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Comparing three Northeast Asian countries, this book examines how past struggles for democracy shape current movements for immigrant rights.
List of contents
Introduction. Is There an East Asian Model of Immigrant Incorporation?; 1. How Civic Legacies Shape Immigration Politics; 2. Constructing Developmental Citizens in East Asia; 3. Civic Legacies and Immigrant Incorporation in East Asian Democracies; 4. 'I Can't Be Tanaka': Understanding Immigrant Incorporation through Migrant Voices; 5. Marriage and Migration; 6. Multiculturalism with Adjectives; Epilogue.
About the author
Erin Aeran Chung holds the Charles D. Miller Chair in East Asian Politics at Johns Hopkins University. Her research has been supported by the Academy of Korean Studies, the Japan Foundation, and the Social Science Research Council. She is the author of Immigration and Citizenship in Japan (Cambridge, 2010).
Summary
Based on interviews and focus groups with immigrants in Japan, South Korea, and Taiwan, this book examines how past struggles for democracy shape current movements for immigrant rights and recognition. Students, researchers, and practitioners will gain insight into the gaps between immigration policies and practices in East Asia and beyond.
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'Erin Aeran Chung tells a compelling story how the three East Asian democracies, which started from strictly exclusionary policies, have embarked on different pathways of immigrant incorporation. The main protagonist of change is not the state but civil society, and each society's civic legacies determine the trajectory of reform. This book does not merely fill a large gap in the comparative literature, it also provides a powerful analysis of policy change from below that calls for being tested in other cases.' Rainer Bauböck, European University Institute, Florence
