Migration and Integration: The Case for Liberalism with Borders - Softcover

Farer, Tom

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1108707505 ISBN 13: 9781108707503

Publisher: Cambridge University Press, 2020

Synopsis

Migration and Integration clarifies and proposes answers for all of the politically toxic questions associated with large-scale migration from the Global South to the Western liberal democracies. Driven by the conviction that the Alt-Right is using the issues of migration and integration effectively to batter the defenses of liberal democracy, Professor Tom Farer argues that despite its strength, the moral case for open borders should be rejected and that while broadly tolerant of different life styles, the state should enforce core liberal values. Examining closely the policies and practices of various European states, Farer draws on their experience, contrasts it with that of the United States, and provides a detailed strategy for addressing the issues of who should be allowed to enter, how migrant families should be integrated and cultural conflicts resolved. This remarkable elaboration of a liberal position on migration and integration to which moderate conservatives could adhere combines powerful analysis with passionate advocacy.

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Book Description

This remarkably acute, comprehensive, and candid book elaborates a liberal nationalist approach to the neuralgic questions of how to control access to rich democratic states in the face of extraordinary demographic pressures, and how to achieve a requisite common moral perspective among culturally diverse populations.

About the Author

Tom Farer is University Professor at the University of Denver where he served for fourteen years as Dean of the Josef Korbel School of International Studies. Among his many titles, he was the first US citizen elected president of the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights and he has consulted for Amnesty International and Human Rights Watch. He is also the author of Confronting Global Terrorism and American Neo-Conservatism (2008).

About this edition

• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Publication date: 2020
• ISBN 10: 1108707505
• ISBN 13: 9781108707503
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 212