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487Review of "Eyes of the People: Democracy in an Age of Spectatorship" (review)Essays in Philosophy 13 (2): 590-594. 2012.
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262Kai Nielsen’s Political Philosophy: A Critical Introduction and OverviewIn David Rondel & Alex Sager (eds.), Pessimism of the Intellect, Optimism of the Will: The Political Philosophy of Kai Nielsen, University of Calgary Press. 2012.An overview of Kai Nielsen's philosophy focusing on his contributions to metaphilosophy and a critical theory based on wide reflective equilibrium, global justice, and egalitarianism.
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704The Hanford Advisory Board: participatory democracy, technology, and representationJournal of Environmental Studies and Sciences 4 (2): 142-155. 2014.The Hanford Advisory Board (HAB) is a broadly representative, deliberative body that provides formal policy advice on Department of Energy (DOE) proposals and decisions at the Hanford nuclear cleanup site near Richland, Washington. Despite considerable skepticism about the effectiveness of citizen advisory boards, we contend that the HAB offers promising institutional innovations. Drawing on our analysis of the HAB’s formal advice as well as our interviews with board members and agency officials…Read more
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526Implications of Migration Theory for Distributive JusticeGlobal Justice: Theory, Practice, Rhetoric 5. 2012.This paper explores the implications of empirical theories of migration for normative accounts of migration and distributive justice. It examines neo-classical economics, world-systems theory, dual labor market theory, and feminist approaches to migration and contends that neo-classical economic theory in isolation provides an inadequate understanding of migration. Other theories provide a fuller account of how national and global economic, political, and social institutions cause and shape migr…Read more
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483Brain Drain, Health, and Global JusticeIn Rebecca Shah (ed.), The International Migration of Health Workers: Ethics, Rights and Justice, Palgrave-macmillan. pp. 103-117. 2010.This chapter criticizes policies that aim to restrict the emigration or immigration of skilled workers, analyzes the ethics of recruitment, and proposes basing an ethics of skilled migration based on the violation of negative duties not to uphold unjust institutions.
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40Culture and ImmigrationSocial Philosophy Today 23 69-86. 2007.A number of prominent political philosophers, including Will Kymlicka and Joseph Carens, have suggested that one reason for limiting immigration is to protect culture, particularly what Kymlicka calls “societal culture”: “a territorially-concentrated culture, centered on a shared language which is used in a wide range of societal institutions, in both public and private life.” I situate this claim in the context of liberal nation-building and suggest that the arguments for the protection of cult…Read more
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76The Broadview Anthology of Social and Political Thought: Essential Readings: Ancient, Modern, and Contemporary Texts (edited book)Broadview Press. 2012.This volume features a careful selection of major works in political and social philosophy from ancient times through to the present. Every reading has been painstakingly annotated, and each figure is given a substantial introduction highlighting his or her major contribution to the tradition. The anthology offers both depth and breadth in its selection of material by central figures, while also representing other currents of political thought. Thirty-two authors are represented, including fourt…Read more
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2736Methodological Nationalism, Migration and Political TheoryPolitical Studies 64 (1). 2016.The political theory of migration has largely occurred within a paradigm of methodological nationalism and this has led to the neglect of morally salient agents and causes. This article draws on research from the social sciences on the transnationalism, globalization and migration systems theory to show how methodological nationalist assumptions have affected the views of political theorists on membership, culture and distributive justice. In particular, it is contended that methodological natio…Read more
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378Immigration, Class, and Global Justice: Some Moral Considerations/ImplicationsIn Micheline Labelle, Jocelyne Couture & Frank Remiggi (eds.), La communauté politique en question. Regards croisés sur l’immigration, la citoyenneté, la diversité et le pouvoir, Uqam Press. pp. 21-46. 2012.I argue for the importance of class-based analysis for analyzing the justice of migration policies. I contend that the abstract, liberal discourse of much writing on justice and immigration distorts our moral judgments. In contrast, I provide a class-based critique of the role of human capital in managed migration, drawing evidence from Canada’s Seasonal Agricultural Worker and Live-in Caregiver Programs. This reveals the domination and exploitation inherent in these migration policies and allow…Read more
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Portland State UniversityAssistant Professor
Portland, Oregon, United States of America
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