2009 Fiscal Year Final Research Report
Comparative Studies on Immigration Policy from a Transnational Perspective
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19520622
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| Research Category |
Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C)
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| Allocation Type | Single-year Grants |
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| Section | 一般 |
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| Research Field |
History of Europe and America
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| Research Institution | Tokyo Gakugei University |
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Principal Investigator |
SUGA Miya Tokyo Gakugei University, 教育学部, 准教授 (50376844)
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| Project Period (FY) |
2007 – 2009
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| Keywords | トランスナショナル / ヒストリー / 移民政策 |
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| Research Abstract |
This study sheds light on the revisions and transformation of immigration policies of the U.S., Canada, and Australia from a transnational perspective while taking the circulation of ideas, people and publications, and racial knowledge among these nations into account. It also analyzes the Japanese response to these revisions, especially the U.S. Immigration Act of 1952. It reveals that the experience of postwar Japan, presents a "lesson of history," in which immigration issues, a longtime "thorn in the side of U.S.-Japan relations" once again became a weight in the pendulum of public opinion, which can easily swing between "pro-Americanism" and "anti-Americanism."
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