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The 'new' foreigners and the social reconstruction of difference: the cultural diversification of Japanese education.
- Source :
- Comparative Education; Feb2004, Vol. 40 Issue 1, p55-81, 27p, 3 Charts, 1 Graph
- Publication Year :
- 2004
-
Abstract
- In our internationalizing world, even countries that have had a reputation of being so-called 'homogeneous' are facing cultural diversification within. Though Japan is a country often described as homogeneous or, at least, homogeneously minded, with the inflows of new types of foreigners, it is presently experiencing what has been dubbed the process of 'internal internationalization.' Such new forms of diversity trigger the formation of new social alignments, and challenge existing categories of the Different. This paper takes the Japanese example as a case in point to re-examine the social nature of the construction of difference. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
- Subjects :
- EDUCATION
SCHOOLS
PUBLIC institutions
EDUCATION policy
SOCIAL policy
Subjects
Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 03050068
- Volume :
- 40
- Issue :
- 1
- Database :
- Complementary Index
- Journal :
- Comparative Education
- Publication Type :
- Academic Journal
- Accession number :
- 13046846
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.1080/0305006042000184881