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Deborah J. Milly - New Policies for New Residents: Immigrants, Advocacy, and Governance in Japan and Beyond - 9780801452222 - V9780801452222
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New Policies for New Residents: Immigrants, Advocacy, and Governance in Japan and Beyond

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Description for New Policies for New Residents: Immigrants, Advocacy, and Governance in Japan and Beyond Hardback. Num Pages: 280 pages, 15, 10 tables, 5 charts. BIC Classification: JFFN. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 163 x 233 x 22. Weight in Grams: 526.

In recent decades, many countries have experienced both a rapid increase of in-migration of foreign nationals and a large-scale devolution of governance to the local level. The result has been new government policies to promote the social inclusion of recently arrived residents. In New Policies for New Residents, Deborah J. Milly focuses on the intersection of these trends in Japan. Despite the country's history of restrictive immigration policies, some Japanese favor a more accepting approach to immigrants. Policies supportive of foreign residents could help attract immigrants as the country adjusts to labor market conditions and a looming demographic crisis. As ... Read more

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Product Details

Format
Hardback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Cornell University Press United States
Number of pages
280
Condition
New
Number of Pages
280
Place of Publication
Ithaca, United States
ISBN
9780801452222
SKU
V9780801452222
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About Deborah J. Milly
Deborah J. Milly is Associate Professor of Political Science at Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University. She is the author of Poverty, Equality, and Growth: The Politics of Economic Need in Postwar Japan, winner of the Masayoshi Ohira Memorial Prize.

Reviews for New Policies for New Residents: Immigrants, Advocacy, and Governance in Japan and Beyond
[This] analysis of immigration and immigrant policies in Japan throws an interesting light on the interaction between national government, local authorities and civil society, and explains why national policy changes—and not just in these policy fields—have only been effected at margins.
Reinhard Drifte
Asian Affairs
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