Multilevel governance, community and emergency management during the pandemic: migrants in Japan
The International Journal of Sociology and Social Policy
; 43(3/4):384-401, 2023.
Artigo
em Inglês
| ProQuest Central | ID: covidwho-2324949
ABSTRACT
PurposeBuilding on perspectives from the study of multilevel governance, migrants' inclusion and emergency management, this article asks how differences across national regulations for foreign residents, work eligibility and access to national emergency supports intersected with local approaches in responding to migrants.Design/methodology/approachThis article examines national policy adjustments and parallel subnational governance early in the pandemic for three groups of foreign residents international students, technical interns and co-ethnics with long-term visas, primarily Brazilians and Peruvians. It uses Japanese-language documents to trace national policy responses. To grasp subnational governance, the article analyzes coverage in six Japanese regional newspapers from northern, central and western Japan, for the period of April 1 to October 1, 2020.FindingsNational policies obstructed or enabled migrants' treatment as members of the local community but did not dictate this membership, which varied according to migrant group. Migrants' relationship to the community affected available supports.Originality/valueThe article brings together perspectives on multilevel governance, emergency management and migrants' inclusion. It exposes how different migrant groups' ties to the local community affected access to supports.
Social Services And Welfare; Japan; International students; Labor migrants; Technical interns; Collaboration; Community; Emergencies; Management; Newspapers; Migrants; Building management; Citizenship; Foreign students; Governance; Civil society; Nuclear power plants; Access; Intergovernmental relations; COVID-19; Foreign residents; Residents; Regional variations; Pandemics; Flexibility; Regulation; Earthquakes; Jurisdiction; Disasters; Immigration policy; Coronaviruses; Government
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ProQuest Central
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Estudo experimental
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Idioma:
Inglês
Revista:
The International Journal of Sociology and Social Policy
Ano de publicação:
2023
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