Strangers in Our Midst : The Political Philosophy of Immigration

西方民主國家應該如何回應千百萬想要在社會中定居的人呢？經濟學家和人權倡導者傾向於淡化移民對東道國社會的相當大的文化和人口影響。但是，從一個國家大量遷移到另一個國家，給接收國和發送國造成嚴重的問題。為了平衡移民的權利和公民的正當關切，“我們中間的陌生人”為這場辯論帶來了現實主義的支撐。

大衛·米勒（David Miller）捍衛民主國家控制邊界的權利，決定未來人口的規模，形態和文化構成。他把移民問題作為一個政治哲學問題重新提出來，他問道一個國家的民主如何能夠與國外的人民的權利相和諧。正義的移民政策必須將難民與經濟移民區分開來，並確定這兩類移民一旦獲得移民的權利。

被一個國家作為潛在的公民所接受，這是一個責任。米勒認為，移民與國家共同有義務融入他們所採用的社會，即使這意味著將流離失所的文化包袱從原來的家中分離出去。

How should Western democracies respond to the many millions of people who want to settle in their societies? Economists and human rights advocates tend to downplay the considerable cultural and demographic impact of immigration on host societies. But moving from one country to another in large numbers creates serious problems for receiving countries as well as those sending them. Seeking to balance the rights of immigrants with the legitimate concerns of citizens, Strangers in Our Midst brings a bracing dose of realism to this debate.

David Miller defends the right of democratic states to control their borders and decide upon the future size, shape, and cultural make-up of their populations. Reframing immigration as a question of political philosophy, he asks how democracy within a state can be reconciled with the rights of those outside its borders. A just immigration policy must distinguish refugees from economic migrants and determine the rights that immigrants in both categories acquire, once admitted.

But being welcomed into a country as a prospective citizen imposes responsibilities. In Miller's view, immigrants share with the state an obligation to integrate into their adopted societies, even if it means shedding cultural baggage from their former home.

  David Miller (Autor)

Publisher: Harvard University Press 

ISBN:    978-0674088900 

原價      US:35 : 台幣價 NT$:1170