Migrant Workers in Contemporary Japan
An Institutional Perspective on Transnational Employment
Format:Paperback
Publisher:Kyoto University Press and Trans Pacific Press
Published:30th Mar '14
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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.
ISBN: 9781920901240
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408 pages