Local Citizenship in Recent Countries of Immigration

Japan in Comparative Perspective
Herausgeber: Tsuda, Takeyuki

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Produktbeschreibung

Since the late 1980s, Japan has been experiencing significant levels of immigration primarily from Asian and Latin American countries due to severe domestic labor shortages. Local Citizenship in Recent Countries of Immigration, examines the various dimensions of local citizenship in Japan, with comparative studies from South Korea, Italy, and Spain.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Globe Pequot Publishing Group Inc/Bloomsbury
• Seitenzahl: 314
• Erscheinungstermin: 3. April 2006
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 235mm x 157mm x 23mm
• Gewicht: 662g
• ISBN-13: 9780739111925
• ISBN-10: 0739111922
• Artikelnr.: 21080345

Autorenporträt

Takeyuki Tsuda is Associate Director of the Center for Comparative Immigration Studies, University of California at San Diego.

Inhaltsangabe

Part 1 Introduction Chapter 2 Localities and the Struggle for Immigrant
Rights: The Significance of Local Citizenship in Recent Countries of
Immigration Chapter 3 Japan's Demographic Future and the Challenge of
Foreign Workers Part 4 Making Immigrants into Local Citizens: Social
Integration Programs in Japanese Cities Chapter 5 Cities and Local
Citizenship in Japan: Overcoming Nationality? Chapter 6 Immigrant
Incorporation and Women's Community Activities in Japan: Local NGOs and
Public Education for Immigrant Children Part 7 Activism for Immigrants in
Japan: Local, National, and International Contexts Chapter 8 Policy
Advocacy for Foreign Residents in Japan Chapter 9 Looking Outward:
International Legal Norms and Foreigner Rights in Japan Part 10 Comparative
Perspectives: Immigrant Rights and Integration Policies in Italy, Spain,
and South Korea Chapter 11 Does Hospitality Translate into Integration?
Subnational Variations of Italian Responses Chapter 12 Nongovernmental
versus Governmental Actors? Multilevel Governance and Immigrant Integration
Policy in Spain Chapter 13 NGOs, Transnational Migrants, and the Promotion
of Rights in South Korea Part 14 Conclusion Chapter 15 The Limits of Local
Citizenship and Activism in Japan and Other Recent Countries of Immigration