Towards a Non-Positivist Approach to Cosmopolitan Immigration: A Critique of the Inclusion/Exclusion Dialectic and an Analysis of Selected European (Im)migration Policies

Journal of International and Area Studies, Vol. 17, No. 1, pp. 55-74, 2010

20 Pages Posted: 3 Sep 2010

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Mason L. Richey

Hankuk University of Foreign Studies

Date Written: July 1, 2010

Abstract

This interdisciplinary paper identifies principles of an affluent country (im)migration policy that avoids: (1) the positivist inclusion/exclusion mechanism of liberalism and communitarianism; and (2) the idealism of most cosmopolitan (im)migration theories. First, I: (a) critique the failure of liberalism and communitarianism to consider (im)migration under distributive justice; and (b) present cosmopolitan (im)migration approaches as a promising alternative. This paper’s central claim is that cosmopolitan (im)migration theory can determine normative shortcomings in (im)migration policy by coupling elements of Frankfurt School methodology to case studies of (im)migration regimes. Lastly, I apply this analytical procedure to recent special changes in Spanish and UK immigration law.

Keywords: Immigration, Cosmopolitanism, Distributive Justice, Habermas, Critical Theory

Suggested Citation

Richey, Mason L., Towards a Non-Positivist Approach to Cosmopolitan Immigration: A Critique of the Inclusion/Exclusion Dialectic and an Analysis of Selected European (Im)migration Policies (July 1, 2010). Journal of International and Area Studies, Vol. 17, No. 1, pp. 55-74, 2010, Available at SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=1670604

Mason L. Richey (Contact Author)

Hankuk University of Foreign Studies ( email )

270 Imun-dong Dongdaemun-gu
Seoul, 130-791
Korea, Republic of (South Korea)

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