{"title":"John Washington","description":"\u003cp\u003eJohn Washington's works delve into pressing issues within \u003cstrong\u003epolitics and current affairs\u003c\/strong\u003e, offering insightful perspectives on global migration, social justice, and policy debates. His writing challenges conventional views and invites readers to engage deeply with contemporary societal questions.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eWith a thoughtful approach grounded in research and analysis, Washington's books serve as valuable resources for those interested in \u003cem\u003eeducation and reference\u003c\/em\u003e, providing clear arguments and accessible discussion suited for both academic and general audiences.\u003c\/p\u003e","products":[{"product_id":"the-case-for-open-borders-by-john-washington-9798888900727","title":"The Case for Open Borders","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"book-description\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eA beautifully-written, broadly accessible, and forthright argument for a solution to the migration crisis: open the gates.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eBecause of restrictive borders, human beings suffer and die. Closed borders force migrants seeking safety and dignity to journey across seas, trudge through deserts, and clamber over barbed wire. In the last five years alone, at least 60,000 people have died or gone missing while attempting to cross a border. As we deny, cast out, and crack down, we have stripped borders of their creative potential—as lines of contact, catalyst, and blend—turning our thresholds into barricades.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eBrilliant and provocative, \u003ci\u003eThe Case for Open Borders\u003c\/i\u003e deflates the mythology of national security through border lockdowns by revisiting their historical origins; it counters the conspiracies of immigration's economic consequences; it urgently considers the challenges of climate change beyond the boundaries of narrow national identities.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eThis book grounds its argument in the experiences and thinking of those on the frontlines of the crisis, spanning the world to do so. In each chapter, through detailed reporting, journalist and translator John Washington profiles a character impacted by borders. He adds to those portraits provocative analyses of the economics and ethics of bordering, concluding that if we are to seek justice or sustainability we must fight for open borders.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eIn recent years, important thinkers have begun to urge a profoundly different approach to migration, but no book has made the argument as accessible or as compelling. Washington's case shines with the multitudinous voices of people on the move, a portrait in miniature of what a world with open borders will give to our common future.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Hachette Aotearoa New Zealand","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46850008088812,"sku":"9798888900727","price":39.99,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0705\/7784\/8556\/files\/160869e7cc1af33050eab5b55531bb4a.jpg?v=1759168768"},{"product_id":"the-dispossessed-by-john-washington-9781788734721","title":"The Dispossessed","description":"\u003cp\u003eThe Dispossessed is a detailed, novelistic account of one family’s search for safety that lays bare US—in concert with other western nations—gutting of asylum protections. The narrative takes the reader through the inhumane debacle of family separation and the growing global refugee crisis at large. Adding historical, literary, and current political context to the immigration and refugee crises of today, Washington unearths the ancient origins of hospitality practices and traces the rise of asylum law through the Ancient Greeks, the early religious traditions, the international agreements of the twentieth century, and the unmet promises of today’s US refugee policies.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThroughout, he traces one man’s saga of seeking asylum, the separation from his daughter by US Border Patrol agents, and his ongoing struggles to find security after being repeatedly deported back to a gang-ruled rural community in El Salvador. The Dispossessed also delivers a host of other haunting and heartrending asylum stories. The book is a gripping and critical account of the US practices of welcome and refusal.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Allen \u0026 Unwin","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47384031265004,"sku":"9781788734721","price":44.99,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0705\/7784\/8556\/files\/23876253482824.jpg?v=1773396992"}],"url":"https:\/\/bookhero.live\/collections\/john-washington.oembed","provider":"Book Hero","version":"1.0","type":"link"}