Against borders : why the world needs free movement of people

Summary: 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. --

Record details

ISBN: 1786606275
ISBN: 9781786606273
ISBN: 1786606283
ISBN: 9781786606280
Physical Description: print
vii, 137 pages ; 23 cm.
Publisher: London ; New York : Rowman & Littlefield International, [2020]
Copyright: ©2020

Content descriptions

Bibliography, etc. Note:	Includes bibliographical references (pages 105-130) and index.
Formatted Contents Note:	What are open borders? -- Freedom, coercion, and open borders -- Open borders and distributive justice -- The inherent violence of border controls -- Arguments for closing borders 1: self-determination, security, and the environment -- Arguments for closing borders 2: culture and social trust -- Resistance and refusal (or toward a world of open borders).