TY  - BOOK
AU  - Shipper,Apichai W.
TI  - Fighting for foreigners: immigration and its impact on Japanese democracy 
SN  - 9780801461828
AV  - DS832 .F544 2008
PY  - 2008///
CY  - Ithaca [N.Y.
PB  - Cornell University Press
KW  - Immigrants
KW  - Political activity
KW  - Japan
KW  - Noncitizens
KW  - Foreign workers
KW  - Emigration and immigration law
KW  - Democracy
KW  - Electronic Books
N1  - 2; 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; 2; b
N2  - "Although stereotypically homogenized and hostile to immigrants, Japan has experienced an influx of foreigners from Asia and Latin America in recent decades. In Fighting for Foreigners, Apichai W. Shipper details how, in response, Japanese citizens have established a variety of local advocacy groups - some faith based, some secular - to help immigrants secure access to social services, economic equity, and political rights." "Drawing on his years of ethnographic fieldwork and a pragmatic account of political motivation he calls associative activism, Shipper asserts that institutions that support illegal foreigners make the most dramatic contributions to democratic multiculturalism. As debates about the costs and benefits of immigration rage across the developed world, Shipper's research offers a refreshing new perspective: rather than undermining democracy in industrialized society, immigrants can make a positive institutional contribution to vibrant forms of democratic multiculturalism."--Jacket
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