Format:
XII, 263 S. ;
,
25 cm.
ISBN:
978-0-19-022224-6
Series Statement:
Oxford political philosophy
Content:
"Our world is currently divided into territorial states that resist all attempts to change their borders. But what entitles a state, or the people it represents, to assume monopoly control over a particular piece of the Earth's surface? Why are they allowed to prevent others from entering? What if two or more states, or two or more groups of people, claim the same piece of land? Political philosophy, which has had a great deal to say about the relationship between state and citizen, has largely ignored these questions about territory. This book provides answers. It justifies the idea of territory itself in terms of the moral value of political self-determination; it also justifies, within limits, those elements that we normally associate with territorial rights: rights of jurisdiction, rights over resources, right to control borders and so on.
Note:
Includes bibliographical references and index. - Machine generated contents note: -- Acknowledgements -- 1. Why do we need a Political Theory of Territory? -- 2. What is Territory? conceptual analysis and justificatory burdens. -- 3. Foundations of a Theory of Territory: Individual Moral Rights of Residency, Collective Moral Rights of Occupancy and a People's Rights of Self-determination. -- 4. Non-Statist Theories of Territory -- 5. Functionalist/Statist Theories of Territory -- 6. Heartlands, Contested Areas Secession, and Boundaries -- 7. Corrective Justice and the Wrongful Taking of Land, Territory and Property -- 8. Territorial Rights and Natural Resources -- 9. Territorial Rights and Rights to control Borders/Immigration -- 10. The Right to Territorial Integrity and the Legitimacy of the Use of Force. -- 11. Conclusion. -- Bibliography -- Index
Language:
English
Subjects:
Political Science
Keywords:
Staatslehre
;
Territorium
;
Politische Philosophie
URL:
http://bvbr.bib-bvb.de:8991/F?func=service&doc_library=BVB01&local_base=BVB01&doc_number=027993491&sequence=000002&line_number=0001&func_code=DB_RECORDS&service_type=MEDIA
