Implications for International Law and Global Governance

This chapter explains the implications of the book’s arguments for international law and governance. Foot voting can be strengthened by expanding refugee status to cover a broader category of victims of oppression, increasing the range of people who can use foot voting to escape the tyranny of repressive regimes; they would qualify as “refugees” under international law and thus cannot be forcibly returned to their countries of origin. On the other hand, we should be wary of plans for world government and strong “global governance” as these could create a government that turns out be repressive, or even totalitarian, one from which there is no exit and thus no possibility of escape through foot voting.