Title: Local citizenship in recent countries of immigration : Japan in comparative perspective /
Authors: Tsuda, Takeyuki.
Publisher: Lexington Books,
Year: 2006
Subjects: Immigrants Japan.; Immigrants Government policy Japan.; Citizenship Japan; Social integration Japan.; Immigrants Cross-cultural studies.; Citizenship Cross-cultural studies.; Social integration Cross-cultural studies.; Emigration and immigration Cross-cultural studies.; Japan Emigration and immigration.
Abstract: "This volume analyzes the development of local citizenship in Japan by examining the role of local governments and NGOs as well as grassroots political and judicial activism in the expansion of immigrant rights. The possibilities and limits of such local citizenship in Japan are compared to three other recent countries of immigration - Italy, Spain, and South Korea."--BOOK JACKET.
Contents: Localities and the struggle for immigrant rights: the significance of local citizenship in recent countries of immigration / Takeyuki Tsuda -- Japan's demographic future and the challenge of foreign workers / Chikako Usui -- Cities and local citizenship in japan: overcoming nationality? / Katherine Tegtmeyer Pak -- Immigrant incorporation and women's community activities in Japan: local NGOs and public education for immigrant children / Keiko Yamanaka -- Policy advocacy for foreign residents in Japan / Deborah J. Milly -- Looking outward: international legal norms and foreigner rights in Japan / Amy Gurowitz -- Does hospitality translate into integration? subnational variations of Italian responses to immigration / Harlan Koff -- Nongovernmental versus governmental actors? multilevel governance and immigrant integration policy in Spain / Belen Agrela and Gunther Dietz -- NGOs, transnational migrants, and the promotion of rights in South Korea / Timothy C. Lim -- The limits of local citizenship and activism in Japan and other recent countries of immigration / Takeyuki Tsuda.