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Author Shipper, Apichai W. (Apichai Wongsod), 1968- author.

Title Fighting for foreigners : immigration and its impact on Japanese democracy / Apichai W. Shipper
Published Ithaca [N.Y.] : Cornell University Press, 2008

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Description 1 online resource (xv, 216 pages) : illustrations
Contents Introduction: Associative activism -- Controlling foreigners : Japan's foreign worker policy -- Long-distance nationalism : political activities of immigrant ethnic associations -- Democracy of illegals : organizing support for illegal foreigners -- Local partners : local governments and immigrant rights NGOs -- Foreigners in the public sphere : contesting prevalent social meanings -- Conclusion: Foreigners and democracy
Summary "Although stereotypically homogenized and hostile to immigrants, Japan has experienced an influx of foreigners from Asia and Latin America in recent decades. In Fighting for Foreigners, Apichai W. Shipper details how, in response, Japanese citizens have established a variety of local advocacy groups - some faith based, some secular - to help immigrants secure access to social services, economic equity, and political rights." "Drawing on his years of ethnographic fieldwork and a pragmatic account of political motivation he calls associative activism, Shipper asserts that institutions that support illegal foreigners make the most dramatic contributions to democratic multiculturalism. As debates about the costs and benefits of immigration rage across the developed world, Shipper's research offers a refreshing new perspective: rather than undermining democracy in industrialized society, immigrants can make a positive institutional contribution to vibrant forms of democratic multiculturalism."--Jacket
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index
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Subject Immigrants -- Political activity -- Japan
Noncitizens -- Political activity -- Japan
Foreign workers -- Japan
Emigration and immigration law -- Japan
Democracy -- Japan
POLITICAL SCIENCE -- Civil Rights.
POLITICAL SCIENCE -- Essays.
POLITICAL SCIENCE -- Government -- General.
POLITICAL SCIENCE -- Government -- National.
POLITICAL SCIENCE -- Reference.
Noncitizens -- Political activity
Democracy
Emigration and immigration -- Government policy
Emigration and immigration law
Foreign workers
Immigrants -- Political activity
Einwanderer
Politisches Handeln
Nichtstaatliche Organisation
Einwanderung
Einwanderungspolitik
Noncitizens.
SUBJECT Japan -- Emigration and immigration -- Government policy
Subject Japan
Japan
Form Electronic book
ISBN 9780801461828
0801461820