The Wilder Shores of Power
Migration, Border Controls and Democracy in Postwar Japan
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 4480803 |
|---|---|
| Authors | T Morris-Suzuki (0000-0002-6145-5952, Australian National University, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2006 |
| Volume | 86 |
| Issue | 1 |
| Pages | 6-22 |
| Publication date | 2006-08-01 |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Thesis Eleven (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0725-5136 • E-ISSN: 1461-7455 |
| Publisher | SAGE Publications Inc (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.1177/0725513606066237 |
| OpenAlex | W2071641608 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 2 |
| References cited | 6 |
Japan has often been regarded as an ethnically homogeneous society whose restrictive immigration policies reflect the deep-seated cultural peculiarities of this 'island nation'. By contrast, I shall argue that Japan's post- 1945 cultural separation from the other countries of East Asia, and its strict border controls, were to a large extent products of Cold War politics. The postwar democratization of Japan went hand in hand with the introduction of tight restrictions on cross-border mobility: restrictions which had profound consequences for the rights of ethnic minorities in Japan (particularly Koreans and Taiwanese). An exploration of the emergence and impact of this border control regime casts new light, not just on Japan's role in the Northeast Asian region, but also on key limitations of nation-state centred notions of liberal democracy
Citizenship · Democracy · Democratization · Development economics · Economics · Ethnic group · Homogeneous · Immigration · Liberal democracy · Political economy · Political science · Politics · Sociology · Chinese history and philosophy · Hong Kong and Taiwan Politics · Japanese History and Culture · Law
| Citations per year | 0.1 |
|---|---|
| Citation span | 2006 - 2007 (2) |
| Highly cited | No |