Research Catalog

Title

Postcolonial citizens and ethnic migration : the Netherlands and Japan in the age of globalization / Michael O. Sharpe.

Author

Sharpe, Michael O., 1968-

Publication

Houndmills, Basingstoke, Hampshire : Palgrave Macmillan, 2014.

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Details

Description

xiii, 270 pages : illustrations; 23 cm

Summary

"As the velocity and intensity of migrations increase around the world, legal citizenship and ethnicity are becoming two of the most contested issues facing the modern state. Many of today's debates about immigration are focused on arguments around the positive and negative effects of increased ethnic diversity and who should be entitled to legal membership. What does it mean politically then to arrive in a country privileged as a legal citizen or co-ethnic? This book is the first to comparatively analyze the political realities of Dutch Antillean citizens in the Netherlands, and Latin American Nikkeijin (Japanese descendants) in Japan, who inherit host state access as post-colonial citizens and ethnic immigrants. Sharpe's unique cross-regional investigation considers the ways in which globalization, immigration, citizenship, and ethnicity interact as a means to understanding some of the strains and contradictions of membership in contemporary liberal democratic states. Postcolonial Citizens and Ethnic Migration will appeal to a wide range of scholars in political science, sociology, anthropology, international relations, ethnic studies and migration"--

Series Statement

Palgrave studies in international relations

Uniform Title

Palgrave studies in international relations.

Subject

• Return migration > Political aspects > Netherlands
• Transnationalism > Political aspects > Netherlands
• Postcolonialism > Netherlands
• Citizenship > Netherlands
• Return migration > Political aspects > Japan
• Transnationalism > Political aspects > Japan
• Postcolonialism > Japan
• Citizenship > Japan
• Einwanderung
• Ethnizität
• Nikkeijin
• Postkolonialismus
• Rückwanderung
• Transnationale Politik
• Maatschappij
• Immigratie
• Netherlands > Emigration and immigration > Government policy
• Japan > Emigration and immigration > Government policy
• Japan
• Netherlands

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references (pages 236-252) and index.

Contents

1. Postcolonial Citizens, Ethnic Migration and Political Incorporation in Liberal Democracies: Locating the Dutch and Japanese Cases -- 2. Convergence? Globalization and the State Policies in the Production of Postcolonial Citizen and Ethnic Migration -- 3. Old and New Nationalisms, Pre-migration Political Legacies -- 4. What Does Postcolonial Dutch Citizenship Mean in Political Terms? 1985-2008 -- 5. Constructing the Nation: Japanese Emigration and Immigration from the late 19th to 21st Century -- 6. Is Blood Thicker than Water Politically? Latin American Nikkeijin in Japan 1990-2008 -- 7. Political Transnationalism in Question: What Limits the Political Transnationalism of 'Transnational' Groups in Liberal Democracies 1985-2008? -- 8. Conclusion- Inheriting the State: Contextualizing the Future of Postcolonial and Ethnic Migration and Political Inclusion.

Call Number

JFD 15-4808

ISBN

• 9781137270542 (hardback)
• 1137270543 (hardback)
• 9781137270559 (PDF ebook) (canceled/invalid)

LCCN

2014000577

OCLC

852224946

Author

Sharpe, Michael O., 1968- author.

Title

Postcolonial citizens and ethnic migration : the Netherlands and Japan in the age of globalization / Michael O. Sharpe.

Publisher

Houndmills, Basingstoke, Hampshire : Palgrave Macmillan, 2014.

Type of Content

text

Type of Medium

unmediated

Type of Carrier

volume

Series

Palgrave studies in international relations

Palgrave studies in international relations.

Bibliography

Includes bibliographical references (pages 236-252) and index.

Research Call Number

JFD 15-4808