Local citizenship in recent countries of immigration : Japan in comparative perspective / edited by Takeyuki Tsuda.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Tsuda, Takeyuki.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Immigrants--Japan.

Immigrants.

Immigrants--Government policy--Japan.

Citizenship--Japan.

Citizenship.

Emigration and immigration.

Social integration.

Immigrants--Government policy.

Japan.

Social integration--Japan.

Japan--Emigration and immigration.

Immigrants--Cross-cultural studies.

Citizenship--Cross-cultural studies.

Social integration--Cross-cultural studies.

Emigration and immigration--Cross-cultural studies.

Genre:

Cross-cultural studies.

Physical Description:

306 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm

Place of Publication:

Lanham, MD : Lexington Books, [2006]

Summary:

Because of severe domestic labor shortages, Japan has recently joined the increasing number of advanced industrialized nations that have been importing large numbers of immigrant workers since the 1980s. Although the citizenship status of foreign workers is the most precarious in such recent countries of immigration, the national governments of these countries have become increasingly preoccupied with border enforcement, forcing local municipalities and organizations to offer basic rights and social services to the foreign residents who are settling in their local communities. This volume analyzes the development of local citizenship in Japan by examining the role of local governments and NGOs as well as grassroots political and judicial activism in the expansion of immigrant rights. The possibilities and limits of such local citizenship in Japan are compared to three other recent countries of immigration-Italy, Spain, and South Korea.

Contents:

Chapter 1 Localities and the Struggle for Immigrant Rights: The Significance of Local Citizenship in Recent Countries of Immigration / Takeyuki Tsuda 3

Chapter 2 Japan's Demographic Future and the Challenge of Foreign Workers / Chikako Usui 37

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 65

Chapter 4 Immigrant Incorporation and Women's Community Activities in Japan: Local NGOs and Public Education for Immigrant Children / Keiko Yamanaka 97

Part III Activism for Immigrants in Japan: Local, National, and International Contexts

Chapter 5 Policy Advocacy for Foreign Residents in Japan / Deborah J. Milly 123

Chapter 6 Looking Outward: International Legal Norms and Foreigner Rights in Japan / Amy Gurowitz 153

Part IV Comparative Perspectives: Immigrant Rights and Integration Policies in Italy, Spain, and South Korea

Chapter 7 Does Hospitality Translate into Integration? Subnational Variations of Italian Responses to Immigration / Harlan Koff 173

Chapter 8 Nongovernmental versus Governmental Actors? Multilevel Governance and Immigrant Integration Policy in Spain / Belen Agrela, Gunther Dietz 205

Chapter 9 NGOs, Transnational Migrants, and the Promotion of Rights in South Korea / Timothy C. Lim 235

Chapter 10 The Limits of Local Citizenship and Activism in Japan and Other Recent Countries of Immigration / Takeyuki Tsuda 273.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

0739111922

0739111930

OCLC:

61731395