Overview
- Offers an interdisciplinary approach to the theme of refugees/asylum seekers
- Integrates the overlooked cases of Japan and Taiwan in scholarship on refugees/asylum seekers
- Views refugees and asylum seekers’ experiences in East Asia through a human security lens
- This book is open access, which means that you have free and unlimited access
Part of the book series: Palgrave Macmillan Studies on Human Rights in Asia (PMSHRA)
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About this book
This edited volume fills a gap in current research on asylum seekers and refugees. By focusing on two East Asian countries, Japan and Taiwan, this volume offers material for comparison and reflection on an area of the world in which this theme is still relatively underdeveloped. By approaching the theme through the different perspectives of human rights, social construction through media representation and public opinion, and lived experiences, the book offers a multifaceted and sophisticated analysis of the phenomenon. The main aim of this collection is to expand current scholarship on refugee studies and offer policy recommendations on the timely topic of refugee and asylum seekers in East Asia.
This is an open access book.
Keywords
- Refugee protection in Japan
- Refugee protection in Taiwan
- Asylum seekers in Japan
- Asylum seekers in Taiwan
- Refugee and media representation in Japan
- Refugee and media representation in Taiwan
- Refugee and public opinion in Japan
- Refugee and public opinion in Taiwan
- Refugee law in Japan
- Refugee law in Taiwan
- Refugee/asylum seekers’ experiences and strategies in Japan
- Refugee/asylum seekers’ experiences and strategies in Taiwan
- Open Access
Table of contents (15 chapters)
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Front Matter
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Legal and Policy Frameworks of the Refugee Regimes in Japan and Taiwan
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Refugees and Asylum Seekers in Japan and Taiwan: Media Representations and Public Opinion
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Lived Experiences of Refugees and Asylum Seekers in Taiwan and Japan
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Editors and Affiliations
About the editors
Dr Lara Momesso is Senior Lecturer in Asia Pacific Studies at the School of Psychology and Humanities at the University of Central Lancashire (UCLan). She is Co-Director of the Northern Institute of Taiwan Studies at UCLan and Co-Deputy Director of the Centre for Migration, Diaspora and Exile at UCLan. She has an extensive track record on her main research theme, marriage migration between China and Taiwan, and more recently she has turned her attention towards refugees in East Asia and Chinese diaspora in the UK. She is Editor-in-Chief of the journal Asia Pacific Viewpoint.
Dr Polina Ivanova is Senior Researcher at the Asia-Japan Research Institute of Ritsumeikan University, Japan. She holds a PhD in International Relations from Ritsumeikan University. Her research interests lie in the areas of migration and migrant integration, including international students, refugees and asylum seekers and highly skilled migrants. Her research primarily centres on Japan, with comparative analyses extending to Australia, the United Kingdom, and the United States. Her recent book is “Civil society and international students in Japan: The making of social capital” (Routledge, 2023).
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Refugees and Asylum Seekers in East Asia
Book Subtitle: Perspectives from Japan and Taiwan
Editors: Lara Momesso, Polina Ivanova
Series Title: Palgrave Macmillan Studies on Human Rights in Asia
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-97-2867-1
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan Singapore
eBook Packages: Political Science and International Studies, Political Science and International Studies (R0)
Copyright Information: The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s) 2024
Hardcover ISBN: 978-981-97-2866-4Published: 04 June 2024
Softcover ISBN: 978-981-97-2869-5Due: 18 June 2025
eBook ISBN: 978-981-97-2867-1Published: 03 June 2024
Series ISSN: 2752-4310
Series E-ISSN: 2752-4329
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XIX, 399
Number of Illustrations: 14 b/w illustrations, 13 illustrations in colour
Topics: Political Science, Human Rights