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Cultural and Social Division in Contemporary Japan: Rethinking Discourses of Inclusion and Exclusion

Cultural and Social Division in Contemporary Japan: Rethinking Discourses of Inclusion and Exclusion

Shiobara, Yoshikazu
Kawabata, Kohei
Matthews, Joel

Hardcover

Series: Routledge Contemporary Japan

Asian American StudiesCriminologyGeneral Sociology

ISBN10: 1138310395
ISBN13: 9781138310391
Publisher: Routledge
Published: Aug 2 2019
Pages: 278
Weight: 1.20
Height: 0.80 Width: 6.30 Depth: 9.40
Language: English

The recent manifestation of exclusionism in Japan has emerged at a time of intensified neoliberal economic policies, increased cross-border migration brought on by globalization, the elevated threat of global terrorism, heightened tensions between East Asian states over historical and territorial conflicts, and a backlash by Japanese conservatives over perceived historical apologism. The social and political environment for minorities in Japan has shifted drastically since the 1990s, yet many studies of Japan still tend to view Japan through the dominant discourses of ethnic homogeneity (tanitsu minzoku shakai) and middle-class society (so churyu -shakai) which positions the exclusion of minorities as an exceptional phenomenon. While exclusionism has been recognized as a serious threat to minority groups, it has not often been considered a representative issue for the whole of Japanese society. This tendency will persist until the discourses of tanitsu minzoku shakai and so churyu -shakai are systematically debunked and Japan is widely recognized as both multiethnic and socio-economically stratified.

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