The impact of globalization on Japanese citizenship

Abstract

Kuresellesme ulusdevletlerin ekonomik, siyasal, toplumsal ve kulturel olmak uzere tum alanlarini etkileyen bir yonetisim sistemidir. Kuresellesme devlet duzeyinde bu alanlarin yeniden sekillenmesinde onemli bir degistirici guc haline gelmistir. Degisik ulusal kontekstlerde kuresellesmenin degisimsel gucune karsi farkli yaklasimlar ve tepkiler bulunmaktadir. Her devlet, dunyadaki toplumsal, ekonomik, siyasi ve kulturel durusuna gore kendi yaklasimini gelistirmistir. Dolayisiyla kurusellesmenin degisimci gucuyle bas etmenin bir degil, bircok farkli yolu vardir. Bu arastirma, kuresellesmenin Japon Vatandasligi uzerindeki etkisine yogunlasmaktadir. Bu aratirma Japon devletinin etnik homojenite mitindeki israrina karsin Japonya'da yasayan azinliklarin hak ve ozgurluk taleplerini ele almaktadir.

Globalization is a new outreaching form of governance that affects all economical, political, social and cultural spheres of nation-states. It has become an important transformative force in re-shaping these spheres at the state level. There are different actions and reactions on globalizations transformative power in different national contexts. Each state has its own respond closely related to its social, economic, political and cultural positioning in the world. Thus there is no single way of dealing with globalization's transformation process but many. This research focuses on the impact of globalization on Japanese citizenship. The dilemma that this research addresses is the gap between Japanese states insistence on the ethnic homogeneity myth versus the demands for recognition and rights coming from minority groups within Japan.