Multicultural Challenges and Sustainable Democracy in Europe and East Asia [electronic resource] /
Kim, N.editor.
This collection examines the current stage of multicultural challenges and their influence on democracy in 12 countries of Europe and East Asia. Contributors draw out the differences between European and East Asian approaches to universalizing locality and localizing global norms regarding human rights and democratic individuality.
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Cover; Multicultural Challenges and Sustainable Democracy in Europe and East Asia; Contents; List of Figures and Tables; Acknowledgements; Notes on Contributors; Introduction: The Universalization of Localityand Localization of Global Normsin Europe and East Asia; References; Part I: Socio-cultural Cleavageand Challenges to Democracyin East Asia; 1: Multicultural Dreaming: Democracy and Multiculturalism in the 'Chinese Dream'; Multiculturalism in the once-and-future Chinese Empire; The Chinese dream as national narrative; A democratic Chinese dream?; A minority Chinese dream?
A Chinese dream for Hong Kong and Taiwan?A Chinese dream for returning migrants?; A foreign Chinese dream?; Discussion: Chinese dreams and Chinese multiculturalism; Notes; References; 2: The Migrant Workers' Movement in the Democratic Consolidation of Korea; The militant tradition of democratization; Migrant workers, militancy, and the legacy of democratization; Government politics and the role of NGOs; Future agendas for the migrant workers' movement; Note; References; 3: Property Law Policy for the Indigenous Ainu People and the Unresolved Issue of Reparations in Japan; I. Introduction
A. Property theory for the marginalized have-notsB. The aim of reparations research; II. The tragic history of the Ainu people; A. General history of the Ainu; B. Recent Ainu property disputes; III. Unresolved reparations challenges for the Ainu: The problems of the recent report; A. Prelude: The recent conspicuous developments in the Ainu situation; B. The commission's report and its problems; (1) Merits; (2) Demerits: Numerous problems in the report; IV. Comparisons with other reparations cases: Legal analyses, legal obstacles, and how to overcome them
A. Introduction: Results from case analysesB. Contrasting world trends towards reparations and the isolation of Japan; C. Legal obstacles: Why have legal claims been dismissed in many cases?; (1) The passing of time and lack of evidence as a factual matter; (2) Legal principles related to the passage of time: Prescription and limitation of action; (3) The other problem related to the passage of time: The need for the revaluation of unpaid salaries; (4) The state immunity doctrine
(5) The waiver clause in international treaties and the recent movement of moral reparations settlements to overcome itD. The purposes and varieties of remedies: Comparison of legal and moral reparations; (1) The variety of the reparations remedies; (2) Comparisons of legal and moral reparations and responsibility; (3) A broader view of the critical model of the 'rule of law'; V. Theoretical frameworks: The process of reparations and reconciliation ; A. The process of reconciliation; B. The justifications for reparation: Focusing on the problem of inheritance of historical responsibility
VI. Final remarks: Some challenges
Includes bibliographical references at the end of each chapters and index.
This collection examines the current stage of multicultural challenges and their influence on democracy in 12 countries of Europe and East Asia. Contributors draw out the differences between European and East Asian approaches to universalizing locality and localizing global norms regarding human rights and democratic individuality.
Ethnology-Asia.
Social policy.
Ethnicity.
Democracy.
Political science.
Emigration and immigration.
Asian Culture.
Social Policy.
Ethnicity Studies.
Democracy.
Political Science.
Migration.