Local citizenship in recent countries of immigration : Japan in comparative perspective /

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 comp...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Otros Autores: Tsuda, Takeyuki
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Lanham, MD : Lexington Books, ©2006.
Temas:
Immigrants > Japan.
Immigrants > Government policy > Japan.
Citizenship > Japan.
Social integration > Japan.
Immigrants > Cross-cultural studies.
Citizenship > Cross-cultural studies.
Social integration > Cross-cultural studies.
Emigration and immigration > Cross-cultural studies.
Immigrants > Japon.
Immigrants > Politique gouvernementale > Japon.
Citoyenneté > Japon.
Intégration sociale > Japon.
Immigrants > Études transculturelles.
Citoyenneté > Études transculturelles.
Intégration sociale > Études transculturelles.
Émigration et immigration > Études transculturelles.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Emigration & Immigration.
Citizenship
Emigration and immigration
Immigrants
Immigrants > Government policy
Social integration
Immigratie.
Burgerschap.
Sociale integratie.
Japan > Emigration and immigration.
Japon > Émigration et immigration.
Japan
Cross-cultural studies
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Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Title Page; Copyright Page; Contents; PART I INTRODUCTION; CHAPTER 1 Localities and the Struggle for Immigrant Rights:The Significance of Local Citizenship in Recent Countries of Immigration TAKEYUKI TSUDA; CHAPTER 2 Japan's Demographic Future and the Challenge of Foreign Workers CHIKAKO USUI; PART II MAKING IMMIGRANTS INTO LOCAL CITIZENS: SOCIAL INTEGRATION PROGRAMS IN JAPANESE CITIES; CHAPTER 3 Cities and Local Citizenship in Japan: Overcoming Nationality?KATHERINE TEGTMEYER PAK
  • CHAPTER 4 Immigrant Incorporation and Women's Community Activities in Japan: Local NGOs and Public Educationfor Immigrant Children KEIKO YAMANAKAPART III ACTIVISM FOR IMMIGRANTS IN JAPAN: LOCAL, NATIONAL, AND INTERNATIONAL CONTEXTS; CHAPTER 5 Policy Advocacy for Foreign Residents in Japan DEBORAH J. MILLY; CHAPTER 6 Looking Outward: International Legal Norms and Foreigner Rights in Japan AMY GUROWITZ; PART IV COMPARATIVE PERSPECTIVES: IMMIGRANT RIGHTSANDINTEGRATION POLICIES IN ITALY, SPAIN, AND SOUTHKOREA
  • CHAPTER 7 Does Hospitality Translate into Integration? Subnational Variations of Italian Responses to Immigration HARLAN KOFFCHAPTER 8 Nongovernmental versus Governmental Actors? Multilevel Governance and Immigrant Integration Policy in Spain BELEN AGRELA AND GUNTHER DIETZ; CHAPTER 9 NGOs, Transnational Migrants, and the Promotion of Rights in South Korea TIMOTHY C. LIM; PART V CONCLUSION; CHAPTER 10 The Limits of Local Citizenship and Activism in Japan and Other Recent Countries of Immigration TAKEYUKI TSUDA; Index; About the Authors

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