Global Displacement in the Twenty-first Century: Towards an Ethical Framework

Builds an ethical framework for responding to the urgent crisis of global displacement Widening the discussion of the ethics of forced displacement to include people displaced by development projects, in particular Indigenous peoples A critical examination of border practices by global North states, including their use of violence and their defiance of international law Radical proposals for how we should understand key ideas such as protection, borders and solidarity both at a practical and theoretical level Case studies include bordering practices by European Union states, the United States and its border with Mexico, recent developments in the United Kingdom regarding refugees and people displaced by development projects In this book Phillip Cole calls for a radical review of what international protection looks like and who is entitled to it. The book brings together different issues of forced displacement in one place to provide a systematic overview. It draws attention to groups who are often overlooked when it comes to discussions of international protection, such as the internally displaced, those displaced by climate change, disasters, development infrastructure projects and extreme poverty. The study draws on extensive case studies, such as border practices by European Union states, the United States and its border with Mexico, and the United Kingdom. Cole places the experiences of displaced people at the centre, and argues that they should be key political agents in determining policy in this area.

Table of Contents:
Acknowledgements Introduction Pathologies of Exclusion Necropolitics The World Turned Upside Down The Boundaries of Refugeehood The Challenge of Climate Displacement The International Containment Regime Internal Displacement Development Displacement Border Zones Voice, Speech Agency A Political Conception of Forced Displacement Solidarity

About the Author :
Phillip Cole is Senior Lecturer in Politics and International Relations at the University of the West of England, Bristol. He is the author of The Myth of Evil (Edinburgh University Press 2006), Philosophies of Exclusion: Liberal Political Theory and Immigration (Edinburgh University Press, 2000) and The Free, the Unfree and the Excluded: A Treatise on the Conditions of Liberty (Ashgate, 1998).

Review :
Cole's Global Displacement is a remarkable and courageous book that is likely to have an impact on normative scholarship. Cole’s arguments transform long standing debates about asylum to show how a global order that delivers justice for all must have displaced people at its heart. Brilliantly argued and engagingly written, this book shows us why theory matters, and how careful conceptual work helps change the world.