Population And Political Theory

Part of the acclaimed Politics and Society series, Population and Political Theory brings together leading thinkers in the fields of philosophy, political science, economics, and social policy to address issues at the convergence of population policy and political theory.
Offers a single-volume, systematic overview of philosophical issues relating to population
Represents a unique merging of discussions of population policy with political theory
Broad in scope, the diverse discussions will appeal to political philosophers, population specialists, and public policy makers

James S. Fishkin holds the Janet M. Peck Chair in International Communication at Stanford University where he is Professor of Communication and Professor of Political Science. He is also Director of Stanford’s Center for Deliberative Democracy and has been co-editor of the Philosophy, Politics and Society series since 1979. He is the author of a number of books on both democratic theory and the theory of justice, including When the People Speak (2009) and The Dialogue of Justice (1992).
Robert E. Goodin is a Distinguished Professor of both Philosophy and of Social and Political Theory in the Research School of Social Sciences at Australian National University; and a Corresponding Fellow of the British Academy. He is Editor of a 10-volume series of Oxford Handbooks of Political Science and the Journal of Political Philosophy. His latest book is Innovating Democracy (2008).

"For two decades work on reproductive rights displaced population ethics. Here at last are rigorous new discussions of just approaches to population change, intergenerational justice and just migration: key topics for a globalising world of shifting populations and climates."
—Onora O’Neill, Faculty of Philosophy, University of Cambridge

Notes on Contributors.
Acknowledgments.
Introduction: Population & Political Theory (James S. Fishkin & Robert E. Goodin)
1. Population & Ethics: Expanding the Moral Space (Sissela Bok)
2. Should We Value Population? (John Broome)
3. Regarding Optimum Population (Partha Dasgupta)
4. On Doing the Best for Our Children (Derek Parfit)
5. Shaping Future Children: Parental Rights and Societal Interest (Dan W. Brock)
6. On Future Generations' Future Rights (Axel Grosseries)
7. Justice Between Adjacent Generations: Further Thoughts (Norman Daniels)
8. Generations at War or Sustainable Social Policy in Ageing Societies (Thomas Lindh, Bo Malmberg and Joakim Palme)
9. Dependency, Difference and Global Ethic of Longterm Care (Eva Feder Kittay with Bruce Jennings and Angela Wasunna)
10. Live-in Domestics, Seasonal Workers, and Others Hard to Locate on the Map of Democracy (Joseph H. Carens)
11. Immigrants, Nations and Citizenship (David Miller)
12. Justice in Migration: A Closed Borders Utopia? (Lea Ypi )
13. The Ethics of Refugee Policy (Peter Singer and Renata Singer)