Free Movement : Ethical Issues in the Transnational Migration of People and of Money

For Free Movement Brian Barry and Robert E. Goodin have assembled an international team of leading philosophers, economists, political theorists, and specialists in international relations to examine an issue that is increasingly coming to dominate work politics: the flow of people and money across national boundaries.More and more people would like to migrate, but find that every state places barriers in their way. At the same time, most governments not only permit but court foreign investment. Can this difference between the treatment of people and the treatment of money be justified?This unique book asks the question from the point of view of five different ethical perspectives: liberal egalitarianism, libertarianism, Marxism, natural law, and political realism. A concluding section compares the answers.Free Movement is of value to those with either a practical or theoretical interest in these issues, as well as those who wish to see how a variety of ethical traditions confront a common set of problems lying outside their usual scope. Part I. Introduction -- A Reader's Guide / Brian Barry -- Ifpeople Were Money ... / Robert E. Goodin -- Part Ii. Liberal Egalitarian Perspectives -- Migration And Morality : A Liberal Egalitarian Perspective / Joseph H. Carens -- Ethics And International Economic Relations / I.m.d. Little -- Commentary : Liberalism And Migration / James Woodward -- Part Iii. Libertarian Perspectives -- Libertarianism And The Transnational Migration Of People / Hillel Steiner -- The Migration Of Money -- From A Libertarian Viewpoint / Deepak Lal -- Commentary : Magic Associations And Imperfect People / Onora O'neill -- Part Iv. Marxist Perspectives -- Marxism And The Transnational Migration Of People : Ethical Issues / Chris Brown -- Transnational Migration Of Money And Capital -- A Marxist Perspective / Kurt Hubner -- Commentary : Citizenship Exploitation, Unequal Exchange And The Breakdown Of Popular Sovereignty / Philippe Van Parijs -- Part V. Natural Law Perspectives -- The Transnational Migration Of People Seen From Within A Natural Law Tradition / Ann Dummett -- Natural Law, Solidarity And International Justice / Paul J. Weithman -- Commentary On Dummett And Weithman -- Part Vi. Political Realist Perspectives -- Migration In Law And Ethics : A Realist Perspective / David C. Hendrickson -- Ethics And The Movement Of Money : Realist Approaches / Susan Strange -- Commentary : The Political Realism Of Free Movement / Robert E. Goodin -- Part Vii. Concluding Perspectives -- Alternative Ethical Perspectives On Transnational Migration / Terry Nardin -- The Quest For Consistency : A Sceptical View / Brian Barry. Edited By Brian Barry And Robert E. Goodin. Includes Bibliographical References (p. 288-289) And Index. For Free Movement Brian Barry and Robert E. Goodin have assembled an international team of leading philosophers, economists, political theorists, and specialists in international relations to examine an issue that is increasingly coming to dominate work the flow of people and money across national boundaries. More and more people would like to migrate, but find that every state places barriers in their way. At the same time, most governments not only permit but court foreign investment. Can this difference between the treatment of people and the treatment of money be justified? This unique book asks the question from the point of view of five different ethical liberal egalitarianism, libertarianism, Marxism, natural law, and political realism. A concluding section compares the answers. Free Movement is of value to those with either a practical or theoretical interest in these issues, as well as those who wish to see how a variety of ethical traditions confront a common set of problems lying outside their usual scope. More and more people would like to migrate, but find that every state places barriers in their way. At the same time, most governments not only permit but court foreign investment. Can this difference between the treatment of people and the treatment of money be justified? This book asks this question from the point of view of five different ethical perspectives: liberal egalitarianism, libertarianism, Marxism, natural law and political realism. -- FROM BOOK JACKET This work, analyzing the crossing of state boundaries by people and money, draws comparisons between the different ways that states treat inflowing money and people, demonstrating that states place many restrictions on the movements of people, but few on that of money. First published in 1992. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.