Creating Social Cohesion in an Interdependent World examines the ways in which two very different societies, Australia and Japan, have dealt with challenges to their cultural and institutional fabric, as well as the social cohesion arising from the acceleration of global interdependence during recent decades. Deepening globalization has generated great social dislocation and uncertainty about collective identity and to anxiety about how to accommodate apparently unstoppable external influences. The studies in this volume explore areas which have experienced significant impact from globalization, including immigration policy, ethnic and racial intermarriage, attitudes towards ethnic and racial minorities, national and cultural identity, education policy and labor relations. The approach used is innovative in juxtaposing two societies which, although developed, are contrasting in their historical origins and contemporary cultural legacies.

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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.

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PART I

1. Social Cohesion and the Challenge of Globalization; Ernest Healy, Dharma Arunachalam and Tetsuo Mizukami
2. Japan's Social Cohesion in Relation to Immigration Issues; Tetsuo Mizukami
3. Australian Multiculturalism 'Natural Transition' or Social Coercion?; Ernest Healy
4. Contemporary Australian Attitudes to Immigration; Andrew Markus
5. Immigration Challenges in Japan: How has Japanese Society Coped with Immigration?; Hirohisa Takenoshita
   PART II
6. Why Did a Half of Municipal Governments Disappear under a National Mergers Policy? : Changing Local Bases in 'Globalizing' Japan; Takashi Machimura
7. "Diasporic" Muslims, "Minoritarian" Islam and Modern Democratic Citizenship: Negotiating Accommodation and Integration; Clive S. Kessler
8. Volunteering and Civic Participation in the Vietnamese-Australian Community; Rose Misajon, Vicki Hutton and Ana-Maria Bliuc
9. Intermarriage, Language Use and Integration of Migrants; Dharma Arunachalam and Maria Karidakis
10. Intermarriage and Japanese Identity; Shuko Takeshita
    PART III
11. Internationalization of Higher Education as a Response to Globalization: Japan's Policy Challenges Since the 1980s; Yukako Yonezawa And Akiyoshi Yonezawa
12. Higher Education and Social Cohesion: Universities, Citizenship and Spaces of Orientation; Miriam Faine, Sue Plowright and Terri Seddon
13. Individual Labor-Related Dispute Mechanisms in Japan PolicyIntention and Individual Worker Aspirations; Nobuko Hosogaya
14. The Youth Labor Market in Japan; Nobuaki Fujioka
15. Globalization, Immigration Policy and Youth Employment in Australia; Bob Birrell and Ernest Healy