LEADER 04307nam 2200745 a 450 001 9910456708103321 005 20211211024927.0 010 $a0-8014-6182-0 024 7 $a10.7591/9780801461828 035 $a(CKB)2550000000040577 035 $a(OCoLC)732957176 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebrary10468075 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000536650 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11342059 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000536650 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10549488 035 $a(PQKB)11615397 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC3138196 035 $a(OCoLC)966802952 035 $a(MdBmJHUP)muse51415 035 $a(DE-B1597)478688 035 $a(OCoLC)979577276 035 $a(DE-B1597)9780801461828 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL3138196 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10468075 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL951837 035 $a(OCoLC)922998199 035 $a(EXLCZ)992550000000040577 100 $a20080404d2008 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aurcn||||||||| 181 $ctxt$2rdacontent 182 $cc$2rdamedia 183 $acr$2rdacarrier 200 10$aFighting for foreigners$b[electronic resource] $eimmigration and its impact on Japanese democracy /$fApichai W. Shipper 210 $aIthaca [N.Y.] $cCornell University Press$d2008 215 $a1 online resource (236 pages) 300 $aBibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph 311 $a0-8014-4715-1 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $aIntroduction: 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. 330 $aAlthough 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. The changing demographics of Japan have been stimulating public discussions, the political participation of marginalized groups, and calls for fair treatment of immigrants. Nongovernmental organizations established by the Japanese have been more effective than the ethnically particular associations formed by migrants themselves, Shipper finds. Activists who initially work in concert to solve specific and local problems eventually become more ambitious in terms of political representation and opinion formation.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. 606 $aNoncitizens$zJapan 606 $aNoncitizens$xPolitical activity$zJapan 606 $aNoncitizens$xPolitical activity$zJapan 606 $aForeign workers$zJapan 606 $aEmigration and immigration law$zJapan 606 $aDemocracy$zJapan 607 $aJapan$xEmigration and immigration$xGovernment policy 608 $aElectronic books. 615 0$aNoncitizens 615 0$aNoncitizens$xPolitical activity 615 0$aNoncitizens$xPolitical activity 615 0$aForeign workers 615 0$aEmigration and immigration law 615 0$aDemocracy 676 $a320.952 700 $aShipper$b Apichai W$g(Apichai Wongsod),$f1968-$01055312 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910456708103321 996 $aFighting for foreigners$92488615 997 $aUNINA