Debating Brain Drain - May Governments Restrict Emigration?

Zusatztext ...an important book. Both authors take seriously the dangers that unfettered individualism in migration may bring. The book presents a nuanced counterweight to arguments for open borders that are simply based on individual gains, and which neglect the social consequences that can derive from such migration. Informationen zum Autor Gillian Brock is Professor of Philosophy at the University of Auckland in New Zealand. Her recent and current research focuses on global justice and related fields. Her most recent works with Oxford University Press include Global Justice: A Cosmopolitan Account (2009) and Cosmopolitanism versus Non-Cosmopolitanism (2013).Michael Blake is Professor of Philosophy and Public Affairs at the University of Washington. He writes about international distributive justice and the ethics of immigration. He is the author of Justice and Foreign Policy (OUP, 2013). Klappentext Many of the most skilled and educated citizens of developing countries choose to emigrate. How may those societies respond to these facts? May they ever legitimately prevent the emigration of their citizens? Gillian Brock and Michael Blake debate these questions, and offer distinct arguments about the morality of emigration. Zusammenfassung Many of the most skilled and educated citizens of developing countries choose to emigrate. How may those societies respond to these facts? May they ever legitimately prevent the emigration of their citizens? Gillian Brock and Michael Blake debate these questions, and offer distinct arguments about the morality of emigration.

Product details

• Authors: Michael Blake, Michael Brock Blake, Gillian Brock, Brock Gillian
• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 12.03.2015
• EAN: 9780199315611
• ISBN: 978-0-19-931561-1
• No. of pages: 312
• Series: Debating Ethics
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Philosophy > General, dictionaries; Social sciences, law, business > Business > General, dictionaries; PHILOSOPHY / Social, PHILOSOPHY / Political, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Emigration & Immigration, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Public Affairs & Administration, Labour / income economics, Social & political philosophy, social and political philosophy, Migration, immigration & emigration, Labour Economics, Migration, immigration and emigration, Central / national / federal government, Central government, BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Labor / General, Relating to migrant groups / diaspora communities or peoples