The Korean Diaspora in Post War Japan: Geopolitics, Identity and Nation-Building

ISBN-13: 9781784537678 / Angielski / Twarda / 2017 / 288 str.

Myung Ja Kim

Opis

The Korean diaspora living in Japan - the Zainichi - represent the only Korean migrant group that has not been granted citizenship by its host state. Yet despite being Korean nationals, with legal rights of abode in Korea, the Zainichi are culturally Japanese and have no intention of returning to their now divided homeland.

Spis treści

IntroductionAlliance Cohesion, Diaspora and Nation-Building PoliciesZainichi Diaspora: from the Shadow of Japan's Colonial Legacy No Alliance and a Strong Historical Legacy-Exclusionary Policies towards the Zainichi in the Post-World War II Era (1945-1964)Alliance Cohesion Matters: Japan's Policy towards the Zainichi during the Cold War Era (1965-1980s)Does Alliance Cohesion Still Matter in the New Post-Cold War Geopolitical Era (1990-2014)?Conclusion

O autorze

Myung Ja Kim is currently a Teaching Fellow in Northeast Asian Politics at the School of Oriental and African Studies (SOAS), University of London. She completed her PhD at the Politics Department at SOAS where she received the Meiji Jingu Scholarship Award. Her MA in International Affairs was completed at the School of International Service, American University in Washington DC. She has been a guest lecturer in Korean Studies at Tubingen University and has published in the Journal of Asian Security and International Affairs. She founded and was President of the NGO, World Tonpo Network, Tokyo, an organization that seeks the peaceful unification of North and South Korea.