{"product_id":"states-of-admission-japans-foreign-labor-politics-in-regional-comparison-paperback","title":"States of Admission: Japan's Foreign Labor Politics in Regional Comparison - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eKonrad Kalicki\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eStates of Admission\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e presents the first comprehensive, comparative account of how Japan opened to foreign labor--and why this process took such a convoluted path. \u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eJapan's labor migration policy resists easy explanation. Although Japan pioneered foreign labor admission in East Asia in the early 1990s, it relied on side-door channels for select migrants. It was not until 2018 that Japan moved toward the direct admission pathways used in Taiwan and South Korea, even while retaining its original schemes.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eKonrad Kalicki argues that shifting perceptions of state security, channeled by executive politics, explain this trajectory. Pulled in opposing directions by security concerns and bureaucratic rivalry, Japan initially embraced a compromise approach. Centralization of policymaking and Prime Minister Shinzo Abe's leadership eventually led to reform that brought the country into regional alignment.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eKalicki's findings challenge the conventional assumption that ethnonationalism explains much of Japan's labor migration policy, showing instead that it results from state actors balancing structural constraints, societal demands, and autonomous interests. Eye-opening and persuasive, \u003ci\u003eStates of Admission\u003c\/i\u003e offers new insights into the politics of foreign labor admission in Japan and other industrialized democracies.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eKonrad Kalicki is Assistant Professor in the Department of Japanese Studies and the Department of Political Science at the National University of Singapore.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 252\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.58 x 9 x 6 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e June 15, 2026\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46593291681989,"sku":"9781501787805","price":72.43,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0757\/6718\/5605\/files\/pB8CI_bdZT9781501787805.webp?v=1785072282","url":"https:\/\/selloorium.com\/products\/states-of-admission-japans-foreign-labor-politics-in-regional-comparison-paperback","provider":"Selloorium","version":"1.0","type":"link"}