Fighting for foreigners [electronic resource] : immigration and its impact on Japanese democracy / Apichai W. Shipper.
Publication details: Ithaca [N.Y.] : Cornell University Press, 2008.Description: xv, 216 p. : illISBN:- 9780801447150 (cloth : alk. paper)
- 0801447151 (cloth : alk. paper)
- 9780801461828 (e-book)
- 320.952 22
- DS832.7.A1 S55 2008eb
eBooks
Includes bibliographical references and index.
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.
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