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Migration and Political Theory

By David Owen

To Be Published October 30th 2013 by Routledge – 224 pages

Series: Routledge Issues in Contemporary Political Theory

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    Description

    Migration is both a political topic that is growing in importance under contemporary conditions of global transformation and an issue that raises important and difficult questions for political theory. This book is designed to address these questions by providing both an analytical introduction to normative debates on the politics of migration and a novel recasting of the normative terrain of these debates.

    Contents

    Part 1: Reviewing the Debates 1. The Free Movement Debate: On the Ethical Status of Borders 2. The Membership Debate: Migrants, Nationality and Citizenship 3. The Asylum Debate: Refugees and Humanitarian Protection Part 2: Recasting the Debate 4. Migration and the Formation of Modern Citizenship 5. Towards a Global Political Theory of Migration

    Author Bio

    David Owen is Professor of Social and Political Philosophy at the University of Southampton, UK. His previous books include; Maturity and Modernity: Nietzsche, Weber, Foucault and the Ambivalence of Reason (Routledge, 1994) and Nietzsche, Politics and Modernity: A Critique of Liberal Reason (Sage, 1995).

    Name: Migration and Political Theory (Paperback) – Routledge 
    Description: By David Owen. Migration is both a political topic that is growing in importance under contemporary conditions of global transformation and an issue that raises important and difficult questions for political theory. This book is designed to address these questions by...
    Categories: Politics & International Relations, Moral Theory, Migration & Diaspora, Migration, Political Philosophy, Political Theory