Liberalism, Democracy, and Immigration
Winter 2023
Instructor: José J. Mendoza
Email: josejm@uw.edu
Office: Savery Hall 385
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
Michael Blake (2019): Justice, Migration, and Mercy
Paulina Ochoa Espejo (2020): On Borders: Territories, Legitimacy, and the Rights of Place
Luara Ferracioli (2022): Liberal Self-Determination in a World of Migration
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
Week One: Required Reading
CH 2: Looking to Law: The Plenary Power Doctrine in US Immigration Jurisprudence
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)
David Miller (2005): “Immigration: The Case for Limits”
Christopher Heath Wellman (2008): “Immigration and Freedom of Association”
Ryan Pevnick (2011): "Refining Associative Ownership" (chapter 3 of Immigration and the Constraints of Justice)
Michael Blake (2013): Immigration, Jurisdiction, and Exclusion”
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Week Two: Required Reading
Ch 4: Collective Self-Determination and Immigration Control
CH 5: Does Justice Require Open Borders?
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"
David Miller (2016): "Is There A Human Right to Immigrate?"
Kieran Oberman (2016): "Immigration as a Human Right"
Week Three: Required Reading
CH 7: Refugees and Other Necessitous Migrants
CH 8: The Claims of Family View
CH 9: Discretionary Admissions
Ch 10: The Rights of Noncitizens in the Territory
Supplemental Readings (week three)
Refugees
Andrew E. Shacknove (1985): “Who Is a Refugee?"
Matthew Lister (2013): “Who Are Refugees?"
James Souter (2014): "Towards a Theory of Asylum as Reparation for Past Injustice"
Matthew J Gibney (2014): "Refugees and Justice Between States"
Family Reunification
Iseult Honohan (2009): “Reconsidering the Claim to Family Reunification in Migration"
Matthew Lister (2010):“Immigration, Association, and the Family"
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Week Four: Required Reading
CH 1: Introduction: From Identity to Place
CH 2: The Desert Island Model of Territorial Politics
Supplemental Readings (week four)
Territorial Rights
Anna Stilz (2009): “Why Do States Have Territorial Rights?”
Anna Stilz (2011): “Nations, States, and Territory"
David Miller (2012): “Territorial Rights: Concept and Justification"
Democratic Justification (i.e., Boundary Problem)
Robert Goodin (2007): “Enfranchising All Affected Interests and Its Alternatives”
Arash Abizadeh (2008): “Democratic Theory and Border Coercion”
David Miller (2009): “Democracyʼs Domain”
Sarah Song (2012): “The Boundary Problem in Democratic Theory”
.Miller, David. 2009. “Democracyʼs Domain.”
Unit 2: Michael Blake (2019): Justice, Migration, and Mercy
Week Five: Required Reading
Chapter One: On Morality and Migration
Chapter Two: Justice and the Excluded, Part One: Open Borders
Chapter Three: Justice and the Excluded, Part Two: Closed Borders
Week Six: Required Reading
Chapter Four: Justice, Jurisdiction, and Migration
Chapter Five: Coercion and Refuge
Chapter Six: Choosing and Refusing: On Migration, Exclusion, and the Bigot's Veto
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Chapter Seven: People, Places, and Plans: On Love, Migration, and Documentation
Chapter Eight: Reciprocity, the Undocumented, and Jeb Bush
Chapter Nine: On Mercy in Politics
Unit 3: Luara Ferracioli (2022): Liberal Self-Determination in a World of Migration
Week Eight: Required Reading
(Blake) Chapter Ten: Migration and Mercy
CH 1: Citizenship and Paternalism
Supplemental Readings (week eight)
Birthright Citizenship
Matthew Lister (2010): “Citizenship in the Immigration Context”
Jan Brezger and Andreas Cassee (2016): “Immigrants and Newcomers by Birth: Do Statist Arguments Imply a Right to Exclude Both?"
Citizenship Markets
Ayelet Shachar and Ran Hirschl (2014): “On Citizenship, States, and Markets”
Javier Hidalgo (2016): "Selling Citizenship: A Defence"
Mandating and Withdrawing Citizenship
Helder De Schutter and Lea Ypi (2015): "Mandatory Citizenship for Immigrants"
Christian Barry and Luara Ferracioli (2016): “Can Withdrawing Citizenship Be Justified?"
Patti Tamar Lenard (2018): “Democratic Citizenship and Denationalization”
Discrimination and Immigration
Matthew Lindauer (2017): “Immigration Policy and Identification across Borders”
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CH 2: Citizenship and Autonomy
Ch 3: Liberal Self-Determination, Discrimination, and the Right to Exclude
CH 4: What Is Political about Asylum?
Week Ten: Required Reading
CH 5: Family Migration Schemes and Liberal Neutrality: A Dilemma
CH 6: Immigration, Self-Determination, and the Brain Drain
CH 7: Discrimination and Immigration Control
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