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The Politics of Social Cohesion - Immigration, Community, and Justice (Hardcover)
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The Politics of Social Cohesion - Immigration, Community, and Justice (Hardcover)
Series: New Topics in Applied Philosophy
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Immigration is a divisive policy issue in modern liberal
democracies. A common worry is that immigration poses a threat to
social cohesion, and so to the social unity that underpins
cooperation, stable democratic institutions, and a robust welfare
state. At the heart of this worry is the suggestion that social
cohesion requires a shared identity at the societal level. In The
Politics of Social Cohesion, Nils Holtug gives a careful assessment
of the impact of immigration on social cohesion and egalitarian
redistribution. First, he critically scrutinizes an influential
argument, according to which immigration leads to ethnic diversity,
which again tends to undermine trust and solidarity and so the
social basis for redistribution. According to this argument,
immigration should be severely restricted. And second, he considers
the suggestion that, in response to worries about immigration,
states should promote a shared identity to foster social cohesion
in the citizenry. Holtug argues that the effects of immigration on
social cohesion do not need to compromise social justice, and that
core principles of liberty and equality not only form the normative
basis for just policies of immigration and integration but, as a
matter of empirical fact, are also the values that, if shared, are
most likely to produce the social cohesion among community members
that provides the social basis for implementing justice.
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