Globalization, minorities, and civil society perspectives from Asian and Western cities

One effect of globalization has been urban restructuring in various cities of Asia, increasing migration from Asia to European cities, and the intensification of debates about citizenship. The multi-dimensional constellations of ethnic minorities in Asian and European cities have become increasingly...

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Other Authors: Hasegawa, Koichi, Yoshihara, Naoki
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Victoria, Australia Trans Pacific Press 2008
Edition:English ed.
Series:Stratification and inequality series v. 8
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Table of Contents:
  • Globalization, minorities and civil society / Koichi Hasegawa
  • Citizenship models in the age of international migration / Hideki Tarumoto
  • New racism and 'community cohesion' in Britain / Satoshi Adachi
  • Ethnic identities and sharing of the internment memories in the Japanese American redress movement / Kumiko Tsuchida
  • Global civil society and local protest : is an alternative to 'alter-globalization' possible? / Nanako Inaba and Naoto Higuchi
  • Islam in Bali / Naoki Yoshihara
  • Unchanging fortunes of Jakarta informal sector workers / Raphealla Dewantari Dwianto
  • Street homeless as an urban minority : a case of metro Manila / Hideo Aoki
  • The reorganization of ethnic Chinese groups in Thailand, and the background to this reorganization / Kazuo Yoshihara
  • The Bangladeshi community in London : social enterprises and the transnational development of community empowerment / Yaeko Nishiyama and Shiho Nishiyama.