Migrant workers in contemporary Japan : an institutional perspective on transnational employment

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Migrant workers in contemporary Japan : an institutional perspective on transnational employment

by Kiyoto Tanno ; translated by Teresa Castelvetere

(Japanese society series)

Trans Pacific Press, 2013

  • : hardcover
  • : softcover

Other Title

Ekkyō suru koyō shisutemu to gaikokujin rōdōsha

外国人労働者 : 越境する雇用システム

越境する雇用システムと外国人労働者

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Note

"First published in Japanese in 2007 by the University of Tokyo Press as Ekkyō suru koyō shisutemu to gaikokujin rōdōsha"--T.p. verso

Includes bibliographical references (p. 344-368) and indexes

Description and Table of Contents

Description

With a focus on Brazilian migrant workers in Japan, this study produces a comprehensive picture of the forces driving transnational labour migration, both in the countries of origin of foreign workers and within Japan. How are Japan's labour institutions changing under globalisation? What are the implications of these changes for the lives of people in Japan? Asking these and other questions, the book demonstrates how Japan's labour shortage has established a 'trans-national employment system' and shows that globalisation is 'the very cause of the breaking up of Japan as a middle class society'. It also discusses the impact of concepts of nationality and family registration on the lives of foreign-born workers of Japanese descent within Japan.

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Details

  • NCID
    BB13390532
  • ISBN
    • 9781920901608
    • 9781920901240
  • Country Code
    at
  • Title Language Code
    eng
  • Text Language Code
    eng
  • Original Language Code
    jpn
  • Place of Publication
    Melbourne
  • Pages/Volumes
    xxxii, 376 p.
  • Size
    22-23 cm
  • Parent Bibliography ID
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