Immigration justice / / Peter W. Higgins [[electronic resource]]

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910383156603321
• Autore: Higgins Peter W.
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: Edinburgh : , : Edinburgh University Press, , 2013
• ISBN: 0-7486-9512-5; 0-7486-7027-0
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (viii, 272 pages) : digital, PDF file(s)
• Collana: Studies in global justice and human rights
• Disciplina: 325/.1
• Soggetti: Emigration and immigration - Government policy; Emigration and immigration - Moral and ethical aspects; Electronic books.
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Note generali: Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 02 Oct 2015).
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Acknowledgments -- Philosophical and empirical context -- Nationalist approaches to immigration justice -- Cosmopolitan approaches to immigration justice -- Priority of disadvantage principle -- Immigration justice: in defense of the priority of disadvantage principle -- Admission, exclusion and beyond: which immigration policies are just? -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index.
• Sommario/riassunto: 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. He challenges conventional positions on immigration justice, including the view that states have a right to choose whatever immigration policies they like, or that all immigration restrictions ought to be eliminated and borders opened. Rather than suggesting one absolute solution, Higgins argues that a unique set of immigration policies will be just for each country. He concludes with concrete recommendations for policymaking.