Fighting for foreigners
Subtitle: immigration and its impact on Japanese democracy
By: Apichai W. Shipper.
Publisher: Cornell University Press
Published: 2008
Place of publication: Ithaca
Language: eng
Number of pages: 216
ISBN-13: 9780801447150
Subjects: Immigrants -- Japan -- Political activity; Aliens -- Japan -- Political activity; Illegal aliens -- Japan -- Political activity; Alien labor -- Japan; Emigration and immigration law -- Japan; Democracy -- Japan; Japan -- Emigration and immigration -- Government policy
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Introduction : associative activism; title: Controlling foreigners : Japan's foreign worker policy; title: Long-distance nationalism : political activities of immigrant ethnic associations; title: Democracy of illegals : organizing support for illegal foreigners; title: Local partners : local governments and immigrant rights NGOs; title: Foreigners in the public sphere : contesting prevalent social meanings; title: Conclusion : foreigners and democracy.