CEU Electronic Theses and Dissertations, 2014
| Author | Sottova, Zuzana |
|---|---|
| Title | Labour migration, temporary worker programmes and global justice |
| Summary | The increasingly relevant link between migration and development combined with a variety of economic and demographic factors has led to the recent revival of temporary worker programmes (TWPs). As the key policy dilemma concerning labour migration and TWPs in particular concerns the rights of migrants, this raises some essential conceptual problems in global justice theory that have not been sufficiently addressed. In order to tackle these problems, I examine cosmopolitanism and Society of States approach, which are the two key approaches concerning international distributive justice. While these two doctrines have evidently contrasting views on labour migration and obligations of states towards migrants, there are certain irreconcilable dilemmas even within these approaches that parallel the difficulties in policy-making. On the one hand, cosmopolitan commitment to equal liberty and redistribution can accommodate opposing views on the scope of rights granted to migrants. On the other hand, the ‘two-level game’ within the Society of States approach poses questions about the state obligations towards ‘outsiders’. This examination of labour migration and TWPs with regards to global justice sheds light on the importance of holding some fundamental ethical views when dealing with such a sensitive issue as labour migration that involves movement of humans across borders. |
| Supervisor | Fetzer, Thomas |
| Department | International Relations MA |
| Full text | https://www.etd.ceu.edu/2014/sottova_zuzana.pdf |
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