TY  - BOOK
AU  - Shipper,Apichai W.
TI  - Fighting for Foreigners: Immigration and Its Impact on Japanese Democracy
SN  - 9780801461828
AV  - DS832 
U1  - 320.952 
PY  - 2008///
CY  - Ithaca
PB  - Cornell University Press
KW  - Immigrants -- Political activity -- Japan
KW  - Noncitizens -- Political activity -- Japan
KW  - Foreign workers -- Japan
KW  - Emigration and immigration law -- Japan
KW  - Democracy -- Japan
KW  - Japan -- Emigration and immigration -- Government policy
KW  - Electronic books
N1  - Fighting for Foreigners -- Contents -- Preface -- Abbreviations -- Note on Conventions -- 1. Introduction: Associative Activism -- 2. Controlling Foreigners: Japan's Foreign Worker Policy -- 3. Long-Distance Nationalism: Political Activities of Immigrant Ethnic Associations -- 4. Democracy of Illegals: Organizing Support for Illegal Foreigners -- 5. Local Partners: Local Governments and Immigrant Rights NGOs -- 6. Foreigners in the Public Sphere: Contesting Prevalent Social Meanings -- 7. Conclusion: Foreigners and Democracy -- Appendix -- Index
N2  - Shipper details how, in response to an influx of foreigners from Asia and Latin America in recent decades, Japanese citizens have established a variety of local advocacy groups to help immigrants secure access to social services, economic equity, and political rights
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