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Record Nr.

UNINA9910888485103321

Autore

Shimizu Kosuke

Titolo

Multiculturalism and Conflict Reconciliation in the Asia-Pacific : Migration, Language and Politics / / edited by K. Shimizu, W. Bradley

Pubbl/distr/stampa

2014

London : , : Palgrave Macmillan UK : , : Imprint : Palgrave Macmillan, , 2014

ISBN

9781137403599

1137403594

Edizione

[1st ed. 2014.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (xiv, 237 pages) : illustrations; digital, PDF file(s)

Classificazione

EDU000000EDU018000POL011000SOC000000SOC042000

Disciplina

327

Soggetti

International relations

Ethnology - Asia

Culture

Economic development

Language and languages - Study and teaching

Education

Ethnology - America

International Relations

Asian Culture

Development Studies

Language Education

American Culture

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 and index.

Nota di contenuto

Cover -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Table of Contents -- List of Figures and Tables -- Foreword by Koichi Iwabuchi -- Acknowledgments -- Notes on Contributors -- 1 Introduction -- Part I Theories and Identities -- 2 Multicultural Coexistence in Japan: Follower, Innovator, or Reluctant Late Adopter? -- 3 A Critical Analysis of Multiculturalism and Deviant Identities: Untold Stories of Japanese Americans without Nations -- 4 Theorizing Multiculturalism: Modeling the Dynamics of Inclusion and Exclusion in School-Based Multicultural



Settings -- Part II Language and Language Policies -- 5 Who Owns Our Tongue? English, Academic Life, and Subjectivity -- 6 Preservice and Inservice English as a Foreign Language Teachers' Perceptions of the New Language Education Policy Regarding the Teaching of Classes in English at Japanese Senior High Schools -- 7 An Alternative Approach to Foreign LanguageEducation in Japan with a View toward Becominga Multicultural Society -- Part III Migration and Citizenship -- 8 Female Domestic Workers on the Move: Examining Global Householding and Global De-Householding in Today's World -- 9 Multiculturalism Policies and the Stepwise International Migration of Filipino Nurses: Implications for Japan -- 10 Who Benefits from Dual Citizenship? The New Nationality Law and Multicultural Future of South Korea -- 11 "Global Jinzai," Japanese Higher Education, and the Path to Multiculturalism: Imperative, Imposter, or Immature? -- Afterword -- Index.

Sommario/riassunto

This book is open access under a CC BY license. This edited collection focuses on theories, language and migration in relation to multiculturalism in Japan and the Asia-Pacific. Each chapter aims to provide alternative understandings to current conflicts that have arisen due to immigration and policies related to education, politics, language, work, citizenship and identity.