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New Policies for New Residents : Immigrants, Advocacy, and Governance in Japan and Beyond.

Milly, Deborah J.

New Policies for New Residents : Immigrants, Advocacy, and Governance in Japan and Beyond. - 1st ed. - 1 online resource (279 pages)

New Policies for New Residents -- Contents -- List of Figures and Tables -- Acknowledgments -- Conventions and Abbreviations -- Introduction: Advocacy and Governance for Immigrants -- 1. Trajectories of the Advocacy-Governance Linkage -- 2. National Policy Change Compared -- 3. Changing Japan's Policies-Slowly -- 4. Local Governance and National Policy Advocacy in Japan -- 5. Japan's Webs of Nongovernmental Advocacy and Governance -- 6. Landscapes of Multilevel Governance -- 7. Shocks to the System -- Conclusion: Advocacy toward Inclusion? -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index.

Many countries have experienced both increased immigration and a devolution of governance to the local level. Deborah J. Milly looks at new policies to promote the social inclusion of recently arrived residents in Japan, comparing this experience to developments in South Korea, Spain, and Italy.

9780801470790


Immigrants -- Government policy -- Japan.
Decentralization in government -- Japan.
Immigrants -- Government policy -- Cross-cultural studies.
Emigration and immigration -- Government policy -- Cross-cultural studies.
Decentralization in government -- Cross-cultural studies.
Japan -- Emigration and immigration.


Electronic books.

JV8723

325.52

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