TY - BOOK ID - 78532020 TI - Rethinking asylum : history, purpose, and limits PY - 2009 SN - 051173896X 110719959X 0521707471 0511646739 1282391143 9786612391149 0511650817 0511539304 0511538472 0511540140 9780511650819 9780511626845 0511626843 9780521881166 0521881161 9780521707473 PB - Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, DB - UniCat KW - Asylum, Right of. KW - Asylum, Right of KW - Right of asylum KW - Sanctuary (Law) KW - Refugees KW - Defection KW - Deportation KW - Extradition KW - Law and legislation KW - Legal status, laws, etc. KW - Social Sciences KW - Political Science UR - http://www.unicat.be/uniCat?func=search&query=sysid:78532020 AB - Each year, hundreds of thousands of people apply for asylum in Europe, North America, and Australia. Some fear political persecution and genocide; some are escaping civil war or environmental catastrophe; others flee poverty, crime, or domestic violence. Who should qualify for asylum? Traditionally, asylum has been reserved for the targets of government persecution, but many believe that its scope should be widened to protect others exposed to serious harm. Matthew Price argues for retaining asylum's focus on persecution - even as other types of refugee aid are expanded - and offers a framework for deciding what constitutes persecution. Asylum, he argues, not only protects refugees but also expresses political values by condemning states for mistreating those refugees. Price's argument explains not only why asylum remains politically relevant and valuable, but also why states should dismantle many of the barriers they have erected against asylum seekers over the last fifteen years. ER -