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Changes in the global political order have combined with dominant trends in liberal political philosophy to spark increasing scholarly criticism of the state's traditional right to regulate immigration according to its own national identity. In the face of these political and scholarly trends, Meilaender offers a strong yet thoughtful defense of that right, arguing that, within broad limitations, states may legitimately exercise wide discretion in crafting immigrations policies that reflect their own particular visions of political community. The concrete issue of immigration thus serves as a lens through which to focus on abiding dilemmas of politics and culture that lie at the heart of political philosophy.
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Introduction Migration's Many Faces: The Complexity of the Problem Sorting out the Arguments National Identity, Immigration, and the Problem of Preference Immigration Policy and National Identity: Two Case in Practice Immigration and Political Community: Two Case Studies in Theory The Boundaries of the Political
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PETER C. MEILAENDER received a Ph.D. in political theory from the University of Notre Dame in August 1999. He is currently a visiting professor of political science and the Gerst Postdoctoral Fellow in the Gerst Program in Political, Economic, and Humanistic Studies at Duke University. He is currently doing research on normative issues raised by dual citizenship.
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Changes in the global political order have combined with dominant trends in liberal political philosophy to spark increasing scholarly criticism of the state's traditional right to regulate immigration according to its own national identity. In the face of these political and scholarly trends, Meilaender offers a strong yet thoughtful defense of that right, arguing that, within broad limitations, states may legitimately exercise wide discretion in crafting immigrations policies that reflect their own particular visions of political community. The concrete issue of immigration thus serves as a lens through which to focus on abiding dilemmas of politics and culture that lie at the heart of political philosophy.
