Immigration justice

What moral standards ought nation-states abide by when selecting immigration policies? Peter Higgins argues that immigration policies can only be judged by considering the inequalities that are produced by the institutions - such as gender, race and class - that constitute our social world. Higgins...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Higgins, Peter W.
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Edinburgh Edinburgh University Press [2013]©2013, 2013
Series:Studies in global justice and human rights
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Collection: JSTOR Open Access Books - Collection details see MPG.ReNa
Table of Contents:
  • Title Page; Imprint; Contents; Acknowledgements; Chapter 1 The Philosophical and Empirical Context; Chapter 2 Nationalist Approaches to Immigration Justice; Chapter 3 Cosmopolitan Approaches to Immigration Justice; Chapter 4 The Priority of Disadvantage Principle; Chapter 5 Immigration Justice: In Defense of the Priority of Disadvantage Principle; Chapter 6 Admission, Exclusion and Beyond: Which Immigration Policies are Just?; Notes; Bibliography; Index
  • Includes bibliographical references (pages 255-263) and index