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What Do We Owe to Refugees?
Series: Political Theory Today
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This book is well suited for readers interested in politics, ethics, international relations, and human rights, including scholars, policy makers, and informed general readers seeking a principled perspective on refugee protection.
"Who are refugees? Who, if anyone, is responsible for protecting them? What forms should this protection take? In this engaging and concise book, David Owen provides a clear account of the responsibilities of refugee protection and the forms of international co-operation that will be required to discharge them"--
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Who are refugees? Who, if anyone, is responsible for protecting them? What forms should this protection take? In a world of people fleeing from civil wars, state failure, and environmental disasters, these are ethically and politically pressing questions.
In this book, David Owen reveals how the contemporary politics of refuge is structured by two rival historical pictures of refugees. In reconstructing this history, he advocates an understanding of refugeehood that moves us beyond our current impasse by distinguishing between what is owed to refugees in general and what is owed to different types of refugee. He provides an account of refugee protection and the forms of international cooperation required to implement it that is responsive to the claims of both refugees and states.
At a time when refugee protection is once again prominent on the international agenda, What Do We Owe to Refugees? offers a guide to understanding the challenges this topic raises and shows why addressing it matters for all of us.
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Joseph H. Carens of the University of Toronto praises the book for its clear, accessible, yet sophisticated treatment of refugee issues, highlighting its historical, conceptual, and practical insights. Matthew J. Gibney of the University of Oxford calls it a sparkling introduction to central ethical questions surrounding refugees and a major contribution to understanding this pressing challenge of our time.
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ISBN: 9781509539741
Publisher: John Wiley and Sons Ltd
Format: Paperback / softback
Date Published: 07 February 2020
Country: United Kingdom
Imprint: Polity Press
Audience: Professional and scholarly
DIMENSIONS
Spine width: 5.0mm
Width: 122.0mm
Height: 191.0mm
Weight: 136g
Pages: 140
About the Author
David Owen is Professor of Social and Political Philosophy at the University of Southampton
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