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Local Citizenship in Recent Countries of Immigration

Japan in Comparative Perspective

von: Takeyuki Tsuda
48,99 €
Verlag:	Lexington Books
Format:	EPUB
Veröffentl.:	03.04.2006
ISBN/EAN:	9780739157251
Sprache:	englisch
Anzahl Seiten:	312

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Titelbeschreibung

Because of severe domestic labor shortages, Japan has recently joined the increasing number of advanced industrialized nations that have begun 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 book analyzes the development of local citizenship in Japan by examining the role of local governments and NGOs as well as grass-roots political and judicial activism in the expansion of immigrant rights. In this manner, localities are emerging as important sites for the struggle for immigrant citizenship and social integration, enabling foreign workers to enjoy substantive rights even in the absence of national citizenship. The possibilities and limits of such local citizenship in Japan are then compared to three other recent countries of immigration (Italy, Spain, and South Korea).

Titelkurzbeschreibung

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.

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Chapter 1 Introduction
 Chapter 2 Localities and the Struggle for Immigrant Rights: The Significance of Local Citizenship in Recent Countries of Immigration
 Chapter 3 Japan's Demographic Future and the Challenge of Foreign Workers
 Chapter 4 Making Immigrants into Local Citizens: Social Integration Programs in Japanese Cities
 Chapter 5 Cities and Local Citizenship in Japan: Overcoming Nationality?
 Chapter 6 Immigrant Incorporation and Women's Community Activities in Japan: Local NGOs and Public Education for Immigrant Children
 Chapter 7 Activism for Immigrants in Japan: Local, National, and International Contexts
 Chapter 8 Policy Advocacy for Foreign Residents in Japan
 Chapter 9 Looking Outward: International Legal Norms and Foreigner Rights in Japan
 Chapter 10 Comparative Perspectives: Immigrant Rights and Integration Policies in Italy, Spain, and South Korea
 Chapter 11 Does Hospitality Translate into Integration? Subnational Variations of Italian Responses
 Chapter 12 Nongovernmental versus Governmental Actors? Multilevel Governance and Immigrant Integration Policy in Spain
 Chapter 13 NGOs, Transnational Migrants, and the Promotion of Rights in South Korea
 Chapter 14 Conclusion
 Chapter 15 The Limits of Local Citizenship and Activism in Japan and Other Recent Countries of Immigration