From the Communitarian Ideal to the Public Sphere: The Making of Foreigners' Assemblies in Kawasaki City and Kanagawa Prefecture

Han, Seung-Mi

doi:10.1093/ssjj/7.1.41

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“…4 4 For example, Han concludes that input from the public played a critical role in the institutionalization of foreigners' assemblies, especially in Kawasaki. See Seung‐Mi Han, “From the Communitarian Ideal to the Public Sphere: The Making of Foreigners' Assemblies in Kawasaki City and Kanagawa Prefecture,” Social Science Japan Journal , 7‐1 (2004), pp. 41–60. …”

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Coexistence without Principle: Reconsidering Multicultural Policies in Japan*

Kwak¹

2009

Pacific Focus

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Multicultural coexistence (tabunka kyōse) in Japan is as complicated as its definition. On the one hand, it is regarded as a challenge to the coherence of national identity that sustains the popular image of ethnic homogeneity in Japan; on the other hand, it has been considered a retrogressive force that destabilizes civic solidarity needed for the development of responsible citizens. After describing the multicultural policies proposed by local governments in Japan that have facilitated multicultural coexistence, this article critically reviews the policies' relevance as a viable democratic practice for foreign residents and warns against the dangers of exclusion and assimilation when multicultural policies are driven by local citizens without a regulative principle. Then, this article presents "reciprocal nondomination" as a regulative principle that prevents the practice of multicultural coexistence from leading to regressive consequences and provides a ground for democratic deliberation on various ethnic differences.

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Coexistence without Principle: Reconsidering Multicultural Policies in Japan*

Kwak¹

2009

Pacific Focus

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Immigration and Citizenship in Japan

Chung

2010

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Japan is currently the only advanced industrial democracy with a fourth-generation immigrant problem. As other industrialized countries face the challenges of incorporating post-war immigrants, Japan continues to struggle with the incorporation of pre-war immigrants and their descendants. Whereas others have focused on international norms, domestic institutions, and recent immigration, this book argues that contemporary immigration and citizenship politics in Japan reflect the strategic interaction between state efforts to control immigration and grassroots movements by multi-generational Korean resident activists to gain rights and recognition specifically as permanently settled foreign residents of Japan. Based on in-depth interviews and fieldwork conducted in Tokyo, Kawasaki, and Osaka, this book aims to further our understanding of democratic inclusion in Japan by analyzing how those who are formally excluded from the political process voice their interests and what factors contribute to the effective representation of those interests in public debate and policy.

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2012

Critical Asian Studies

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From the Communitarian Ideal to the Public Sphere: The Making of Foreigners' Assemblies in Kawasaki City and Kanagawa Prefecture

Cited by 8 publications

References 17 publications

Coexistence without Principle: Reconsidering Multicultural Policies in Japan*

Coexistence without Principle: Reconsidering Multicultural Policies in Japan*

Immigration and Citizenship in Japan

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