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What Do We Owe to Refugees?
David Owen
polity
Copyright © David Owen 2020
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Names: Owen, David, 1964- author.
Title: What do we owe to refugees? / David Owen.
Description: Cambridge, UK ; Medford, MA : Polity Press, 2020. | Series: Political theory today | Includes bibliographical references and index. | Summary: “Who are refugees? Who, if anyone, is responsible for protecting them? What forms should this protection take? In this engaging and concise book, David Owen provides a clear account of the responsibilities of refugee protection and the forms of international co-operation that will be required to discharge them”-- Provided by publisher.
Identifiers: LCCN 2019025264 | ISBN 9781509539734 (hardback) | ISBN 9781509539741 (paperback) | ISBN 9781509539758 (epub)
Subjects: LCSH: Refugees. | Emigration and immigration--International cooperation. | Emigration and immigration--Government policy.
Classification: LCC HV640 .O89 2020 | DDC 325/.21--dc23
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Dedication
To Miranda
With the hope that your generation will do better
Acknowledgements
I have accumulated many debts over the years; the main ones are to Liza Schuster, who introduced me to the issue, to Matt Gibney, from whom I have learnt most (perhaps not enough), and to Joseph Carens and Rainer Bauböck, who have each critically supported my thinking about this topic. Others whose thinking and comments have helped me along the way include Alex Aleinikoff, Sarah Fine, David Miller, Kelly Oliver, Clara Sandelind, James Souter, Christine Straehle, Kerri Woods and Leah Zamore. Particular thanks are due to Chris Armstrong, Chris Bertram, Peter Niesen, Anne Phillips and Tracy Strong, for responses to the whole manuscript.
I was fortunate to have the political philosophy group at the University of Milan devote a workshop to the draft manuscript, and I am grateful to Corrado Fumagalli for organising it and to his colleagues for their critical insights. Special thanks are due to Gloria Zuccarelli and Laura Santi Amantini
