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Record Nr.

UNINA9910253316403321

Autore

Mizukami Tetsuo

Titolo

Creating Social Cohesion in an Interdependent World : Experiences of Australia and Japan / / by Tetsuo Mizukami ; edited by E. Healy, Dharmalingam Arunachalam

Pubbl/distr/stampa

New York : , : Palgrave Macmillan US : , : Imprint : Palgrave Macmillan, , 2016

ISBN

1-137-52022-1

Edizione

[1st ed. 2016.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (X, 289 p.)

Disciplina

306.44/60994

Soggetti

Sociology

Social policy

Cultural studies

Ethnicity

Social structure

Equality

Social sciences

Sociology, general

Social Policy

Cultural Studies

Ethnicity Studies

Social Structure, Social Inequality

Methodology of the Social Sciences

Australia Emigration and immigration

Japan Emigration and immigration

Australia Social policy

Japan Social policy

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references at the end of each chapters and index.

Sommario/riassunto

Creating Social Cohesion in an Interdependent World examines the



ways in which two very different societies, Australia and Japan, have dealt with challenges to their cultural and institutional fabric, as well as the social cohesion arising from the acceleration of global interdependence during recent decades. Deepening globalization has generated great social dislocation and uncertainty about collective identity and to anxiety about how to accommodate apparently unstoppable external influences. The studies in this volume explore areas which have experienced significant impact from globalization, including immigration policy, ethnic and racial intermarriage, attitudes towards ethnic and racial minorities, national and cultural identity, education policy and labor relations. The approach used is innovative in juxtaposing two societies which, although developed, are contrasting in their historical origins and contemporary cultural legacies.