy.

Immigrants--Government policy.

Immigrants.

Immigrants--Civil rights.

Human rights.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (229 p.)

Place of Publication:

Cambridge, MA : Harvard University Press, [2017]

Language Note:

English

Summary:

"How should we, citizens of rich countries, respond to the claims of the many millions of people world-wide who want to immigrate and settle in our societies? Their reasons are often compelling - they are fleeing mass poverty or political persecution - but the impact that fully open borders would have on the life of the societies that the immigrants would join is also immense. This books defends democratic states' rights to control their borders, and powerfully criticizes the arguments offered in support of international freedom of movement - common ownership of the earth, global equality of opportunity, and the human right to immigrate. It explains why states have rights over territory that permit them to exclude outsiders, and why democracies are entitled to decide who they will accept as future citizens. But it also sets out the parameters of a just immigration policy."--Provided by publisher.

Contents:

Frontmatter

Contents

Introduction

Cosmopolitanism, Compatriot Partiality, and Human Rights

Open Borders

Closed Borders

Refugees

Economic Migrants

The Rights of Immigrants

Integrating Immigrants

Conclusion

Postscript: The European Migration Crisis of 2015

Notes

Acknowledgments

Index

Notes:

Includes index.

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed Feb. 24, 2017)

ISBN:

9780674969803

0674969804

9780674969827

0674969820

OCLC:

984658147