PO301 Lecture 20: Po301 lesson 20
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Liberal democratic values can be sustained only if the citizens of a state share a common bond, such as a national identity. The state has a right to restrict immigration in order to preserve that bond". P2: citizens will be motivated to support redistribution on grounds of social justice only if they share a national identity. However, evidence for 2 inconclusive (banting and kymlicka, miller and ali). Even if true, there is the further empirical question of how much immigration is possible without threatening this bond. But how justify that claim in the face of The all affected interests" principle - argues that all and only those whose interests are affected by a decision should have a say in it. This seems incompatible with the conventional view, implying that those excluded from the state are entitled to a say on the immigration policy that excludes them.
