Winner of the American Political Science Association's 1996 Woodrow Wilson Foundation
Award. The rise of new political competitors on the radical right is a central feature of many …

Many poor and oppressed people wish to leave their countries of origin in the third world to
come to affluent Western societies. This essay argues that there is little justification for …

First Published in 2004. Confusion reigns in sociological accounts of the curent condition of
modernity. The story-lines from the'end of the subject'to'a new individualism', from …

The question of whether a closed border entry policy under the unilateral control of a
democratic state is legitimate cannot be settled until we first know to whom the justification of …

In the last quarter of a century, migration theory has undergone fundamental change,
moving from the classic “individual relocation” genre initiated by Ravenstein a century ago …

This article contributes to the debate about the effects of ethnic diversity on social cohesion,
particularly generalized trust. The analysis relies on data from both the 'Citizenship …

Nation States now increasingly have to cope with large numbers of non-citizens living within
their borders. This has largely been understood in terms of the decline of the nation state or …

Immigration restrictions curtail freedom. They prevent people from going where they want to
go, seeing whom they wish to see and taking jobs they wish to take. When repressive states …

This book provides an authoritative and much needed critical review of British and American
debates about the underclass, set in the context of historical material and policy …

​ Die politische Gesellschaft der Demokratien braucht eine politische Ethik, die dem
Machtrausch des beliebigen und destruktiven Moralisierens eine Grenze setzt, um so einer …