Phillip Cole
Biographic Data
| ID | 3965936 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Phillip Cole |
| GIVEN NAMES | Phillip |
| FAMILY NAME | Cole |
| SIGNATURE | COLE P |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of the West of England |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 17 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 13 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 15 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 2 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1997 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2022 |
| H-INDEX | 2 |
Global Displacement in the Twenty-first Century
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, …
Border Zones
This chapter examines the idea of the border, using the idea of border zones, arguing that rather than clear lines between national territories, we have border zones as areas in which identities are contested, and these zones can occur anywhere, on the edges of states or in their centre. It draws on the work of Gloria Anzaldúa and others in expanding this idea of the borderland, as well as reports published by the World Bank emphasising the impor…
Global Displacement in the Twenty-First Century
The book calls for a radical review of what international protection looks like and who is entitled to it. It brings together different issues of forced displacement into one place to provide a systematic overview. It draws attention to groups other than refugees who are often overlooked when it comes to discussions of international protection, such as the internally displaced, those displaced by disasters, development projects and climate events…
Philosophies of Exclusion
Winner of the North American Society for Social Philosophy 's major prize - The Most Important Social Philosophy Title to be Published in 2000 The mass movement of people across the globe constitutes a major feature of world politics today. Whatever the cause of the movement - often war, famine, economic hardship, political repression or climate change - the governments of western capitalist states see this 'torrent of people in flight' as a seri…
Global displacement in the 21st century
A body of work has emerged in political philosophy which can be termed ‘the ethics of migration’. Within that literature, there has been an increased focus on issues of displacement and protection which reflects practical concerns in the wider world. However, that focus has been predominantly upon refugees and asylum seekers and the ethical questions and challenges raised by their needs for protection. In this paper I argue that this leaves out m…
Understanding Statelessness
Understanding Statelessness
Understanding Statelessness offers a comprehensive, in-depth examination of statelessness. The volume presents the theoretical, legal and political concept of statelessness through the work of leading critical thinkers in this area.They offer a critique of the existing framework through detailed and theoretically-based scrutiny of challenging contexts of statelessness in the real world and suggest ways forward. The volume is divided into three pa…
Global displacement and the topography of theory
In this essay, I examine the concept of the refugee within the context of liberal political theory. The argument is that the refugee is displaced both in political practice and political theory – theory has a topology, and inside and an outside, such that even if the refugee as a concept does enter within its boundaries it does so as a marginal figure, constructed as problematic. However, liberal political also has a topography when it comes to t…
Human rights in the overseas territories
Since the late 1990s emphasis has been placed by the UK government on enhancing human rights in its Overseas Territories. Some early changes were enforced, but more recently persuasion and capacity building have been prioritised. However, due to the complexity of the bilateral relationships and the cultural diversity that exists, fostering and embedding reform is difficult. These challenges are seen most clearly in two examples: the rights of the…
Beyond reason
In this paper, I critically address the role of arbitrary and contingent features in philosophical debates about migration. These features play a central role, and display the importance of ‘unreason’ in the debate and the limits of rational criticism. Certain elements of political thought have to be taken as given, as essential starting points or indispensable building blocks. As such, they cannot be exposed to rational criticism. Political arra…
Taking Moral Equality Seriously
In this paper I re-state the egalitarian argument against the morality of immigration controls: such limits violate the central ethical commitment to moral equality. This means that immigration controls fail a fundamental moral test and represent the ethical failure of the liberal project of moral equality. I set this re-statement against recent arguments about what moral equality means, specifically Christopher Heath Wellman's use of Elizabeth A…
Debating the Ethics of Immigration
Do states have the right to prevent potential immigrants from crossing their borders, or should people have the freedom to migrate and settle wherever they wish? Christopher Heath Wellman and Phillip Cole develop and defend opposing answers to this timely and important question ... In addition to engaging with each other's arguments, Wellman and Cole address a range of central questions and prominent positions on this topic. The authors therefore…
Citizenship Acquisition and National Belonging
What does it take to become a citizen of a particular nation? Is it justified to restrict membership of a society, and if so, on what grounds? This book explores a series of pressing, controversial is
Travesías peligrosas
En este artículo sostengo que la política de ciudadanía e inmigración en el Reino Unido, y en otras potencias europeas, está fundada en una ansiedad postcolonial, heredera de su historia colonial. Por lo que respecta al Reino Unido, el viajero de Europa occidental es civilizado y, por tanto, bienvenido, sin ninguna restricción de acceso al territorio y con la ciudadanía de la UE compartida. En cambio, no es tan bienvenido el viajero procedente de…
The myth of evil
Embracing the “Nation”
Problems with “persons”
Beyond reason
In this paper, I critically address the role of arbitrary and contingent features in philosophical debates about migration. These features play a central role, and display the importance of ‘unreason’ in the debate and the limits of rational criticism. Certain elements of political thought have to be taken as given, as essential starting points or indispensable building blocks. As such, they cannot be exposed to rational criticism. Political arra…
Global displacement and the topography of theory
In this essay, I examine the concept of the refugee within the context of liberal political theory. The argument is that the refugee is displaced both in political practice and political theory – theory has a topology, and inside and an outside, such that even if the refugee as a concept does enter within its boundaries it does so as a marginal figure, constructed as problematic. However, liberal political also has a topography when it comes to t…
Taking Moral Equality Seriously
In this paper I re-state the egalitarian argument against the morality of immigration controls: such limits violate the central ethical commitment to moral equality. This means that immigration controls fail a fundamental moral test and represent the ethical failure of the liberal project of moral equality. I set this re-statement against recent arguments about what moral equality means, specifically Christopher Heath Wellman's use of Elizabeth A…
Human rights in the overseas territories
Since the late 1990s emphasis has been placed by the UK government on enhancing human rights in its Overseas Territories. Some early changes were enforced, but more recently persuasion and capacity building have been prioritised. However, due to the complexity of the bilateral relationships and the cultural diversity that exists, fostering and embedding reform is difficult. These challenges are seen most clearly in two examples: the rights of the…
Embracing the “Nation”
Problems with “persons”
Embracing the “Nation”
The myth of evil
Citizenship Acquisition and National Belonging
What does it take to become a citizen of a particular nation? Is it justified to restrict membership of a society, and if so, on what grounds? This book explores a series of pressing, controversial is
Travesías peligrosas
En este artículo sostengo que la política de ciudadanía e inmigración en el Reino Unido, y en otras potencias europeas, está fundada en una ansiedad postcolonial, heredera de su historia colonial. Por lo que respecta al Reino Unido, el viajero de Europa occidental es civilizado y, por tanto, bienvenido, sin ninguna restricción de acceso al territorio y con la ciudadanía de la UE compartida. En cambio, no es tan bienvenido el viajero procedente de…
Debating the Ethics of Immigration
Do states have the right to prevent potential immigrants from crossing their borders, or should people have the freedom to migrate and settle wherever they wish? Christopher Heath Wellman and Phillip Cole develop and defend opposing answers to this timely and important question ... In addition to engaging with each other's arguments, Wellman and Cole address a range of central questions and prominent positions on this topic. The authors therefore…
Taking Moral Equality Seriously
In this paper I re-state the egalitarian argument against the morality of immigration controls: such limits violate the central ethical commitment to moral equality. This means that immigration controls fail a fundamental moral test and represent the ethical failure of the liberal project of moral equality. I set this re-statement against recent arguments about what moral equality means, specifically Christopher Heath Wellman's use of Elizabeth A…
Beyond reason
In this paper, I critically address the role of arbitrary and contingent features in philosophical debates about migration. These features play a central role, and display the importance of ‘unreason’ in the debate and the limits of rational criticism. Certain elements of political thought have to be taken as given, as essential starting points or indispensable building blocks. As such, they cannot be exposed to rational criticism. Political arra…
Global displacement and the topography of theory
In this essay, I examine the concept of the refugee within the context of liberal political theory. The argument is that the refugee is displaced both in political practice and political theory – theory has a topology, and inside and an outside, such that even if the refugee as a concept does enter within its boundaries it does so as a marginal figure, constructed as problematic. However, liberal political also has a topography when it comes to t…
Human rights in the overseas territories
Since the late 1990s emphasis has been placed by the UK government on enhancing human rights in its Overseas Territories. Some early changes were enforced, but more recently persuasion and capacity building have been prioritised. However, due to the complexity of the bilateral relationships and the cultural diversity that exists, fostering and embedding reform is difficult. These challenges are seen most clearly in two examples: the rights of the…
Understanding Statelessness
Understanding Statelessness
Understanding Statelessness offers a comprehensive, in-depth examination of statelessness. The volume presents the theoretical, legal and political concept of statelessness through the work of leading critical thinkers in this area.They offer a critique of the existing framework through detailed and theoretically-based scrutiny of challenging contexts of statelessness in the real world and suggest ways forward. The volume is divided into three pa…
Philosophies of Exclusion
Winner of the North American Society for Social Philosophy 's major prize - The Most Important Social Philosophy Title to be Published in 2000 The mass movement of people across the globe constitutes a major feature of world politics today. Whatever the cause of the movement - often war, famine, economic hardship, political repression or climate change - the governments of western capitalist states see this 'torrent of people in flight' as a seri…
Global displacement in the 21st century
A body of work has emerged in political philosophy which can be termed ‘the ethics of migration’. Within that literature, there has been an increased focus on issues of displacement and protection which reflects practical concerns in the wider world. However, that focus has been predominantly upon refugees and asylum seekers and the ethical questions and challenges raised by their needs for protection. In this paper I argue that this leaves out m…
Global Displacement in the Twenty-first Century
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, …
Border Zones
This chapter examines the idea of the border, using the idea of border zones, arguing that rather than clear lines between national territories, we have border zones as areas in which identities are contested, and these zones can occur anywhere, on the edges of states or in their centre. It draws on the work of Gloria Anzaldúa and others in expanding this idea of the borderland, as well as reports published by the World Bank emphasising the impor…
Global Displacement in the Twenty-First Century
The book calls for a radical review of what international protection looks like and who is entitled to it. It brings together different issues of forced displacement into one place to provide a systematic overview. It draws attention to groups other than refugees who are often overlooked when it comes to discussions of international protection, such as the internally displaced, those displaced by disasters, development projects and climate events…
Political science (14 works) · Sociology (12 works) · Law (11 works) · Politics (9 works) · Migration, Refugees, and Integration (8 works) · Law (7 works) · Philosophy (7 works) · Law and economics (6 works) · Philosophy (6 works) · Political Philosophy and Ethics (6 works)