Multiculturalism and Conflict Reconciliation in the Asia-Pacific

Migration, Language and Politics
2014. Auflage 2014
ISBN: 978-1-137-40359-9
Verlag: Palgrave MacMillan UK

Buch, Englisch, 237 Seiten, Format (B × H): 140 mm x 216 mm, Gewicht: 440 g

This book is open access under a CC BY license. This edited collection focuses on theories, language and migration in relation to multiculturalism in Japan and the Asia-Pacific. Each chapter aims to provide alternative understandings to current conflicts that have arisen due to immigration and policies related to education, politics, language, work, citizenship and identity.

Zielgruppe

Research

Autoren/Hrsg.

Shimizu, K.

Bradley, W.

Fachgebiete

• Interdisziplinäres Wissenschaften Wissenschaften Interdisziplinär Entwicklungsstudien
• Sozialwissenschaften Pädagogik Pädagogik
• Interdisziplinäres Wissenschaften Wissenschaft und Gesellschaft | Kulturwissenschaften Kulturwissenschaften
• Sozialwissenschaften Politikwissenschaft Internationale Beziehungen
• Geisteswissenschaften Sprachwissenschaft Fremdsprachenerwerb und -didaktik

Inhaltsverzeichnis

This book is open access under a CC BY license.
1. Introduction; Kosuke Shimizu and William S. Bradley
PART I 2. Multicultural Coexistence in Japan: Follower, Innovator, or Reluctant Late Adopter?; William S. Bradley 3. A Critical Analysis of Multiculturalism and Deviant Identities: Untold Stories of Japanese Americans without Nations; Takumi Honda 4. Theorizing Multiculturalism: Modeling the Dynamics of Inclusion and Exclusion in School-Based Multicultural Settings; Lee Gunderson
PART II 5. Who Owns Our Tongue? English, Academic Life and Subjectivity; Kosuke Shimizu 6. Preservice and Inservice English as a Foreign Language Teachers' Perceptions of the New Language Education Policy Regarding the Teaching of Classes in English at Japanese Senior High Schools; Toshinobu Nagamine 7. An Alternative Approach to Foreign Language Education in Japan with a View Toward Becoming a Multicultural Society; Mitsunori Takakuwa
PART III 8. Female Domestic Workers on the Move: Examining GlobalHouseholding and Global De-Householding in Today's World; Rieko Karatani 9. Multiculturalism as a Determinant of the Transit and Final Destinations in the Stepwise Migration of Filipino Nurses; Maria Reinaruth D. Carlos 10. Who Benefits from Dual Citizenship? The New Nationality Law and Multicultural Future of South Korea; Shincha Park 11. 'Global Jinzai,' Japanese Higher Education and the Path to Multiculturalism: Imperative, Imposter or Immature?; Julian Chapple

Über Autor(innen)

Takumi Honda, Ryukoku University, Japan
Lee Gunderson, University of British Columbia, Canada
Toshinobu Nagamine, Kumamoto University, Japan
Mitsunori Takakuwa, Meiji Gakuin University, Japan
Rieko Karatani, Kansai University, Japan
Maria Reinaruth D. Carlos, Ryukoku UniversityJapan
Shincha Park Binghamton University-SUNY, USA
Julian Chapple, Ryukoku University, Japan