Fighting for Foreigners: Immigration and Its Impact on Japanese Democracy
January 12, 2009 12:01 PM
by Apichai W. Shipper
Cornell University Press, $35
Though stereotypically homogenized and hostile to immigrants, Japan has experienced an influx of foreigners from Asia and Latin America in recent decades. Drawing on his years of ethnographic fieldwork, Apichai W. Shipper, assistant professor of political science and international relations at USC College, demonstrates how Japanese citizens have responded to this shift in demographics by establishing a variety of local advocacy groups - both faith-based and secular - to help immigrants secure access to social services, economic equality and political rights. He shows the power of activism in immigration issues and how institutions that support illegal foreigners make dramatic contributions to democratic multiculturalism.
TAGS: globalization, humanities
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