Our book has published via KDL, finally…
本が無事 出版されました。電子出版です。
野田さえ子 編著、石丸大輝・神田すみれ・江場日菜子 著
大学生・院生のための教科書
移民について考える
人の森、2026年
構想から３年の月日がかかりました…。
途中、選挙での移民政策の振り子の揺れ動きもあり。
最後は、KDLとの技術的戦いが待っていました。
ぜひ、大学生、院生などの若い世代の方、また、彼らと直接対話をする大学教員の皆様等に活用いただきたいと思っています。
Kindle Unlimited対象ですので、ぜひともページをめくっていただければ幸いです。
本書は、人口減少と外国人住民の増加が進む日本社会を見据え、大学生・大学院生が「移民社会・日本」を生きるための基礎的な視点を学ぶ教科書として執筆をまとめました。
労働市場と外国人、送り出し国の事情、グローバル化する職場、移住労働と人権、移民政策、多文化共生、国際協力、テクノロジーなどを17章で扱い、開発学、社会学、経済・経営、法学等の知見を横断する。各章は、身近な事例、基本概念、演習・討議課題、推薦図書・参考文献から構成し、ディスカッションやロールプレイなどの授業にも活用しやすい。専門知識を持たない学生にも理解できる平易さを重視しつつ、発展的学習への入口も意識してます。
移民を「人手」としてのみ捉えず、生活者、地域住民、家族としてともに生きる社会のあり方を、正解ではなく、ファクトと多様な視点から自ら考え、対話するための一冊となることを願っています。
Our book has finally been published!
Thinking about Migration: A Textbook for University and Graduate Students.
Edited/Written by Saeko Noda
Written by Hiroki Ishimaru, Sumire Kanda, and Hinako Eba
Hitonomori, 2026
It has taken three years from the initial conception of the book to its publication.
Along the way, we witnessed the pendulum of migration policy swing back and forth, particularly during elections. And at the very end, there was one final challenge waiting for us: a technical battle with KDP.
We sincerely hope that this book will be used by younger generations, especially university and graduate students, as well as by university faculty members who engage with them directly in the classroom.
This book was developed as a textbook to provide university and graduate students with the fundamental perspectives they need to think about and live in an increasingly diverse Japanese society—one shaped by population decline and a growing number of foreign residents.
Across 17 chapters, the book explores a wide range of topics, including foreign workers and the labor market, conditions in migrant-sending countries, increasingly globalized workplaces, migrant labor and human rights, migration policy, multicultural coexistence, international cooperation, and technology. Drawing on insights from development studies, sociology, economics and business, law, and related fields, it takes an interdisciplinary approach.
Each chapter includes familiar real-life cases, key concepts, exercises and discussion questions, as well as recommended readings and references. The book is designed to be easily incorporated into classes using discussions, role-playing activities, and other participatory methods. While we have placed particular emphasis on making the content accessible to students without prior specialist knowledge, we also hope that it will serve as a starting point for more advanced study.
Rather than viewing migrants simply as “labor” or “human resources,” we hope this book will encourage readers to think about what it means to build a society in which people live together as individuals, local residents, neighbors, and family members.
The book does not offer a single “correct” answer. Instead, our hope is that it will provide readers with facts and diverse perspectives that enable them to think for themselves, engage in dialogue, and consider what kind of society they want to create.
