TY - BOOK ID - 69027667 TI - Strangers in Our Midst : The Political Philosophy of Immigration PY - 2017 SN - 0674088905 0674969804 0674969820 9780674088900 PB - Cambridge, MA : Harvard University Press, DB - UniCat KW - Emigration and immigration KW - Immigrants KW - Human rights. KW - Basic rights KW - Civil rights (International law) KW - Human rights KW - Rights, Human KW - Rights of man KW - Human security KW - Transitional justice KW - Truth commissions KW - Emigrants KW - Foreign-born population KW - Foreign population KW - Foreigners KW - Migrants KW - Persons KW - Aliens KW - Immigration KW - International migration KW - Migration, International KW - Population geography KW - Assimilation (Sociology) KW - Colonization KW - Political aspects. KW - Philosophy. KW - Government policy. KW - Civil rights. KW - Law and legislation KW - Emigration and immigration - Political aspects KW - Emigration and immigration - Philosophy KW - Emigration and immigration - Government policy KW - Immigrants - Government policy KW - Immigrants - Civil rights KW - Human Rights UR - https://www.unicat.be/uniCat?func=search&query=sysid:69027667 AB - "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. ER -