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At the Margins of Multiculturalism: Assessing Kymlicka’s Liberal Multiculturalism in Japan

Surak, Kristin

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Will Kymlicka's theories of multiculturalism have gained wide interest in the West but only recently have been applied beyond it. This research note assesses whether a Kymlickian approach provides traction for grasping the configuration of nondominant ethnic groupings in Japan and how they have achieved a degree of multicultural recognition. It first identifies equivalents and exceptions within the Japanese case to Kymlicka's key groupings: national minorities, indigenous peoples, immigrants, and metics. It then shows that of these, the last two drove the expansion of multicultural rights. Finally, it examines why they launched claims within a multicultural framework and assess the limits of the multicultural claims for bolstering the rights of subordinate groups.

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Surak, K. (in press). At the Margins of Multiculturalism: Assessing Kymlicka’s Liberal Multiculturalism in Japan. Nationalism and Ethnic Politics, 23(2), 227-239. https://doi.org/10.1080/13537113.2017.1311144

Journal Article Type Article
Acceptance Date Feb 8, 2017
Online Publication Date May 9, 2017
Deposit Date Jun 9, 2017
Publicly Available Date Jun 9, 2017
Journal Nationalism and Ethnic Politics
Print ISSN 1353-7113
Electronic ISSN 1557-2986
Publisher Taylor and Francis Group
Peer Reviewed Peer Reviewed
Volume 23
Issue 2
Pages 227-239
DOI https://doi.org/10.1080/13537113.2017.1311144

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