New policies for new residents : immigrants, advocacy, and governance in Japan and beyond /

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In recent decades, many countries have experienced both a rapid increase of in-migration of foreign nationals and a large-scale devolution of governance to the local level. The result has been new government policies to promote the social inclusion of recently arrived residents. In New Policies for...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Milly, Deborah J., 1952- (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Ithaca ; London : Cornell University Press, 2014.
Subjects:
Immigrants > Government policy > Japan.
Decentralization in government > Japan.
Immigrants > Government policy > Cross-cultural studies.
Emigration and immigration > Government policy > Cross-cultural studies.
Decentralization in government > Cross-cultural studies.
Émigration et immigration > Politique gouvernementale > Études transculturelles.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Emigration & Immigration.
HISTORY > Asia > Japan.
Decentralization in government.
Emigration and immigration.
Emigration and immigration > Government policy.
Immigrants > Government policy.
Japan > Emigration and immigration.
Japan.
Cross-cultural studies.
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Introduction : governance and advocacy for immigrants
  • Trajectories of the governance-advocacy linkage
  • National policy advocacy in recent countries of immigration
  • Policy change in Japan : the national view
  • Japan's local governments and the emerging governance system
  • Japan's nongovernmental advocacy : webs of national activism and local governance
  • Governance across levels in recent countries of immigration
  • Shocks to the system : the impact of economic and political crises
  • Conclusion : advocacy toward inclusion?

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