This contribution aims at discussing the strand on political participation of the Migrant Integration Policy Index (MIPEX). After having discussed the general topic of political integration of foreigners, we will first focus our attention on the choice of indicators in MIPEX. Subsequently we will analyse some of the results of the MIPEX exercise with regard to political participation of third country nationals (TCNs). It turns out political liberties for TCNs are still not assurend in all EU Member States. Furthermore, there seems to be no trade off between access to nationality and political rights for non-nationals, although this is often assumed. There does, however, seem to be a link between public opinion on diversity in politics and the openness of a state with regard to political participation of immigrants. Overall, it is safe to say there is still quite some room for improvement as far as policies towards political inclusion of TCNs are concerned.
This contribution aims at discussing the strand on political participation of the Migrant Integration Policy Index (MIPEX). After having discussed the general topic of political integration of foreigners, we will first focus our attention on the choice of indicators in MIPEX. Subsequently we will analyse some of the results of the MIPEX exercise with regard to political participation of third country nationals (TCNs). It turns out political liberties for TCNs are still not assurend in all EU Member States. Furthermore, there seems to be no trade off between access to nationality and political rights for non-nationals, although this is often assumed. There does, however, seem to be a link between public opinion on diversity in politics and the openness of a state with regard to political participation of immigrants. Overall, it is safe to say there is still quite some room for improvement as far as policies towards political inclusion of TCNs are concerned.
The essays in this volume offer an approach to the history of moral and political philosophy that takes its inspiration from John Rawls. All the contributors are philosophers who have studied with Rawls and they offer this collection in his honour. The distinctive feature of this approach is to address substantive normative questions in moral and political philosophy through an analysis of the texts and theories of major figures in the history of the subject: Aristotle, Hobbes, Hume, Rousseau, Kant and Marx. By reconstructing the core of these theories in a way that is informed by contemporary theoretical concerns, the contributors show how the history of the subject is a resource for understanding present and perennial problems in moral and political philosophy. This outstanding collection will be of particular interest to historians of moral and political philosophy, historians of ideas, and political scientists
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Moral universalism, or the idea that some system of ethics applies to all people regardless of race, color, nationality, religion, or culture, must have a plurality over which to range - a plurality of diverse persons, nations, jurisdictions, or localities over which morality asserts a universal authority. The contributors to Moral Universalism and Pluralism, the latest volume in the NOMOS series, investigate the idea that, far from denying the existence of such pluralities, moral universalism presupposes it. At the same time, the search for universally valid principles of morality is deeply challenged by diversity. The fact of pluralism presses us to explore how universalist principles interact with ethical, political, and social particularisms. These important essays refuse the answer that particularisms should simply be made to conform to universal principles, as if morality were a mold into which the diverse matter of human society and culture could be pressed. Rather, the authors bring philosophical, legal and political perspectives to bear on the core questions: Which forms of pluralism are conceptually compatible with moral universalism, and which ones can be accommodated in a politically stable way? Can pluralism generate innovations in understandings of moral duty? How is convergence on the validity of legal and moral authority possible in circumstances of pluralism? As the contributors to the book demonstrate in a wide variety of ways, these normative, conceptual, and political questions deeply intertwine.Contributors: Kenneth Baynes, William A. Galston, Barbara Herman, F. M. Kamm, Benedict Kingsbury, Frank I. Michelman, William E. Scheuerman, Gopal Sreenivasan, Daniel Weinstock, and Robin West
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Whereas most of the literature on migration focuses on individuals and their families, this book studies the organizations created by immigrants to protect themselves in their receiving states. Comparing eighteen of these grassroots organizations formed across the world, from India to Colombia to Vietnam to the Congo, researchers from the United States, Belgium, France, the Netherlands, and Spain focus their studies on the internal structure and activities of these organizations as they relate to developmental initiatives. The book outlines the principal positions in the migration and development debate and discusses the concept of transnationalism as a means of resolving these controversies
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