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Fighting for foreigners : immigration and its impact on Japanese democracy / Apichai W. Shipper.
LIBRA DS832.7.A1 S55 2008
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Shipper, Apichai W. (Apichai Wongsod), 1968-
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Immigrants--Political activity--Japan.
- Immigrants.
- Immigrants--Political activity.
- Emigration and immigration.
- Government policy.
- Japan.
- Noncitizens--Political activity--Japan.
- Noncitizens.
- Noncitizens--Political activity.
- Noncitizens--Japan--Political activity.
- Political participation.
- Foreign workers--Japan.
- Foreign workers.
- Japan--Emigration and immigration--Government policy.
- Emigration and immigration law--Japan.
- Emigration and immigration law.
- Democracy--Japan.
- Democracy.
- Physical Description:
- xv, 216 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
- Place of Publication:
- Ithaca : Cornell University Press, 2008.
- 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.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN:
- 9780801447150
- 0801447151
- OCLC:
- 221961789
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