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The freedom to choose where to live and work is a fundamental right in liberal societies. The moral equality of persons is the basic principle of democratic politics. But liberal democracy has no coherent theory of boundaries, or how members should be selected for political communities. The global economy requires mobility across borders, but liberal democracy cannot reconcile the demands of footloose and rivalrous economic agents with the human needs of sedentary and vulnerable populations. These are urgent issues for the new century, as the upsurge of nationalist, authoritarian and racist movements threatens the liberal democratic order. Mass migrations in search of political freedom and economic opportunity expose incoherence in statesa policies, and in theories of equality and justice. Whilst globalization allows new opportunities for mobility and membership in a chosen community, claims for income support or humanitarian protection are viewed as signs of moral defectiveness. In this book, Bill Jordan and Franck Duvell offer an alternative to market--driven regimes for migration management, which select those able to make economic contributions, whilst confining vulnerable outsiders to impoverished and excluded communities of fate.

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Book category Books in English Society & social sciences Society & culture: general Social issues & processes

• Full title: Migration - The Boundaries of Equality and Justice
• Author: Bill Jordan
• Language: English
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 200
• EAN: 9780745630083
• ISBN: 0745630081
• ID: 04132137
• Publisher: Polity Press
• Weight: 220 g
• Dimensions: 188 × 137 × 14 mm
• Date of publishing: 23. April 2003

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