Against borders why the world needs free movement of people /

This book provides a philosophical defence of open borders. Two policy dogmas are the right of sovereign states to restrict immigration and the infeasibility of opening borders. These dogmas persist in face of the human suffering caused by border controls and in spite of a global economy where the m...

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Main Author: Sager, Alex,
Format: Book
Language: English
Published: London ; New York : Rowman & Littlefield International, [2020]
Physical Description: vii, 137 pages ; 23 cm.
Series: Off the fence (Rowman & Littlefield International)
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490 1 |a Off the fence: morality, politics and society. 
504 |a Includes bibliographical references (pages 105-130) and index. 
505 0 |a What are open borders? -- Freedom, coercion, and open borders -- Open borders and distributive justice -- The inherent violence of border controls -- Arguments for closing borders 1: self-determination, security, and the environment -- Arguments for closing borders 2: culture and social trust -- Resistance and refusal (or toward a world of open borders). 
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