Philosophies of Exclusion: Liberal Political Theory and Immigration

by Phillip Cole

The mass movement of people across the globe constitutes a major feature of world politics today.Whatever the cause of the movement - often war, famine, economic hardship, political repression or climate change - the governments of western capitalist states see this 'torrent of people in flight' as a serious threat to their stability and the scale of this migration indicates a need for a radical re-thinking of both political theory and practice, for...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 074861219X
• ISBN13: 9780748612192
• Release Date: November 2000
• Publisher: Edinburgh University Press
• Length: 256 Pages
• Weight: 0.81 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 6.0" x 9.0"
• Grade Range: Postsecondary and higher