Japan and the United States are under global and domestic pressures to simultaneously expand and to restrict immigration. In both countries migration, refugee and citizenship policies have become highly contentious political issues. Myron Weiner and Tadashi Hanami have brought together a distinguished group of American and Japanese experts to examine the very different approaches of these two societies in dealing with employer demand for labour, control over illegal migration, the challenge of incorporating immigrants, the legal rights and social benefits of foreign residents and illegal migrants, and the claims of refugees and asylum seekers.…mehr
Japan and the United States are under global and domestic pressures to simultaneously expand and to restrict immigration. In both countries migration, refugee and citizenship policies have become highly contentious political issues. Myron Weiner and Tadashi Hanami have brought together a distinguished group of American and Japanese experts to examine the very different approaches of these two societies in dealing with employer demand for labour, control over illegal migration, the challenge of incorporating immigrants, the legal rights and social benefits of foreign residents and illegal migrants, and the claims of refugees and asylum seekers.
List of Tables and Figures - Acknowledgements - List of Contributors -PART 1: INTRODUCTION - Opposing Visions: Migration and Citizenship Policies in Japan and the United States; M.Weiner - PART 2: THE CHALLENGE OF MIGRANT INCORPORATION IN JAPAN AND THE UNITED STATES - Historical Conditions in the United States for Assimilating Immigrants; R.Ueda - The Incorporation of Immigrants in the United States; N.Glazer - A History of Japanese Emigration and Immigration, 1860s-1990s; M.Tsuchida - The Challenge of Incorporating Foreigners in Japan: 'Ethnic Japanese' and 'Sociological Japanese'; T.Kajita - PART 3: DO JAPAN AND THE UNITED STATES NEED MIGRANTS? - Does Japan Need Immigrants?; K.Koshiro - The Economic Consequences of Immigration: The United States and Japan; B.Chiswick - PART 4: RIGHTS AND BENEFITS - Japanese Policies on the Rights and Benefits of Foreign Workers, Residents and Illegals; T.Hanami - The Legal Rights of Citizens and Aliens in the United States; P.H.Schuck - PART 5: GERMANY'S MIGRATION POLICIES THROUGH AMERICAN AND JAPANESE EYES - What We Can Learn from the German Experiences Concerning Foreign Labour; Y.Iguchi - The Perils and Promise of Pluralism: Lessons from the German Case for Japan; T.U.Berger - PART 6: CONTROLLING MIGRATION - Japan's Dilemma: Can International Migration be Controlled?; Y.Kuwahara - Appearances and Realities: Controlling Illegal Immigration in the United States; W.R.Cornelius - PART 7: REFUGEE AND ASYLUM POLICIES - Japan's Responses to Refugees and Political Asylum-Seekers; I.Takeda - US Responses to Refugees and Asylum-Seekers'; M.Teitelbaum - Index
List of Tables and Figures - Acknowledgements - List of Contributors -PART 1: INTRODUCTION - Opposing Visions: Migration and Citizenship Policies in Japan and the United States; M.Weiner - PART 2: THE CHALLENGE OF MIGRANT INCORPORATION IN JAPAN AND THE UNITED STATES - Historical Conditions in the United States for Assimilating Immigrants; R.Ueda - The Incorporation of Immigrants in the United States; N.Glazer - A History of Japanese Emigration and Immigration, 1860s-1990s; M.Tsuchida - The Challenge of Incorporating Foreigners in Japan: 'Ethnic Japanese' and 'Sociological Japanese'; T.Kajita - PART 3: DO JAPAN AND THE UNITED STATES NEED MIGRANTS? - Does Japan Need Immigrants?; K.Koshiro - The Economic Consequences of Immigration: The United States and Japan; B.Chiswick - PART 4: RIGHTS AND BENEFITS - Japanese Policies on the Rights and Benefits of Foreign Workers, Residents and Illegals; T.Hanami - The Legal Rights of Citizens and Aliens in the United States; P.H.Schuck - PART 5: GERMANY'S MIGRATION POLICIES THROUGH AMERICAN AND JAPANESE EYES - What We Can Learn from the German Experiences Concerning Foreign Labour; Y.Iguchi - The Perils and Promise of Pluralism: Lessons from the German Case for Japan; T.U.Berger - PART 6: CONTROLLING MIGRATION - Japan's Dilemma: Can International Migration be Controlled?; Y.Kuwahara - Appearances and Realities: Controlling Illegal Immigration in the United States; W.R.Cornelius - PART 7: REFUGEE AND ASYLUM POLICIES - Japan's Responses to Refugees and Political Asylum-Seekers; I.Takeda - US Responses to Refugees and Asylum-Seekers'; M.Teitelbaum - Index
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