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The ethics and politics of asylum : liberal democracy and the response to refugees /

Over the last two decades, asylum has become a highly charged political issue across developed countries. This book draws upon political and ethical theory and an examination of the experiences of the United States, Germany, the United Kingdom and Australia to consider how to respond to the challeng...

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Cote:Libro Electrónico
Auteur principal: Gibney, Matthew J.
Format: Électronique eBook
Langue:Inglés
Publié: Cambridge ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2004.
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Accès en ligne:Texto completo
Table des matières:
  • Cover; Half-title; Title; Copyright; Dedication; Contents; Acknowledgements; Introduction; 1 Partiality: community, citizenship and the defence of closure; 2 Impartiality: freedom, equality and open borders; 3 The Federal Republic of Germany: the rise and fall of a right to asylum; 4 The United Kingdom: the value of asylum; 5 The United States: the making and breaking of a refugee consensus; 6 Australia: restricting asylum, resettling refugees; 7 From ideal to non-ideal theory: reckoning with the state, politics and consequences.