400 Pages
by
Routledge
400 Pages
by
Routledge
400 Pages
by
Routledge
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This is a detailed study of the extent to which an increased influx of foreign workers is a threat to law and order in the context of the data-generating process of police statistics and the media coverage of "crimes" committed by foreigners. It shows that a general mood in which foreign workers are viewed as potential danger to Japanese society "protects" the criminalization of foreign "illegal"... Read more
1. Preliminary Remarks 2. Phenomenology of the "illegal" Labour Migration to Japan 3. Some Historical Preliminaries 4. Prelude: The Japayuki Question 5. The Early Stages of a Process of Irregular Migration: The Increase of Male "illegal" Workers 6. The Debate Concerning a Formal Policy on Guest-Workers 7. Migrant Workers and Criminality 8. The Media and Criminality
Biography
Wolfgang Herbert
