Population and Political Theory

Herausgeber: Goodin, Robert E., Fishkin, James S.

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

Population and Political Theory brings together current thinking on issues at the intersection of population policy and political theory. Topics explored include population size, immigration and refugees, intergenerational justice, population characteristics and shaping children, ageing, and caring labour.

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Part of the acclaimed Politics and Society series, Population and Political Theory brings together leading thinkers in the fields of philosophy, political science, economics, and social policy to address issues at the convergence of population policy and political theory.
Offers a single-volume, systematic overview of philosophical issues relating to population
Represents a unique merging of discussions of population policy with political theory
Broad in scope, the diverse discussions will appeal to political philosophers, population specialists, and public policy makers

Produktdetails

• Philosophy, Politics & Society (PPAS)
• Verlag: Wiley & Sons
• 1. Auflage
• Seitenzahl: 336
• Erscheinungstermin: 8. März 2010
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 229mm x 160mm x 33mm
• Gewicht: 640g
• ISBN-13: 9781444330380
• ISBN-10: 1444330381
• Artikelnr.: 28162230

Autorenporträt

James S. Fishkin holds the Janet M. Peck Chair in International Communication at Stanford University where he is Professor of Communication and Professor of Political Science. He is also Director of Stanford's Center for Deliberative Democracy and has been co-editor of the Philosophy, Politics and Society series since 1979. He is the author of a number of books on both democratic theory and the theory of justice, including When the People Speak (2009) and The Dialogue of Justice (1992). Robert E. Goodin is a Distinguished Professor of both Philosophy and of Social and Political Theory in the Research School of Social Sciences at Australian National University; and a Corresponding Fellow of the British Academy. He is Editor of a 10-volume series of Oxford Handbooks of Political Science and the Journal of Political Philosophy. His latest book is Innovating Democracy (2008).

Inhaltsangabe

Notes on Contributors Acknowledgments Introduction. Population and
Political Theory 1. Population and Ethics: Expanding the Moral Space 2.
Should We Value Population? 3. Regarding Optimum Population 4. On Doing the
Best for Our Children 5. Shaping Future Children: Parental Rights and
Societal Interest 6. On Future Generations' Future Rights 7. Justice
between Adjacent Generations: Further Thoughts 8. Generations at War or
Sustainable Social Policy in Ageing Societies? 9. Dependency, Difference,
and the Global Ethic of Longterm Care 10. Live-in Domestics, Seasonal
Workers, and Others Hard to Locate on the Map of Democracy 11. Immigrants,
Nations, and Citizenship 12. Justice in Migration: A Closed Borders Utopia?
13. The Ethics of Refugee Policy Index