Organized labor and civil society for multiculturalism : a solidarity success story from South Korea

Some 30 years ago, South Korea began a temporary worker program modeled after Japan, Europe and the U.S. Newly arrived migrants, framed as temporary populations, were expected to return to their countries of origin upon fulfilling their economic roles. However, many overstayed their visas to maximiz...

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Main Author Kim, Joon K. (Author)
Format Electronic eBook
LanguageEnglish
Published Bingley, U.K. : Emerald Publishing Limited, 2020.
Subjects
Labor movement > Korea (South)
Foreign workers > Legal status, laws, etc. > Korea (South)
Multiculturalism > Korea (South)
Civil society > Korea (South)
elektronické knihy
electronic books
Online AccessFull text
ISBN9781839823909
9781839823886
DOI10.1108/9781839823886
Physical Description1 online resource (160 pages)

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Table of Contents:
  • Chapter 1: Manufacturing Unauthorized Workers and Advocacy in South Korea
  • Chapter 2: Labor Unions, Civil Society and Immigrant Labor: The Exceptional Case of South Korea
  • Chapter 3: Sex Workers, Marriage Migrants and Gender Formation in Migrant Advocacy
  • Chapter 4: North Korean Defectors, Koryoin, and the Korean Chinese: The Ethnic Question and the Role of Advocacy Organizations
  • Chapter 5: Internal Orientalism and Multicultural Acts: The Challenges of Multicultural Education in Korea
  • Chapter 6: From Labor Rights to Multicultural Human Rights: Migrant Advocacy Organizations and Praxis Multiculturalism.

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