New Policies for New Residents

J. Milly Deborah

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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 well, local citizen engagement is producing more inclusive approaches to community.Milly compares the policy discussions and outcomes in Japan with those in South Korea and in two similarly challenged Mediterranean nations, Italy and Spain. All four are recent countries of immigration, and all undertook major policy innovations for immigrants by the 2000s. In Japan and Spain, local NGO-local government collaboration has influenced national policy through the advocacy of local governments. South Korea and Italy included NGO advocates as policy actors and partners at the national level far earlier as they responded to new immigration, producing policy changes that fueled local networks of governance and advocacy. In all these cases, Milly finds, nongovernmental advocacy groups have the power to shape local governance and affect national policy, though in different ways.

Sujets

• Sociologie, société et politique
• Public administration
• History of Asia
• Central
• Migration

Informations

• Publié par: Cornell University Press
• Date de parution: 07 février 2014
• Nombre de lectures: 0
• EAN13: 9780801470790
• Langue: English
• Poids de l'ouvrage: 3 Mo

Extrait

NEW POLICIES FOR NEW RESIDENTS

NEWPOLICIES FORNEW RESIDENTS Immigrants, Advocacy, and Governance in Japan and Beyond

CORNELL UNIVERSITY PRESS

Deborah J. Milly

ITHACA AND LONDON

Publication of this book was made possible, in part, by funding from the Office of the Senior Vice President and Provost, the College of Liberal Arts and Human Sciences, and the Department of Political Science of the Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University.

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First published 2014 by Cornell University Press Printed in the United States of America

Library of Congress CataloginginPublication Data Milly, Deborah J., 1952– author. New policies for new residents : immigrants, advocacy, and governance in Japan and beyond / Deborah J. Milly.  pages cm Includes bibliographical references and index. ISBN 9780801452222 (cloth : alk. paper) 1. Immigrants—Government policy—Japan. 2. Japan—Emigration and immigration. 3. Decentralization in government—Japan. 4. Immigrants— Government policy—Crosscultural studies. 5. Emigration and immigration— Government policy—Crosscultural studies. 6. Decentralization in government—Crosscultural studies. I. Title.  JV8723.M55 2014  325.52—dc23 2013033036

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Contents

List of Figures and Tables Acknowledgments ConventionsandAbbreviations

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Introduction: Advocacy and Governance for Immigrants 1 1. Trajectories of the AdvocacyGovernance Linkage 21 2. National Policy Change Compared 44 3. Changing Japan’s Policies—Slowly 60 4. Local Governance and National Policy Advocacy in Japan 82 5. Japan’s Webs of Nongovernmental Advocacy and Governance 110 6. Landscapes of Multilevel Governance 131 7. Shocks to the System 167 Conclusion: Advocacy toward Inclusion? 192

Notes Bibliography Index

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Figures and Tables

Figures I.1. Willingness to accept immigrants in Spain and Italy I.2a and I.2b. Willingness of Koreans and Japanese to accept immigrants of specified nationalities 7.1. Responses to the statement, “We should restrict and control entry of people into our country more than we do now” 7.2. Responses to the question, “Are you for or against an increase in the number of foreigners in your community?”

Tables I.1. Basic indicators for Japan, Korea, Italy, and Spain 1.1. Modes of advocacy over national policies for immigrants 1.2. Characteristics of devolved governance in four countries 1.3. The advocacygovernance relationship in terms of national policy processes 1.4. Three advocacygovernance relationships and the role of humanitarian civil society groups 4.1. Foreign populations of Japanese prefectures with large foreign populations 5.1. Trend of topics covered by Ijūren’s monthly newsletter 5.2. Number of traineereceiving organizations identified as violating regulations 7.1. Results from Shizuoka Prefecture survey 7.2. Results from Aichi Prefecture surveys

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