Civil society and social movements for immigrant rights in Japan and South Korea: Convergence and divergence in unskilled immigration policy

Korea Observer

Volumn 41, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 615-647

  Yamanaka, Keiko ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Civil society; Convergent hypothesis; Democratic transition; Gap hypothesis; Immigration policy; Minjung legacy; Regulatory framework

Indexed keywords

EID: 78951481249     PISSN: 00233919     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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