Immigration and Social Equality - The Ethics of Skill-Selective Immigration Policy

Skill-selective immigration, where wealthy Western states favor admission of highly-skilled migrants over low-skilled ones, are a familiar component of immigration policies. This book argues that we must rethink this stance, proposing that respect requires the recognition of everyone's right to social equality, regardless of citizenship status.

Sommario

• Table of Contents:


• Introduction


• PART I: SOCIAL EQUALITY AND THE ETHICS OF IMMIGRATION


• Chapter 1: Equal Respect and the Right to Exclude


• Chapter 2: Non-Citizens and the Demands of Social Equality


• PART II: WRONGFUL DISCRIMINATION AND SKILL-SELECTIVE IMMIGRATION POLICIES


• Chapter 3: Selecting Immigrants by Skill I: Wrongful Direct Discrimination


• Chapter 4: Selecting Immigrants by Skill II: Wrongful Indirect Discrimination


• PART III: IMMIGRATION AND INJUSTICE


• Chapter 5: Decolonial Justice and Immigration Policy


• Chapter 6: Migratorial Disobedience and Immigration Justice


• Conclusion

Info autore

Désirée Lim is Assistant Professor of Philosophy at Penn State's Department of Philosophy, and Research Associate at the Rock Ethics Institute. Prior to this, she was a Postdoctoral Fellow at Stanford University's McCoy Center for Ethics in Society. She completed her doctorate at King's College London in 2016. Her primary interests lie in contemporary political philosophy and applied ethics, with a special focus on immigration and global justice, as well as feminist philosophy and the philosophy of race.

Riassunto

Skill-selective immigration, where wealthy Western states favor admission of highly-skilled migrants over low-skilled ones, are a familiar component of immigration policies. This book argues that we must rethink this stance, proposing that respect requires the recognition of everyone's right to social equality, regardless of citizenship status.

Dettagli sul prodotto

• Autori: Lim, Désirée Lim, Desiree (Assistant Professor of Philosophy Lim, Mcmahan
• Editore: Oxford University Press
• Lingue: Inglese
• Formato: Copertina rigida
• Pubblicazione: 14.09.2023
• EAN: 9780197658093
• ISBN: 978-0-19-765809-3
• Pagine: 264
• Categorie: Scienze sociali, diritto, economia > Diritto > Diritto internazionale, diritto degli stranieri; PHILOSOPHY / Social, PHILOSOPHY / Political, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Emigration & Immigration, POLITICAL SCIENCE / History & Theory, Social & political philosophy, Political science & theory, social and political philosophy, Migration, immigration & emigration, Migration, immigration and emigration, Ethnic minorities & multicultural studies, Political science and theory, Relating to migrant groups / diaspora communities or peoples