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Japan's Household Registration System and Citizenship - Koseki, Identification and Documentation (Hardcover, New)
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Japan's Household Registration System and Citizenship - Koseki, Identification and Documentation (Hardcover, New)
Series: Routledge Studies in the Modern History of Asia
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Japan's Household Registration System (koseki seido) is an
extremely powerful state instrument, and is socially entrenched
with a long history of population governance, social control and
the maintenance of social order. It provides identity whilst at the
same time imposing identity upon everyone registered, and in turn,
the state receives validity and legitimacy from the registration of
its inhabitants. The study of the procedures and mechanisms for
identifying and documenting people provides an important window
into understanding statecraft, and by examining the koseki system,
this book provides a keen insight into social and political change
in Japan. By looking through the lens of the koseki system, the
book takes both an historical as well as a contemporary approach to
understanding Japanese society. In doing so, it develops our
understanding of contemporary Japan within the historical context
of population management and social control; reveals the social
effects and influence of the koseki system throughout its history;
and presents new insights into citizenship, nationality and
identity. Furthermore, this book develops our knowledge of state
functions and indeed the nation state itself, through engaging
critically with important issues relating to the koseki while at
the same time providing a platform for further investigation. The
contributors to this volume utilise a variety of disciplinary areas
including history, gender studies, sociology, law and anthropology,
and each chapter provides insights that bring us closer to a
comprehensive grasp of the role, effects and historical background
of what is a crucial and influential instrument of the Japanese
state. This book will be of great interest to students and scholars
of Japanese history, Japanese culture and society, Japanese
studies, Asian social policy and demography more generally.
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