This term paper relates to the legal development of the Technical Intern Training Program (gaikokujin ginō jisshū seido, hereinafter “TITP”) and its forerunner programs from roughly 1989 to 2009. In order to seek answers for the research question, the applicability of the Advocacy Coalition Framework (ACF) will be tested.
Alongside shrinking population and workforce numbers and an ageing society, Japan experiences major transformation processes. Having only about 1.8 percent of foreign residents yet, the number of participants in the TITP is steadily on the rise.
The second chapter “The Advocacy Coalition Framework” deals with the policy process theory called ACF, which was developed in the late 1980s.
Chapter three “Historical Evolution of the Technical Intern Program” reconstructs the position of major involved stakeholder and examines legal changes to the Immigration Control and Refugee Recognition Act (Shutsunyūkoku kanri oyobi nanmin nintei hō, hereinafter “Immigration Act”) in four separated periods from the description of distant TITP predecessors prior to 1989 to the last reform of the Immigration Act in 2009.
In chapter four “Applying the Advocacy Coalition Framework to the evolution of the Japanese
Technical Intern Training Program” both prior chapter issues are brought together for an indepth
analysis of the Japanese immigration subsystem using the ACF.
Inhaltsverzeichnis (Table of Contents)
- Introduction.
- The Advocacy Coalition Framework
- Policy Subsystem and External Factors
- The Model of the Individual and Belief Systems
- Advocacy Coalitions.
- Pathways to Belief and Policy Change
- Historical Evolution of the Technical Intern Training Program
- Antecedents of the Technical Intern Training Program.
- The revision of the Immigration Control and Refugee Recognition Act in 1989
- Introduction of the Industrial Training and Technical Internship Program in 1993
- The Reform of Immigration Control and Refugee Recognition Act in 2009
- Applying the Advocacy Coalition Framework to the evolution of the Japanese Technical Intern Training Program
- Conclusion
Zielsetzung und Themenschwerpunkte (Objectives and Key Themes)
This term paper investigates the legal development of the Technical Intern Training Program (TITP) and its predecessor programs in Japan, focusing on the period from 1989 to 2009. The paper aims to understand how the present form of the TITP came to be, particularly in light of Japan's changing demographics and workforce needs. To achieve this objective, the applicability of the Advocacy Coalition Framework (ACF) will be tested.
- The evolution of Japan's Technical Intern Training Program (TITP)
- The role of the Advocacy Coalition Framework (ACF) in understanding policy change
- The interplay between external factors, belief systems, and advocacy coalitions in shaping immigration policy
- The influence of key stakeholders in shaping the TITP
- The historical context of legal reforms related to immigration control in Japan
Zusammenfassung der Kapitel (Chapter Summaries)
- Introduction: This chapter sets the stage for the research by outlining the context of Japan's changing demographics and workforce needs, highlighting the increasing importance of the TITP. It also introduces the research question and explains the approach of using the ACF to understand the development of the TITP.
- The Advocacy Coalition Framework: This chapter introduces the Advocacy Coalition Framework (ACF) as a policy process theory, emphasizing its focus on interactions between advocacy coalitions within a policy subsystem. Key terms related to the ACF, including policy subsystems, external factors, and belief systems, are briefly discussed.
- Historical Evolution of the Technical Intern Training Program: This chapter reconstructs the development of the TITP, tracing the legal changes to the Immigration Control and Refugee Recognition Act from its early predecessors prior to 1989 to the last reform in 2009. It examines the positions of key stakeholders involved in the process.
- Applying the Advocacy Coalition Framework to the evolution of the Japanese Technical Intern Training Program: This chapter integrates the information from the previous chapters to analyze the Japanese immigration subsystem using the ACF. It aims to provide an in-depth understanding of the framework's applicability to the development of the TITP.
Schlüsselwörter (Keywords)
The primary keywords and focus topics of this term paper are: Japan, Technical Intern Training Program (TITP), immigration policy, Advocacy Coalition Framework (ACF), policy subsystems, belief systems, advocacy coalitions, stakeholder analysis, legal reforms, Immigration Control and Refugee Recognition Act, low-skilled labor migration, demographic changes, workforce needs, and policy change.
- Quote paper
- Anonymous,, 2018, The Legal Development of the Technical Intern Training Program. How was the present form of Japan's TITP created?, Munich, GRIN Verlag, https://www.hausarbeiten.de/document/919397
