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Local citizenship in recent countries of immigration : Japan in comparative perspective / edited by Takeyuki Tsuda.
- Format:
- Book
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Immigrants--Japan.
- Immigrants.
- Immigrants--Government policy--Japan.
- Citizenship--Japan.
- Citizenship.
- Social integration--Japan.
- Social integration.
- Japan--Emigration and immigration.
- Japan.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (313 p.)
- Place of Publication:
- Lanham, Maryland ; Oxford, England : Lexington Books, 2006.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- Since the late 1980s, Japan has been experiencing significant levels of immigration primarily from Asian and Latin American countries due to severe domestic labor shortages. Local Citizenship in Recent Countries of Immigration, examines the various dimensions of local citizenship in Japan, with comparative studies from South Korea, Italy, and Spain.
- Contents:
- Title Page; Copyright Page; Contents; PART I INTRODUCTION; CHAPTER 1 Localities and the Struggle for Immigrant Rights:The Significance of Local Citizenship in Recent Countries of Immigration TAKEYUKI TSUDA; CHAPTER 2 Japan's Demographic Future and the Challenge of Foreign Workers CHIKAKO USUI; 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
- CHAPTER 4 Immigrant Incorporation and Women's Community Activities in Japan: Local NGOs and Public Educationfor Immigrant Children KEIKO YAMANAKAPART III ACTIVISM FOR IMMIGRANTS IN JAPAN: LOCAL, NATIONAL, AND INTERNATIONAL CONTEXTS; CHAPTER 5 Policy Advocacy for Foreign Residents in Japan DEBORAH J. MILLY; CHAPTER 6 Looking Outward: International Legal Norms and Foreigner Rights in Japan AMY GUROWITZ; PART IV COMPARATIVE PERSPECTIVES: IMMIGRANT RIGHTSANDINTEGRATION POLICIES IN ITALY, SPAIN, AND SOUTHKOREA
- CHAPTER 7 Does Hospitality Translate into Integration? Subnational Variations of Italian Responses to Immigration HARLAN KOFFCHAPTER 8 Nongovernmental versus Governmental Actors? Multilevel Governance and Immigrant Integration Policy in Spain BELEN AGRELA AND GUNTHER DIETZ; CHAPTER 9 NGOs, Transnational Migrants, and the Promotion of Rights in South Korea TIMOTHY C. LIM; PART V CONCLUSION; CHAPTER 10 The Limits of Local Citizenship and Activism in Japan and Other Recent Countries of Immigration TAKEYUKI TSUDA; Index; About the Authors
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Includes bibliographical references at the end of each chapters and index.
- Description based on print version record.
- ISBN:
- 0-7391-1192-2
- 0-7391-5725-6
- OCLC:
- 854977834
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