Creating Social Cohesion in an Interdependent World

Ernest Healy is Research Affiliate with the School of Social Science at Monash University, Australia. Dharma Arunachalam is Associate Professor of Sociology with the School of Social Sciences, Monash University, Australia. Tetsuo Mizukami is Professor of Sociology and Director of the Rikkyo Institute for Global Urban Studies at Rikkyo University, Japan.

• PART I1.Social Cohesion and the Challenge of Globalization; Ernest Healy, Dharma Arunachalam and Tetsuo Mizukami2.Japan's Social Cohesion in Relation to Immigration Issues; Tetsuo Mizukami3.Australian Multiculturalism – 'Natural Transition' or Social Coercion?; Ernest Healy4.Contemporary Australian Attitudes to Immigration; Andrew Markus5.Immigration Challenges in Japan: How has Japanese Society Coped with Immigration?; Hirohisa TakenoshitaPART II6.Why Did a Half of Municipal Governments Disappear under a National Mergers Policy? : Changing Local Bases in 'Globalizing' Japan; Takashi Machimura7."Diasporic" Muslims, "Minoritarian" Islam and Modern Democratic Citizenship: Negotiating Accommodation and Integration; Clive S. Kessler8.Volunteering and Civic Participation in the Vietnamese-Australian Community; Rose Misajon, Vicki Hutton and Ana-Maria Bliuc9.Intermarriage, Language Use and Integration of Migrants; Dharma Arunachalam and Maria Karidakis10.Intermarriage and Japanese Identity; Shuko TakeshitaPART III11.Internationalization of Higher Education as a Response to Globalization: Japan's Policy Challenges Since the 1980s; Yukako Yonezawa And Akiyoshi Yonezawa12.Higher Education and Social Cohesion: Universities, Citizenship and Spaces of Orientation; Miriam Faine, Sue Plowright and Terri Seddon13.Individual Labor-Related Dispute Mechanisms in Japan PolicyIntention and Individual Worker Aspirations; Nobuko Hosogaya14.The Youth Labor Market in Japan; Nobuaki Fujioka15.Globalization, Immigration Policy and Youth Employment in Australia; Bob Birrell and Ernest Healy