Immigration and state system legitimacy

2020/12/08 by Daniel Sharp · 1 voice · 4 citations
Social Sciences · #Human Rights and Development #Migration, Refugees, and Integration

paper · doi:10.1080/13698230.2020.1860416

openalex publication_date 2020/12/08 · openalex created_date 2025/10/10 · openalex updated_date 2025/11/06

Abstract

Several political philosophers have recently developed novel legitimacy-based theories of migration. These accounts argue that individual states’ legitimacy depends upon their role in a legitimate state system characterized by global cooperation on migration. This review critically assesses these arguments, as articulated by Christopher Bertram, Gillian Brock, and David Owen.

Cited by

• State system legitimacy, assigned responsibilities, and the moral right to exclude
• ‘Not a Guest in My Country’: Immigration Background, Social Hierarchies, and the Fundamental Interest in ‘Being at Home’
• The Right to Emigrate: Exit and Equality in a World of States
• The European Union’s responsibility to protect refugees

Discussions

• My article “immigration & state system legitimacy” has now been assigned an issue in @crispp.bsky.social. It is a meditation on work by @davidowen.bsky.social & @crookedfootball.bsky.social. I hope it [bsky, 14 points, 2 comments]

Related

• The Emerging Migration State
• The International Politics of Migration
• Legitimacy at sea. Authority and extraterritorial border controls
• Sovereignty, Migration and the Rule of Law in Global Times
• The Migration State in the Global South: Nationalizing, Developmental, and Neoliberal Models of Migration Management