This paper brings together the discussions on international resource trade and immigration. Following Wenar's analysis of the resource curse, the aim is to challenge the conventional view on ...immigration that asserts the right of states to have discretionary control over these policies. The paper shows that more liberal immigration is required as an additional remedial policy to persons harmed in unjust trade. The right to self-determination and territorial rights, which are used as the basis for the exclusion of immigrants, are in the context of this analysis constrained by both attentiveness to harm and the charge of inconsistency. Both rights, which are protected domestically, are violated by the unjust 'might makes right' trade rule in the international context, causing harm to people in resource exporting countries. This inconsistency presents a challenge to the moral plausibility of the conventional view in the context of the resource trade.
U ovom je radu dan kritički prikaz prava na samoodređenje u kontekstu filozofske rasprave o imigraciji. U toj se raspravi pravo na samoodređenje uglavnom promatra kao temelj prava suverenih država na ...kontrolu i ograničenje imigracije. Argument iz samoodređenja za ograničenje imigracije – koji se poziva na pravo zajednice da se odredi i zaštiti određena dobra poput nacionalne kulture, prava na udruživanje ili prava vlasništva građana – počiva na specifičnoj interpretaciji samog prava na samoodređenje. Samoodređenje se u ovim raspravama promatra kao pravo koje je tijesno povezano s pravom na kontrolu i definiranje članstva zajednice, odnosno s pravom na kontrolu karakteristika zajednice i njezina budućeg razvoja. Ovoj interpretaciji prava bit će suprotstavljena interpretacija samoodređenja kao prava na samoupravljanje koja ne uključuje kontrolu nad članstvom kao bitan element. Time će se otvoriti prostor za propitivanje daljnjih implikacija ovakve interpretacije prava na samoodređenje u kontekstu rasprave o imigraciji.
The characteristics of karst relief of Northern Istria have significantly influenced human attitude towards water. It is an area with the so-called binary structure of hydrographic network with ...changing underground and surface regimen of water flow in a single river basin. Water leaks through soluble dolomites and limestone, while flysch layers slow underground drainage thus allowing formation of large surface water basins such as the River Mirna. Water was and is of great significance for the life of inhabitants of the karst area of Buzet characterized by scarce vegetation and karst relief forms. Water supply of the area was organised and designed over many years. Rural population was supplied with water in different ways through history, integrating the importance of water into their cultural identity, myths and legends.The paper focuses on the basic water use and water storage models through history, from the usage of water tanks and water mills to the development of organised water supply system such as the Water Utility of Istria. Human activities, such as amelioration and regulation, afforestation, and water usage in agriculture, had significant impact on contemporary landscape of Northern Istria. Although the water supply system of the Buzet area is organised and modernised with only a small number of the population without access to water supplied by utilities, and traditional ways of water supplies are disappearing, concerns about water are present and integrated in culture. Depopulation of the Istrian rural region has affected the landscape, water resources and water resource protection of karst water basins. Due to lower pressures, depopulation has accidentally had positive effects on the water quality. However, it is not a model to rely on in the future. Implementation of measures and awareness-raising is essential for water protection in the area. A dynamic relationship between people and water embedded in cultural consciousness is particularly important. Each period brings new challenges and solutions in water protection measures, but also significant risks if these measures are not implemented in a thoughtful manner.
Review of:
Leif Wenar, Blood Oil: Tyrants, Violence, and the Rules that Run the World, New York: Oxford University Press,2015, 552 pp; Review by: Tamara Crnko
Book Review Crnko, Tamara
Croatian Journal of Philosophy,
2018, Volume:
XVIII, Issue:
53
Book Review
Peer reviewed
Review of:
TAMARA CRNKO - David Miller, Strangers in Our Midst: The Political Philosophy of Immigration, Cambridge: Harvard University Press, 2016, 218 pp.
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