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Oxford Cities and Immigration Political and Moral Dilemmas in the New Era of Migration 2019 Edition by Avner De Shalit
All over the world immigration is one of the most urgent political issues, creating tensions and unrest as well as questions of justice and fairness. Academics as well as politicians have been relating to the question of how states should cope with immigrants; but 96% of immigrants end up in cities, and in Europe and the USA, two thirds of the immigrants settle in seven or eight cities. Indeed, most of us encounter with immigrants as city-zens, in our_x000D_everyday life, rather than as citizens of states. So how should cities integrate immigrants? Should cities be allowed to design their autonomous integration policies? Could they issue visas and permits to immigrants? Should immigrants be granted voting rights in local elections before naturalization? And how do_x000D_cities think about these issues? What can we learn from cities which are thought to be successful in integrating and assimilating immigrants? Is there a model of integration within the city which is best? _x000D__x000D_The book discusses these questions both empirically and normatively. The book is based on hundreds of in depth discussions of these matters with city dwellers in San Francisco, New York, London, Amsterdam, Berlin, Thessaloniki and Jerusalem. It shifts the discourse on immigration from 'thinking like a state' to 'thinking like a city' ._x000D_ Table of Contents :- _x000D_
Introduction_x000D_
1: Cities and Border Control: Should Cities Have Autonoous Immigration Policies?_x000D_
2: Immigrants and Political Rights in the City_x000D_
3: Of Milkshake and Boxers: How Inclusion Can Work_x000D_