New Policies for New Residents: Immigrants, Advocacy, and Governance in Japan and Beyond

by Deborah J. Milly

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...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0801452228
• ISBN13: 9780801452222
• Release Date: February 2014
• Publisher: Cornell University Press
• Length: 280 Pages
• Weight: 1.15 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 6.1" x 9.2"
• Age Range: 18 years and up
• Grade Range: Postsecondary and higher