The Use and Abuse of Political Asylum in Britain and Germany

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910451802303321
• Autore: Schuster Liza
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: Routledge [Imprint], March 2003; Abingdon, : Taylor & Francis Group; Florence, : Taylor & Francis Group [distributor]
• ISBN: 0-7146-5385-3; 1-135-76183-3; 1-280-05246-5; 0-203-49985-9
• Descrizione fisica: 310 p
• Collana: Cass series--British politics and society, , 1467-1441
• Disciplina: 323.6/31
• Soggetti: Refugees - Government policy - Great Britain; Asylum, Right of - Great Britain; Refugees - Government policy - Germany; Asylum, Right of - Germany; Electronic books.
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Note generali: Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Book Cover -- Half-Title -- Title -- Copyright -- Dedication -- Contents -- Acknowledgements -- List of Figures and Tables -- Introduction -- Immigration and Asylum -- Asylum Seekers and the State System -- Methodology -- Outline of the Book -- NOTES -- Part One THEORY AND CONTEXT -- 1 Theoretical and Conceptual Issues -- Asylum Seekers-Political or Economic Migrants? -- Security Threats and Human Rights -- Asylum as a Moral and Political Philosophy Issue -- Special Duties -- Universal Duties -- The Practical Limits of Moral Obligations and Legitimate Restrictions on Migration -- The Question of Legitimacy -- Conclusion -- NOTES -- 2 The Origins and Development of Asylum -- The Origins of Asylum -- Asylum in early Christian times: Church Asylum in Ascendance -- From the Reformation to Westphalia: Church Asylum Gives Way to Territorial Asylum -- The Revolutions of 1789 and 1848 and the Emergence of ; the Political Refugee -- The Two World Wars -- Conclusion -- NOTES -- 3 Constructions of the Refugee Problem since the Second World War -- The Construction of a Problem -- The Construction of Solutions -- Repatriation -- Asylum -- Non-refoulement -- The Development of a European Response -- The Single Market -- The End of the Cold War -- A Reconstruction of the Refugee Problem -- New Solutions: Containment and Temporary Asylum -- Temporary Asylum/Protection -- Containment -- Conclusion -- NOTES -- Part Two THE SPECIAL CASE STUDIES -- 4 Refugee and Asylum Policies in Britain -- The Post-war Period, 1945-70 -- An Unconstitutional State? -- Welfare and Labour -- The Cold War and the Commonwealth -- The Re-emergence of Asylum, 1970-79 -- The Start of the Retreat, 1979-89 -- Asylum Seekers as Threats, 1989 to the Present -- Threat to the Welfare State -- Threat to British Identity -- Threat to the Liberal State -- The Battle for Control.; Government Strategy and the Numbers Game -- Recognition Rates and Fraudulent Claims -- Acts of Restriction and Deterrence -- Opposition to the Legislation -- Prospects for the Future -- Conclusion -- NOTES -- 5 Refugee and Asylum Policies in Germany -- The German State Re-invented, 1945-733 -- Rechtsstaat -- Volksstaat -- Sozialmarktwirtschaft -- European State -- The Cold War -- Closing the Border, 1973-89 -- The Refugee Problem: A Convenient Fig-Leaf? 1989 to the Present -- Threat to the Welfare State -- Threat to the Liberal Rechtsstaat -- Threat to Identity -- The Removal of Asylum from the Constitution and Public Debate -- Extra-parliamentary Opposition -- The Chosen Solution: Article 16a and Subsequent Measures -- Conclusion -- NOTES -- 6 A Critical Comparison of the British and German Experience -- Britain and Germany: The Differences -- Geography -- History -- Citizenship -- Constitutions -- The Politics of Asylum -- The Similarities: Nation-states, Sozialmarktwirtschaften and Liberal Democracies -- Nation-states -- Welfare -- Multi-party Representative Democracies -- The Constraints Imposed by Democratic Elections -- A Balance Sheet -- NOTES -- Part Three CONCLUSION -- 7 Rethinking the Politics of Asylum and Refuge -- The Arguments So Far -- Particularist and Universalist Perspectives -- A'Particularist' Future -- Limited Universalism? -- The Need for a Radical Alternative? -- NOTES -- References -- Index.
• Sommario/riassunto: Annotation

Evil and Christian ethics / / Gordon Graham [[electronic resource]]

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910780085703321
• Autore: Graham Gordon <1949 July 15->
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: Cambridge : , : Cambridge University Press, , 2001
• ISBN: 1-107-11916-2; 0-511-60595-1; 0-511-15266-3; 0-511-04942-0; 1-280-42119-3; 0-511-17355-5; 0-511-32763-3; 0-521-77109-9
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (xviii, 241 pages) : digital, PDF file(s)
• Collana: New studies in Christian ethics ; ; 20
• Disciplina: 241
• Soggetti: Christian ethics; Good and evil
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Note generali: Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 05 Oct 2015).
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references (p. 230-234) and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Contents; General editor's preface; Preface; Acknowledgements; Chapter 1 Christian ethics or moral theology?; Chapter 2 The real Jesus; Chapter 3 Evil and action; Chapter 4 Forces of light and forces of darkness; Chapter 5 The transformation of evil; Chapter 6 The theology of hope; Bibliography; Index
• Sommario/riassunto: Genocide in Rwanda, multiple murder at Denver or Dunblane, the gruesome activities of serial killers - what makes these great evils, and why do they occur? In addressing such questions this book, unusually, interconnects contemporary moral philosophy with work in New Testament scholarship. The conclusions to emerge are surprising. Gordon Graham argues that the inability of modernist thought to account satisfactorily for evil and its occurrence should not lead us to embrace an eclectic postmodernism, but to take seriously some unfashionable pre-modern conceptions - Satan, demonic possession, spiritual powers, cosmic battles. Precisely because it strives to observe ; the high standards of clarity and rigour that are the hallmarks of philosophy in the analytical tradition, the book makes a powerful case for the rejection of humanism and naturalism, and for explaining the moral obligation to struggle against evil by reference to the New Testament's cosmic narrative.