Contents

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents vii
3. List of Figures and Tables ix
4. Acknowledgments xi
5. Conventions and Abbreviations xv
6. Introduction: Advocacy and Governance for Immigrants 1
7. 1. Trajectories of the Advocacy-Governance Linkage 21
8. 2. National Policy Change Compared 44
9. 3. Changing Japan’s Policies—Slowly 60
10. 4. Local Governance and National Policy Advocacy in Japan 82
11. 5. Japan’s Webs of Nongovernmental Advocacy and Governance 110
12. 6. Landscapes of Multilevel Governance 131
13. 7. Shocks to the System 167
14. Conclusion: Advocacy toward Inclusion? 192
15. Notes 205
16. Bibliography 239
17. Index 255