The Ethics and Politics of Asylum: Liberal Democracy and the Response to RefugeesOver the last two decades, asylum has become a highly charged political issue across developed countries. This book draws upon political and ethical theory and an examination of the experiences of the United States, Germany, the United Kingdom and Australia to consider how to respond to the challenges of asylum. In addition to explaining why asylum has emerged as such a key political issue, it provides a compelling account of how states could move towards implenting morally defensible responses to refugees. |
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Contents
Introduction | 1 |
community citizenship and the defence of closure | 23 |
freedom equality and open borders | 59 |
the rise and fall of a right to asylum | 85 |
the value of asylum | 107 |
the making and breaking of a refugee consensus | 132 |
restricting asylum resettling refugees | 166 |
reckoning with the state politics and consequences | 194 |
8 Liberal democratic states and ethically defensible asylum practices | 229 |
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| Title | The Ethics and Politics of Asylum: Liberal Democracy and the Response to Refugees |
| Authors | Matthew J. Gibney, Matthew J.. Gibney |
| Edition | illustrated, reprint |
| Publisher | Cambridge University Press, 2004 |
| ISBN | 0521009375, 9780521009379 |
| Length | 287 pages |
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