From the communitarian ideal to the public sphere: The making of foreigners' assemblies in Kawasaki City and Kanagawa Prefecture

Social Science Japan Journal

Volumn 7, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 41-60

  Han, Seung Mi ^a  

^a Yonsei University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EMPOWERMENT; IMMIGRANT POPULATION; LOCAL PARTICIPATION; URBAN POLITICS; URBAN SOCIETY;

ASIA; EURASIA; FAR EAST; HONSHU; JAPAN; KANAGAWA; KANTO; KAWASAKI;

EID: 3042822106     PISSN: 13691465     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ssjj/7.1.41     Document Type: Article

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