| Description |
1 online resource |
| Contents |
Cover; Front matter; Title page; Publisher information; Body matter; 1. Introduction; Part I: Normative Foundations: Basic Rights and the Ethics of Immigration; 2. Basic Human Rights and Correlative Duties; 3. Toward a Right to Exclude Migrants; 4. The Special Case of Refugees; Part II: Debating Immigration Policy in the Climate Context; 5. Facing a Heated Reality: Climate Change and Migration; 6. Realizing the Conceptual Problems of Climate Migration; 7. Responsibilities toward Climate Migrants; 8. Conclusion; Back matter; Bibliography |
| Summary |
In the course of the twenty-first century, climate change is projected to significantly increase the already weighty immigration pressures that rich countries in Europe and North America face. Estimates vary greatly from 50 to 500 million further migrants until 2050, most of them from developing countries that have contributed little to global warming. Meanwhile, the willingness of citizens in destination countries to let further foreigners immigrate is unlikely to keep pace with that increase. In fact, the concern with climate migration is a blurry, intricate and pressing one that will turn ou |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Subject |
Emigration and immigration -- Environmental aspects
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Climatic changes -- Social aspects
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Climatic changes -- Social aspects
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Emigration and immigration -- Environmental aspects
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| ISBN |
9781845409913 |
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1845409914 |
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