On Immigration and Refugees

Sir Michael Dummett (Autor)

Buch | Softcover

176 Seiten

2001
Routledge (Verlag)
978-0-415-22708-7 (ISBN)

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Michael Dummett explores the confused and often unjust thinking on immigration. He questions the principles behind state policies and points out that they often conflict with refugees' rights as laid down by the Geneva Convention.

Michael Dummett, philosopher and social critic, was one of the sharpest and most prominent commentators and campaigners for the fair treatment of immigrants and refugees in Britain and Europe. This book insightfully draws together his thoughts on this major issue for the first time.

Exploring the confused and often highly unjust thinking about immigration, Dummett then carefully questions the principles and justifications governing state policies, pointing out that they often conflict with the rights of refugees as laid down by the Geneva Convention. With compelling and often moving examples, On Immigration and Refugees points a new way forward for humane thinking and practice about a problem we cannot afford to ignore.

Sir Michael Dummett, (1925 - 2011) was Wykeham Professor of Logic at the University of Oxford until his retirement in 1992, and was knighted for his "services to philosophy and to racial justice" in 1999.

Preface Part 1: Principles 1. Some General Principles 2. The Duties of a State to Refugees 3. The Duties of a State to Immigrants 4. Grounds of Refusal 5. Citizenship Part 2: History 6. How Immigration was made a menace in Britain 7. From Immigrants to Refugees 8. Racism in Other European Countries and Immigration into Them. Index

Erscheint lt. Verlag	21.5.2001
Reihe/Serie	Thinking in Action
Verlagsort	London
Sprache	englisch
Maße	129 x 198 mm
Gewicht	330 g
Themenwelt	Geisteswissenschaften ► Philosophie
	Recht / Steuern ► EU / Internationales Recht
	Recht / Steuern ► Öffentliches Recht ► Besonderes Verwaltungsrecht
	Sozialwissenschaften ► Soziologie
ISBN-10	0-415-22708-9 / 0415227089
ISBN-13	978-0-415-22708-7 / 9780415227087
Zustand	Neuware