Postcolonial Citizens and Ethnic Migration : The Netherlands and Japan in the Age of Globalization / / by Michael O. Sharpe

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910971923003321
• Autore: O. Sharpe Michael
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: London : , : Palgrave Macmillan UK : , : Imprint : Palgrave Macmillan, , 2014
• ISBN: 9781349444373; 1349444375; 9781137270559; 1137270551
• Edizione: [1st ed. 2014.]
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (285 p.)
• Collana: Palgrave Studies in International Relations, , 2946-2681
• Classificazione: POL003000POL011000POL045000SOC007000SOC008000
• Disciplina: 304.8/492
• Soggetti: Sociology; Political sociology; Globalization; Race; Emigration and immigration; International relations; Political Sociology; Race and Ethnicity Studies; Human Migration; International Relations
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Cover; Contents; List of Figures and Tables; Acknowledgements; 1 Postcolonial Citizens, Ethnic Migration, and Political Incorporation in Liberal Democracies: Locating the Dutch and Japanese Cases; 2 Convergence? Globalization and State Policies in the Production of Postcolonial Citizen and Ethnic Migration; 3 Old and New Nationalisms, Pre-migration Political Legacies; 4 What Does Postcolonial Dutch Citizenship Mean in Political Terms? 1985-2008; 5 Constructing the Nation: Japanese Emigration and Immigration from the late 19th to the 21st Century; 6 Is Blood Thicker than Water Politically? Latin American Nikkeijin in Japan 1990-20087 Political Transnationalism in Question: What Limits the Political Transnationalism of 'Transnational' Groups in Liberal Democracies 1985-2008?; 8 Conclusion - Inheriting the State: Contextualizing the Future of Postcolonial and Ethnic Migration and Political Inclusion; Appendix; Notes; Bibliography; Index
• Sommario/riassunto: This book provides a cross-regional investigation of the role of citizenship and ethnicity in migration, political incorporation, and political transnationalism in the age of globalization, exploring the political realities of Dutch Antilleans in the Netherlands and Latin American Nikkeijin in Japan.