A spatial displacement only? Migration in the light of justice concepts

Apanovich M.Yu.,

Moscow State Institute of International Relations (MGIMO University), Moscow, Russia, maria.apanovich@gmail.com

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DOI: 10.17976/jpps/2022.01.05

Rubric: Theme of the issue: Political Collisions on the World Stage

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Apanovich M.Yu. A spatial displacement only? Migration in the light of justice concepts. – Polis. Political Studies. 2022. No. 1. https://doi.org/10.17976/jpps/2022.01.05

Abstract

A study of political discourse on global migration in the light of justice and human rights concepts reveals of two polar points of view. Proponents of the first disposition associate movement with citizenship, have freedoms and rights, but only within internal borders. Thus, the state acts as a restrictor and a regulator of migration flows. Another perspective goes beyond national borders, granting everyone rights and freedoms. The concept of global governance and the creation of regimes in certain areas brings to the discussion the possibility of abandoning ‘local’ barriers and, following globalization, building a global public concept. At the same time, external factors exert influence upon the development and popularity of theories. And in terms of the movement of people around the world, or ‘global migration,’ they are prevailing, setting a pattern of development. In recent decades, the formation and scale of new types of cross-border migration definitely indicate the importance of this issue. At the same time, most of the analytical papers focus on case studies and isolated trends of recent years. This article analyzes the current discussion of the possibilities and limitations of migration from the point of view of political science and J. Rawls’ theory of justice. The author aims to highlight polar and more moderate points of view, as well as to correlate them with the concept of ‘global governance’ by T. Weiss, to analyze the possibilities and limitations on the way to the formation of a ‘global migration regime’, to outline the Russian approach to the role of the state in controlling migration flows, as well as to draw the reader’s attention both to new trends in the perception of migration and the direction of political discourse on this topic.

Keywords

global governance, identity, migrations, human rights, theory of justice, theories of migration.

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