Local Citizenship in Recent Countries of Immigration Japan in Comparative Perspective

by Tsuda, Takeyuki; Usui, Chikako; Pak, Katherine Tegtmeyer; Yamanaka, Keiko; Milly, Deborah J.; Gurowitz, Amy; Koff, Harlon; Agrela, Belen; Dietz, Gunther; Lim, Timothy C.

• ISBN13: 9780739111932
• ISBN10: 0739111930
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2006-03-22
• Publisher: Lexington Books

Summary

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.

Table of Contents

PART I INTRODUCTION
Localities and the Struggle for Immigrant Rights: The Significance of Local Citizenship in Recent Countries of Immigration	3	(34)
Takeyuki Tsuda
Japan's Demographic Future and the Challenge of Foreign Workers	37	(28)
Chikako Usui
PART II MAKING IMMIGRANTS INTO LOCAL CITIZENS: SOCIAL INTEGRATION PROGRAMS IN JAPANESE CITIES
Cities and Local Citizenship in Japan: Overcoming Nationality?	65	(32)
Katherine Tegtmeyer Pak
Immigrant Incorporation and Women's Community Activities in Japan: Local NGOs and Public Education for Immigrant Children	97	(26)
Keiko Yamanaka
PART III ACTIVISM FOR IMMIGRANTS IN JAPAN: LOCAL, NATIONAL, AND INTERNATIONAL CONTEXTS
Policy Advocacy for Foreign Residents in Japan	123	(30)
Deborah J. Milly
Looking Outward: International Legal Norms and Foreigner Rights in Japan	153	(20)
Amy Gurowitz
PART IV COMPARATIVE PERSPECTIVES: IMMIGRANT RIGHTS AND INTEGRATION POLICIES IN ITALY, SAIN, AND SOUTH KOREA
Does Hospitality Translate into Integration? Subnational Variations of Italian Responses to Immigration	173	(32)
Harlan Koff
Nongovernmental versus Governmental Actors? Multilevel Governance and Immigrant Integration Policy in Spain	205	(30)
Belen Agrela
Gunther Dietz
NGOs, Transnational Migrants, and the Promotion of Rights in South Korea	235	(38)
Timothy C. Lim
PART V CONCLUSION
The Limits of Local Citizenship and Activism in Japan and Other Recent Countries of Immigration	273	(22)
Takeyuki Tsuda
Index	295	(8)
About the Authors	303