States of admission: Japan's foreign labor politics in regional comparison / Konrad Kalicki.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Kalicki, Konrad, 1976- author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Foreign workers--Government policy--Japan.

Foreign workers.

Foreign workers--Government policy--Taiwan.

Foreign workers--Government policy--Korea (South).

Japan--Emigration and immigration--Government policy.

Japan.

Taiwan--Emigration and immigration--Government policy.

Taiwan.

Korea (South)--Emigration and immigration--Government policy.

Korea (South).

Physical Description:

1 online resource

Place of Publication:

Ithaca: Cornell University Press, 2026.

Summary:

"In States of Admission, Konrad Kalicki examines the contentious politics of foreign labor admission in Japan. Kalicki's findings challenge conventional assumptions that ethnonationalism explains much of Japan's immigration policies. He meticulously shows that they are, instead, the effects of state actors balancing structural constraints, societal demands, and their autonomous interests."-- Provided by publisher.

Contents:

Foreign labor admission: Japan in the region

Theorizing policymaking: a state-centered approach

Japan: a cautious pathfinder

Taiwan: a forthright forerunner

Korea: an early reformer

Japan: a late reformer

Conclusion: whither foreign labor admission?

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Other Format:

Print version: States of admission

ISBN:

9781501787812