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Local Citizenship in Recent Countries of Immigration - Japan in Comparative Perspective (Paperback): Takeyuki Tsuda Local Citizenship in Recent Countries of Immigration - Japan in Comparative Perspective (Paperback)
Takeyuki Tsuda; Contributions by Chikako Usui, Katherine Tegtmeyer Pak, Keiko Yamanaka, Deborah J. Milly, …
R1,174 Discovery Miles 11 740 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

Because of severe domestic labor shortages, Japan has recently joined the increasing number of advanced industrialized nations that have begun importing large numbers of immigrant workers since the 1980s. Although the citizenship status of foreign workers is the most precarious in such recent countries of immigration, the national governments of these countries have become increasingly preoccupied with border enforcement, forcing local municipalities and organizations to offer basic rights and social services to the foreign residents who are settling in their local communities. This book analyzes the development of local citizenship in Japan by examining the role of local governments and NGOs as well as grass-roots political and judicial activism in the expansion of immigrant rights. In this manner, localities are emerging as important sites for the struggle for immigrant citizenship and social integration, enabling foreign workers to enjoy substantive rights even in the absence of national citizenship. The possibilities and limits of such local citizenship in Japan are then compared to three other recent countries of immigration (Italy, Spain, and South Korea).

Amakudari - The Hidden Fabric of Japan's Economy (Hardcover, New): Richard A. Colignon, Chikako Usui Amakudari - The Hidden Fabric of Japan's Economy (Hardcover, New)
Richard A. Colignon, Chikako Usui
R1,345 Discovery Miles 13 450 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

The widespread migration of civil servants to high-profile positions in the private and public sectors is known in Japan as amakudari, or "descent from heaven." Recent media stories associate the practice with corruption as the former officials seek government favors for their new employers. In their timely book, Richard A. Colignon and Chikako Usui offer the first systematic exploration of this influential yet poorly understood Japanese institution.Colignon and Usui analyze amakudari as a ministry-level phenomenon that is consciously constructed and reproduced with intricate networks in many political and corporate spheres. Drawing on five decades of qualitative and quantitative data delineating the post-retirement careers of leading bureaucrats, they examine changes in traditional job patterns. Although not as strong a force as in the 1960s and 1970s, amakudari, in their view, remains a critical feature of Japanese society and heavily shapes the relationship between government and business.The authors warn that despite the Japanese media criticism of amakudari, it comprises a power structure resistant to radical change. Most important, their book demonstrates that a gradual weakening of this practice may not lead to a more democratic, meritocratic society.

Local Citizenship in Recent Countries of Immigration - Japan in Comparative Perspective (Hardcover): Takeyuki Tsuda Local Citizenship in Recent Countries of Immigration - Japan in Comparative Perspective (Hardcover)
Takeyuki Tsuda; Contributions by Chikako Usui, Katherine Tegtmeyer Pak, Keiko Yamanaka, Deborah J. Milly, …
R4,296 Discovery Miles 42 960 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

Because of severe domestic labor shortages, Japan has recently joined the increasing number of advanced industrialized nations that have begun importing large numbers of immigrant workers since the 1980s. Although the citizenship status of foreign workers is the most precarious in such recent countries of immigration, the national governments of these countries have become increasingly preoccupied with border enforcement, forcing local municipalities and organizations to offer basic rights and social services to the foreign residents who are settling in their local communities. This book analyzes the development of local citizenship in Japan by examining the role of local governments and NGOs as well as grass-roots political and judicial activism in the expansion of immigrant rights. In this manner, localities are emerging as important sites for the struggle for immigrant citizenship and social integration, enabling foreign workers to enjoy substantive rights even in the absence of national citizenship. The possibilities and limits of such local citizenship in Japan are then compared to three other recent countries of immigration (Italy, Spain, and South Korea).

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