80,000+ Books in-stock in NZ 📚

Blog updates ✍️ Shirl’s May Reads & Book Briefing

What Do We Owe to Refugees?

By David Owen
Series: Political Theory Today
0.0 (0 reviews)
3.66 goodreads logo

Ratings/reviews counts are updated frequently.

Check link for latest rating. ( 35 ratings, 3 reviews)
Book Hero Magic crafted this summary to help describe this book. While it's new and still learning, it may not be perfect - your feedback is welcome! Summary
What Do We Owe to Refugees? by David Owen delves into the ethical and political challenges posed by refugees in today's world. The book explores who refugees are, the responsibilities toward their protection, and the forms such protection should take amid civil wars, state failures, and environmental disasters. Owen traces the historical views shaping current refugee politics and argues for a nuanced understanding that differentiates between general and specific obligations to various types of refugees. His analysis offers a thoughtful framework for international cooperation that balances the needs of refugees with the interests of states, making this a timely and essential guide to contemporary refugee issues.
Read More
Format: Paperback / softback
$3599
AVAILABLE WITH SUPPLIER Ships from our Auckland warehouse within 3-4 weeks

Found a better price? Request a price match

Book Hero Magic created this recommendation. While it's new and still learning, it may not be perfect - your feedback is welcome! IS THIS YOUR NEXT READ?

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.

Book Hero thinking about your next read

"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"--

Book Hero Magic formatted this description to make it easier to read. While it's new and still learning, it may not be perfect - your feedback is welcome! Description

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.

Series: Political Theory Today

View all

Book Hero Magic summarised reviews for this book. While it's new and still learning, it may not be perfect - your feedback is welcome! HOW HAS THIS BEEN REVIEWED?

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.

Book Hero reading reviews

Book Details

INFORMATION

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

Collections

David Owen Education & Reference Non-Fiction Politics & Current Affairs Series: Political Theory Today

About the Author

David Owen is Professor of Social and Political Philosophy at the University of Southampton

Also by David Owen

View all

More from Politics & Current Affairs

View all

Why buy from us?

Book Hero is not a chain store or big box retailer. We're an independent 100% NZ-owned business on a mission to help more Kiwis rediscover a love of books and reading!

Service & Delivery

Service & Delivery

Our warehouse in Auckland holds over 80,000 books and puzzles in-stock so you're not waiting for your order to arrive from overseas.

Auckland Bookstore

Auckland Bookstore

We're primarily an online store, but for your convenience you can pick up your order for free from our bookstore, which is right next door to our warehouse in Hobsonville.

Our Gifting Service

Our Gifting Service

Books make wonderful thoughtful gifts and we're here to help with gift-wrapping and cards. We can even send your gift directly to your loved one.

The Latest at Book Hero

View all