Fighting for Foreigners : Immigration and Its Impact on Japanese Democracy /

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"Although stereotypically homogenized and hostile to immigrants, Japan has experienced an influx of foreigners from Asia and Latin America in recent decades. In Fighting for Foreigners, Apichai W. Shipper details how, in response, Japanese citizens have established a variety of local advocacy g...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Shipper, Apichai W. (Apichai Wongsod), 1968- (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Ithaca [N.Y.] : Cornell University Press, 2008.
Series:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Subjects:
Noncitizens.
Einwanderungspolitik
Einwanderung
Nichtstaatliche Organisation
Politisches Handeln
Einwanderer
Immigrants > Political activity.
Foreign workers.
Emigration and immigration law.
Emigration and immigration > Government policy.
Democracy.
Noncitizens > Political activity.
POLITICAL SCIENCE > Reference.
POLITICAL SCIENCE > Government > National.
POLITICAL SCIENCE > Government > General.
POLITICAL SCIENCE > Essays.
POLITICAL SCIENCE > Civil Rights.
Democracy > Japan.
Emigration and immigration law > Japan.
Foreign workers > Japan.
Noncitizens > Political activity > Japan.
Immigrants > Political activity > Japan.
Japan.
Japan
Japan > Emigration and immigration > Government policy.
Electronic books.
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Introduction: Associative activism
  • Controlling foreigners : Japan's foreign worker policy
  • Long-distance nationalism : political activities of immigrant ethnic associations
  • Democracy of illegals : organizing support for illegal foreigners
  • Local partners : local governments and immigrant rights NGOs
  • Foreigners in the public sphere : contesting prevalent social meanings
  • Conclusion: Foreigners and democracy.

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