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Ethics and exclusion: representations of sovereignty in Australia’s approach to asylum-seekers

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Gelber, Katherine and McDonald, Matt (2006) Ethics and exclusion: representations of sovereignty in Australia’s approach to asylum-seekers. Review of International Studies, Vol.32 (No.2). pp. 269-289. doi:10.1017/S0260210506007029 ISSN 0260-2105.

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Abstract

From 2001, the Australian government has justified a hard-line approach to asylum-seekers on the basis of the need to preserve its sovereignty. This article critically evaluates this justification, arguing that the conception of sovereignty as the ‘right to exclude’ involves a denial of responsibility to the most vulnerable in global politics. We particularly focus here on the ways in which the Australian government has attempted to create support for this conception of sovereignty and ethical responsibility at the domestic level, through marginalising alternative voices and emphasising the ‘otherness’ of asylum-seekers and refugees. We conclude by suggesting what this might mean for the treatment of asylum-seekers in global politics and for statist approaches to global ethics.

Item Type: Journal Article
Subjects: J Political Science > JV Colonies and colonization. Emigration and immigration. International migration
D History General and Old World > DU Oceania (South Seas)
Divisions: Faculty of Social Sciences > Politics and International Studies
Library of Congress Subject Headings (LCSH): Immigrants -- Australia, Sovereignty -- Political aspects, International relations -- Australia, Australia -- Politics and government -- 1945-, Australia -- Population policy
Journal or Publication Title: Review of International Studies
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
ISSN: 0260-2105
Official Date: April 2006
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April 2006Published
Volume: Vol.32
Number: No.2
Page Range: pp. 269-289
DOI: 10.1017/S0260210506007029
Status: Peer Reviewed
Access rights to Published version: Open Access (Creative Commons)
Funder: University of New South Wales. Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences (UNSW)

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