Creating Social Cohesion in an Interdependent World: Experiences of Australia and Japan

Front Matter....Pages i-x
Front Matter....Pages 1-1
Social Cohesion and the Challenge of Globalization....Pages 3-31
Japan’s Social Cohesion in Relation to Immigration Issues....Pages 33-46
Australian Multiculturalism—“Natural Transition” or Social Coercion?....Pages 47-80
Contemporary Australian Attitudes to Immigration....Pages 81-93
Immigration Challenges in Japan: How Has Japanese Society Coped With Immigration?....Pages 95-112
Front Matter....Pages 113-113
Why Half the Municipal Governments Disappear Under a National Mergers Policy? Changing Local Bases in “Globalizing” Japan....Pages 115-126
“Diasporic” Muslims, “Minoritarian” Islam, and Modern Democratic Citizenship: Negotiating Accommodation and Integration....Pages 127-144
Volunteering and Civic Participation in the Vietnamese-Australian Community....Pages 145-159
Intermarriage, Language Use, and Integration of Migrants....Pages 161-174
Intermarriage and Japanese Identity....Pages 175-187
Front Matter....Pages 189-189
Internationalization of Higher Education as a Response to Globalization: Japan’s Policy Challenges since the 1980s....Pages 191-204
Higher Education and Social Cohesion: Universities, Citizenship, and Spaces of Orientation....Pages 205-219
Individual Labor-Related Dispute Mechanisms in Japan—Policy Intention and Individual Worker Aspirations....Pages 221-241
The Youth Labor Market in Japan....Pages 243-261
Globalization, Immigration Policy, and Youth Employment in Australia....Pages 263-280
Back Matter....Pages 281-289