Date: 2020
Type: Article
The democratic case for immigration
Politische Vierteljahresschrift, 2020, Vol. 61, No. 2, pp. 357-375
BAUBÖCK, Rainer, The democratic case for immigration, Politische Vierteljahresschrift, 2020, Vol. 61, No. 2, pp. 357-375
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In this essay I present three challenges to the view that democratic self-determination justifies immigration control. I propose, first, that the reason democratic states can claim immigration control powers is not that they are democratic, but that they are independent states. Exercising this power is legitimate when immigration control is needed to preserve the conditions for democratic self-government. Second, I argue that democratic norms provide positive reasons for promoting free international movement and admission claims for family migrants, labour migrants, and refugees. Third, I suggest that current disputes over immigration policy in the European Union reflect deeper conflicts between open and closed conceptions of democracy. If this is correct, then choosing closure over openness may put the future of democracy itself at risk and should thus not be regarded as an issue of democratic self-determination.
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First published online: February 2020
Cadmus permanent link: https://hdl.handle.net/1814/70149
Full-text via DOI: 10.1007/s11615-020-00229-3
ISSN: 0032-3470; 1862-2860
Publisher: Springer
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