What Do We Owe to Refugees?

1. Auflage 2020
ISBN: 978-1-5095-3974-1
Verlag: John Wiley and Sons Ltd

Buch, Englisch, 140 Seiten, Format (B × H): 126 mm x 190 mm, Gewicht: 151 g

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, this book offers a guide to understanding the challenges this topic raises and shows why addressing it matters for all of us.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Owen, David

Fachgebiete

• Sozialwissenschaften Politikwissenschaft Politikwissenschaft Allgemein Politische Theorie, Politische Philosophie
• Geisteswissenschaften Philosophie Sozialphilosophie, Politische Philosophie
• Sozialwissenschaften Politikwissenschaft Regierungspolitik Migrations- & Minderheitenpolitik

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Acknowledgements
Prologue: A Tale of Two Ships
Introduction
Picturing Refugees
Who are Refugees?
Responsibility for Refugees
Predicaments of Protection
Notes
References

Über Autor(innen)

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