Organized labor and civil society for multiculturalism : a solidarity success story from South Korea / Joon K. Kim.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Kim, Joon K., author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Labor movement--Korea (South).

Labor movement.

Foreign workers--Legal status, laws, etc--Korea (South).

Foreign workers.

Multiculturalism--Korea (South).

Multiculturalism.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (161 pages)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Bingley, England : Emerald Publishing, [2021]

Summary:

For its lessons on the possibilities of collaboration between organized labor and immigrant workers, Organized Labor and Civil Society for Multiculturalism: A Solidarity Success Story from South Korea is of keen interest to practitioners worldwide working within projects dedicated to promoting labor solidarity and multiculturalism.

Contents:

Intro

Half Title Page

Title Page

Copyright Page

Table of Contents

List of Tables and Figures

List of Abbreviations

About the Author

Acknowledgments

Introduction

Chapter 1-Manufacturing Unauthorized Workers and Advocacy in South Korea

International Migrants in Korea's Labor Market

Activation of Civil Society

Framing Migrant Issues: Mass Media and Public Perception

Advocacy Outcomes and Social Change

Chapter 2-Labor Unions, Civil Society, and Immigrant Labor: The Exceptional Case of South Korea

Politics of Culture, Anti-immigration, and Labor Unions: A Global Context

Korean Confederation of Trade Unions

Migrant Trade Union (Seoul-Kyunggi-Inchon Area)

Significance of CSOs and Trade Unions in Korean Context

Chapter 3-Sex Workers, Marriage Migrants, and Gender Formation in Migrant Advocacy

Korea's Internationalization of Sex, Entertainment, and Marriage Industries: Gender Perspectives

South Korea's Sex Industry

Marriage Migration to Korea

Government Policies Toward Marriage Migrants and International Sex Workers

Consolidation and Gender Formation of Advocacy Organizations

Gendered Discourse Regarding Marriage Migrants and International Sex Workers

Conclusion

Chapter 4-North Korean Defectors, Koryoin, and the Korean Chinese: The Ethnic Question and the Role of Advocacy Organizations

Korean Diaspora in Historical Context

Korean-Heritage Migrants in Korea

Embedded Advocacy: The Politics of Ethnic Belonging

Who Is Korean? The Ethnic Question and Heritage Koreans

Chapter 5-Internal Orientalism and Multicultural Acts: The Challenges of Multicultural Education in Korea*

Internal Orientalism and Multicultural Performative Acts

Constructing Vulnerable Populations and a Philanthropic Society.

Symbolic Orientalism: Noblesse Oblige and Eating the Other

Borders of Race and Culture

Conclusion: Challenges of Multicultural Education in Korea

Chapter 6-From Labor Rights to Multicultural Human Rights: Migrant Advocacy Organizations and Praxis Multiculturalism

Migrant Advocacy Organizations and the Multicultural Discourse

First-order Multiculturalism: Intercultural Education and Cultural Democracy

The Second-order Multiculturalism: Triumph of Civil Rights and Legal Protection

Paradox of Multiculturalism: Divergences of the Equality Discourse

The Third-order Multiculturalism: Converging Diversity Toward Substantive Equality

Korea's Migrant Advocacy Organizations and Praxis Multiculturalism

Appendix-Website Addresses of the Articles in Table 5.1 (all articles accessed on March 13, 2017).

References

Index.

Notes:

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ISBN:

1-83982-388-7

OCLC:

1206402105