Course Syllabus
Liberalism, Democracy, and Immigration
Winter 2023
Instructor: José J. Mendoza Links to an external site.
Email: josejm@uw.edu
Office: Savery Hall 385 Links to an external site.
Office Hour: Tuesday 1:30-3:30pm
Course Description
This course is designed as an advanced survey of some of the more recent work being done on the topic of immigration justice.
Required Texts
(Note: all required reading for this course is available for free at the UW library. Click on hyperlinks and then sign into the library.)
Sarah Song (2018): Immigration and Democracy Links to an external site.
Michael Blake (2019): Justice, Migration, and Mercy Links to an external site.
Paulina Ochoa Espejo (2020): On Borders: Territories, Legitimacy, and the Rights of Place Links to an external site.
Luara Ferracioli (2022): Liberal Self-Determination in a World of Migration Links to an external site.
8 Short Write-Ups: 200-500 words each (40%)
1 Class Presentation: 10-15 minutes (20%)
Final Paper: 4K-6K words (40%)
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Unit 1: Sarah Song (2018): Immigration and Democracy Links to an external site.
Week One: Required Reading
CH 1: Introduction Download CH 1: Introduction
CH 2: Looking to Law: The Plenary Power Doctrine in US Immigration Jurisprudence Download CH 2: Looking to Law: The Plenary Power Doctrine in US Immigration Jurisprudence
CH3: Philosophical Justifications of State Power over Immigration Download CH3: Philosophical Justifications of State Power over Immigration
Supplemental Readings (week one)
State Right to Exclude
Michael Walzer (1983): “Membership” (Chapter 2 of Spheres of Justice) Links to an external site.
David Miller (2005): “Immigration: The Case for Limits” Links to an external site.
Christopher Heath Wellman (2008): “Immigration and Freedom of Association” Links to an external site.
Ryan Pevnick (2011): "Refining Associative Ownership" (chapter 3 of Immigration and the Constraints of Justice) Links to an external site.
Michael Blake (2013): Immigration, Jurisdiction, and Exclusion” Links to an external site.
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Week Two: Required Reading
Ch 4: Collective Self-Determination and Immigration Control Download Ch 4: Collective Self-Determination and Immigration Control
CH 5: Does Justice Require Open Borders? Download CH 5: Does Justice Require Open Borders?
CH 6: Is There a Right to Free Movement across Borders? Download CH 6: Is There a Right to Free Movement across Borders?
Supplemental Readings (week two)
Open Borders
Joseph Carens (1992): "Migration and Morality: A Liberal Egalitarian Perspective" Links to an external site.
David Miller (2016): "Is There A Human Right to Immigrate?" Links to an external site.
Kieran Oberman (2016): "Immigration as a Human Right" Links to an external site.
Week Three: Required Reading
CH 7: Refugees and Other Necessitous Migrants Download CH 7: Refugees and Other Necessitous Migrants
CH 8: The Claims of Family View Download CH 8: The Claims of Family View
CH 9: Discretionary Admissions Download CH 9: Discretionary Admissions
Ch 10: The Rights of Noncitizens in the Territory Download Ch 10: The Rights of Noncitizens in the Territory
CH 11: Conclusion Download CH 11: Conclusion
Supplemental Readings (week three)
Refugees
Andrew E. Shacknove (1985): “Who Is a Refugee?" Links to an external site.
Matthew Lister (2013): “Who Are Refugees?" Links to an external site.
James Souter (2014): "Towards a Theory of Asylum as Reparation for Past Injustice" Links to an external site.
Matthew J Gibney (2014): "Refugees and Justice Between States" Links to an external site.
Family Reunification
Iseult Honohan (2009): “Reconsidering the Claim to Family Reunification in Migration" Links to an external site.
Matthew Lister (2010):“Immigration, Association, and the Family" Links to an external site.
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Week Four: Required Reading
CH 1: Introduction: From Identity to Place Download CH 1: Introduction: From Identity to Place
CH 2: The Desert Island Model of Territorial Politics Download CH 2: The Desert Island Model of Territorial Politics
CH 3: What Do Borders Divide Download CH 3: What Do Borders Divide
Bibliography Download Bibliography
Supplemental Readings (week four)
Territorial Rights
Anna Stilz (2009): “Why Do States Have Territorial Rights?” Links to an external site.
Anna Stilz (2011): “Nations, States, and Territory" Links to an external site.
David Miller (2012): “Territorial Rights: Concept and Justification" Links to an external site.
Democratic Justification (i.e., Boundary Problem)
Robert Goodin (2007): “Enfranchising All Affected Interests and Its Alternatives” Links to an external site.
Arash Abizadeh (2008): “Democratic Theory and Border Coercion” Links to an external site.
David Miller (2009): “Democracyʼs Domain” Links to an external site.
Sarah Song (2012): “The Boundary Problem in Democratic Theory” Links to an external site.
.Miller, David. 2009. “Democracyʼs Domain.”
Unit 2: Michael Blake (2019): Justice, Migration, and Mercy Links to an external site.
Week Five: Required Reading
Preface Links to an external site.
Chapter One: On Morality and Migration Links to an external site.
Chapter Two: Justice and the Excluded, Part One: Open Borders Links to an external site.
Chapter Three: Justice and the Excluded, Part Two: Closed Borders Links to an external site.
Week Six: Required Reading
Chapter Four: Justice, Jurisdiction, and Migration Links to an external site.
Chapter Five: Coercion and Refuge Links to an external site.
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Chapter Eight: Reciprocity, the Undocumented, and Jeb Bush Links to an external site.
Chapter Nine: On Mercy in Politics Links to an external site.
Unit 3: Luara Ferracioli (2022): Liberal Self-Determination in a World of Migration Links to an external site.
Week Eight: Required Reading
(Blake) Chapter Ten: Migration and Mercy Links to an external site.
Introduction Download Introduction
CH 1: Citizenship and Paternalism Download CH 1: Citizenship and Paternalism
Supplemental Readings (week eight)
Birthright Citizenship
Matthew Lister (2010): “Citizenship in the Immigration Context” Links to an external site.
Jan Brezger and Andreas Cassee (2016): “Immigrants and Newcomers by Birth: Do Statist Arguments Imply a Right to Exclude Both?" Links to an external site.
Citizenship Markets
Ayelet Shachar and Ran Hirschl (2014): “On Citizenship, States, and Markets” Links to an external site.
Javier Hidalgo (2016): "Selling Citizenship: A Defence" Links to an external site.
Mandating and Withdrawing Citizenship
Helder De Schutter and Lea Ypi (2015): "Mandatory Citizenship for Immigrants" Links to an external site.
Christian Barry and Luara Ferracioli (2016): “Can Withdrawing Citizenship Be Justified?" Links to an external site.
Patti Tamar Lenard (2018): “Democratic Citizenship and Denationalization” Links to an external site.
Discrimination and Immigration
Matthew Lindauer (2017): “Immigration Policy and Identification across Borders” Links to an external site.
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CH 2: Citizenship and Autonomy Download CH 2: Citizenship and Autonomy
Ch 3: Liberal Self-Determination, Discrimination, and the Right to Exclude Download Ch 3: Liberal Self-Determination, Discrimination, and the Right to Exclude
CH 4: What Is Political about Asylum? Download CH 4: What Is Political about Asylum?
Week Ten: Required Reading
CH 5: Family Migration Schemes and Liberal Neutrality: A Dilemma Download CH 5: Family Migration Schemes and Liberal Neutrality: A Dilemma
CH 6: Immigration, Self-Determination, and the Brain Drain Download CH 6: Immigration, Self-Determination, and the Brain Drain
CH 7: Discrimination and Immigration Control Download CH 7: Discrimination and Immigration Control
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