Published In

The Review of Politics

Document Type

Article

Publication Date

11-8-2022

Subjects

Political science -- Philosophy, Emigration and immigration -- Political aspects, Distributive justice, Transnationalism

Abstract

Thirty-five years ago, Joseph Carens published “Aliens and Citizens: The Case for Open Borders” in the Review of Politics. It is only a slight overstatement to say that this article created the subfield of political theory of migration. Today, the field is flourishing. Migration continues to be one of today's most politically fraught and morally urgent issues. An estimated hundred million people have fled violence and persecution. Hundreds of millions more cross international borders every year. States have responded with highly restrictive policies, in which people need to resort to perilous routes, often in the hands of smugglers, to claim asylum.

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© The Author(s), 2022.

Creative Commons License

Published by Cambridge University Press on behalf of University of Notre Dame. This is an Open Access article, distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/), which permits unrestricted re-use, distribution and reproduction, provided the original article is properly cited.

DOI

10.1017/S0034670522001036

Persistent Identifier

https://archives.pdx.edu/ds/psu/39208

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