Creating Social Cohesion in an Interdependent World Experiences of A

Creating Social Cohesion in an Interdependent World examines the ways in which two very different societies, Australia and Japan, have dealt with challenges to their cultural and institutional fabric, as well as the social cohesion arising from the accele

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

Edited by Ernest Healy, Dharma Arunachalam, and Tetsuo Mizukami

CREATING SOCIAL COHESION IN AN INTERDEPENDENT WORLD

Selection and editorial content © Ernest Healy, Dharma Arunachalam, and Tetsuo Mizukami 2016 Individual chapters © their respective contributors 2016 Softcover reprint of the hardcover 1st edition 2016 978-1-137-52021-0 All rights reserved. No reproduction, copy or transmission of this publication may be made without written permission. No portion of this publication may be reproduced, copied or transmitted save with written permission. In accordance with the provisions of the Copyright, Designs and Patents Act 1988, or under the terms of any licence permitting limited copying issued by the Copyright Licensing Agency, Saffron House, 6-10 Kirby Street, London EC1N 8TS. Any person who does any unauthorized act in relation to this publication may be liable to criminal prosecution and civil claims for damages. First published 2016 by PALGRAVE MACMILLAN The authors have asserted their rights to be identified as the authors of this work in accordance with the Copyright, Designs and Patents Act 1988. Palgrave Macmillan in the UK is an imprint of Macmillan Publishers Limited, registered in England, company number 785998, of Houndmills, Basingstoke, Hampshire, RG21 6XS. Palgrave Macmillan in the US is a division of Nature America, Inc., One New York Plaza, Suite 4500, New York, NY 10004-1562. Palgrave Macmillan is the global academic imprint of the above companies and has companies and representatives throughout the world. ISBN: 978-1-349-70500-9 E-PDF ISBN: 978-1-137-52022-7 DOI: 10.1057/9781137520227 Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Creating social cohesion in an interdependent world : experiences of Australia and Japan / edited by Ernest Healy, Dharma Arunachalam, and Tetsuo Mizukami. pages cm Includes index. 1. Multiculturalism— Australia. 2. Multiculturalism—Japan. 3. Australia—Emigration and immigration. 4. Japan—Emigration and immigration. 5. Australia—Social policy. 6. Japan—Social policy. I. Healy, Ernest, editor. HN850.Z9M8437 2016 306.44’60994—dc23 2015028784 A catalogue record for the book is available from the British Library.

Contents List of Figures

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List of Tables

ix Part I

1 Social Cohesion and the Challenge of Globalization Ernest Healy, Dharma Arunachalam, and Tetsuo Mizukami

3

2 Japan’s Social Cohesion in Relation to Immigration Issues Tetsuo Mizukami

33

3 Australian Multiculturalism—“Natural Transition” or Social Coercion? Ernest Healy

47

4 Contemporary Australian Attitudes to Immigration Andrew Markus

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5 Immigration Challenges in Japan: How Has Japanese Society Coped With Immigration? Hirohisa Takenoshita

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Part II 6 Why Half the Municipal Governments Disappear Under a National Mergers Policy? Changing Local Bases in “Globalizing” Japan Takashi Machimura

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7 “Diasporic” Muslims, “Minoritarian” Islam, and Modern Democratic Citizenship: Negotiating Accommoda