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Against Borders

Why the World Needs Free Movement of People
  • ISBN-13: 9781786606273
  • Publisher: ROWMAN & LITTLEFIELD PUBLISHERS
    Imprint: ROWMAN & LITTLEFIELD INTERNAT.
  • By Alex Sager
  • Price: AUD $202.00
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  • Availability: This book is temporarily out of stock, order will be despatched as soon as fresh stock is received.
  • Local release date: 15/03/2020
  • Format: Hardback (100.00mm X 100.00mm) 146 pages Weight: 400g
  • Categories: Geography [RG]
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This book provides a philosophical defence of open borders. Two policy dogmas are the right of sovereign states to restrict immigration and the infeasibility of opening borders. These dogmas persist in face of the human suffering caused by border controls and in spite of a global economy where the mobility of goods and capital is combined with severe restrictions on the movement of most of the world's poor. Alex Sager argues that immigration restrictions violate human rights and sustain unjust global inequalities, and that we should reject these dogmas that deprive hundreds of millions of people of opportunities solely because of their place of birth. Opening borders would promote human freedom, foster economic prosperity, and mitigate global inequalities. Sager contends that studies of migration from economics, history, political science, and other disciplines reveal that open borders are a feasible goal for political action, and that citizens around the world have a moral obligation to work toward open borders.
Introduction

Chapter 1: What Are Open Borders?

Chapter 2: Freedom, Coercion, and Open Borders

Chapter 3: Open Borders and Distributive Justice

Chapter 4 Domination, Oppression, and Violence

Chapter 5: Arguments for Closing Borders, Part One: Self-Determination, Security, and the Environment

Chapter 6: Arguments for Closing Borders, Part Two: Culture and Social Trust

Chapter 7: Resistance and Refusal (Toward an Open Bordered World)

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Introduction Chapter 1: What Are Open Borders? Chapter 2: Freedom, Coercion, and Open Borders Chapter 3: Open Borders and Distributive Justice Chapter 4 Domination, Oppression, and Violence Chapter 5: Arguments for Closing Borders, Part One: Self-Determination, Security, and the Environment Chapter 6: Arguments for Closing Borders, Part Two: Culture and Social Trust Chapter 7: Resistance and Refusal (Toward an Open Bordered World) Bibliography Index
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