Philosophies of Exclusion Liberal Political Theory and Immigration

by Cole, Phillip

• ISBN13: 9780748612192
• ISBN10: 074861219X
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2000-11-14
• Publisher: Edinburgh University Press

Summary

The mass movement of people across the globe constitutes a major feature of world politics today. The first comprehensive overview of various positions within political philosophy on immigration, this original text offers a radical critique of these positions. Cole argues that there is a serious gap between the legal and social practices of immigration and naturalization in liberal democratic states and theoretical justification for such practices within the tradition of liberal political philosophy. How can liberal states develop institutions of democratic citizenship and at the same time justifiably exclude "outsiders" from participating in those institutions? The book examines various responses to this contradiction within the liberal tradition, and finds none of them satisfactory, arguing that this has serious implications both for liberal practice and theory.

Author Biography

Phillip Cole is Lecturer in Applied Philosophy at Middlesex University.

Table of Contents

Acknowledgements
Foreword
Introduction: Liberal Philosophy and Migration	p. 1
The 'Crisis' of Migration	p. 16
Freedom of International Movement	p. 43
Members and Strangers: Walzer on Immigration	p. 60
Embracing the 'Nation'	p. 86
National Values	p. 107
Liberal Arguments	p. 135
The Hobbesian Response	p. 165
Towards a Philosophy of Borders	p. 192
Bibliography	p. 206
Index	p. 217
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