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Hosoki Ralph Ittonen

 
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NameHosoki Ralph Ittonen
Alternative NamesRalph Hosoki
AffiliationSophia University
SectionFaculty of Human Sciences, Department of Sociology
Job titleAssistant Professor
DegreeBachelor of Arts (Sociology/Anthropology)(Carleton College), Master of Arts in Advanced Social and International Studies(University of Tokyo), Master of Arts in Social Sciences(University of California, Irvine), Doctor of Philosophy in Sociology(University of California, Irvine)
Research funding number00820557
J-Global ID201801004933689518

Research Interests

 
Sociological Neoinstitutionalism ,Qualitative Comparative Analysis ,Cross-national Research ,Social Movements ,International Migration ,International Migration Studies ,Human Rights ,International Norms ,Globalization ,Global and Transnational Sociology

Research Areas

 
  • Humanities & social sciences / Sociology / 
  • Humanities & social sciences / International relations / 
  • Humanities & social sciences / Local studies / 

Awards

 
Jun 2013
University of California, Irvine Department of Sociology, Outstanding Teaching Assistant Award (2012-2013)
Hosoki, Ralph Ittonen 
 

Papers

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World Society Theory and Cultural Globalization: Contrasts with World-Systems Theory and International Relations Constructivism
Ralph I. Hosoki   
Sociological Studies   47 1-21   Mar 2023
 
Theorizing Why States Confer Rights and Protections to Itinerant Populations: Moving Beyond State Interests and International Norms and Thinking about the Social Construction of Deservingness
Ralph I. Hosoki   
Sociological Studies   46 1-25   Mar 2022   
 
The Determinants of Cross-national Variation in Migrants’ Access to Rights
Hosoki, Ralph   Ittonen   
Sociological Inquiry   88(1) 155-179   Feb 2018   [Refereed]
Published online first on May 24, 2017
 
Whom Do Human Rights Norms Protect? The Determinants of Cross-national Variations in Protections for Itinerant Populations
Hosoki, Ralph   Ittonen   
Doctoral Dissertation      Jun 2017   
 
Disaggregating Labor Migration Policies to Understand Aggregate Migration Realities: Insights from South Korea and Japan as Negative Cases of Immigration
Chung, Erin Aeran   Hosoki   Ralph Ittonen   equal authorship   
Comparative Labor Law & Policy Journal   39(1) 83-110   2017   [Refereed]

Misc.

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Demography and Social Movements and Revolutions
Ralph I. Hosoki   
The Wiley‐Blackwell Encyclopedia of Social and Political Movements   1-3   Sep 2022   [Invited]
 
Book review of Rights Make Might: Global Human Rights and Minority Social Movements in Japan, by Tsutsui, Kiyoteru.
Ralph Ittonen Hosoki   
International Journal of Japanese Sociology   30(1) 199-202   2021   [Invited]
 
Book review of Humanitarianism and Mass Migration: Confronting the World Crisis, by Suarez-Orozco, Marcelo M.
Ralph Ittonen Hosoki   
Humanity & Society   44(2) 235-237   2020   [Invited]
 
Book review of Embedded Racism: Japan’s Visible Minorities and Racial Discrimination, by Arudou, Debito.
Ralph Ittonen Hosoki   
Pacific Affairs   90(2) 361-363   Jun 2017   [Invited]
Published online first: http://pacificaffairs.ubc.ca/book-reviews/book-reviews-2/recent-book-reviews/book-reviews-vol-90-no-2/#embeddedhosoki
 
The Industrial Training and Technical Internship Programs
Hosoki, Ralph   Ittonen   
The Center for the Documentation of Refugees and Migrants      2011   [Invited]

Books and Other Publications

 
 
Hosoki Ralph Ittonen(Part:Others, pp. 85-109 (Chapter 4 - with Colin J. Beck, John W. Meyer, Ralph I. Hosoki, and Gili S. Drori))
Cambridge University Press   Apr 2019   (ISBN:1108473105)   
 
Hosoki Ralph Ittonen(Part:Others, pp. 285-336 (Chapter 10) (sole author))
World Scientific   2016   (ISBN:9814678872)   

Presentations

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Ralph Ittonen Hosoki   
2021 IMISCOE Annual Conference   9 Jul 2021   
 
Moderator   Reiko Ogawa   Panelists   Sachi Takahata   Masako Tanaka   Asuko Abe   Discussants   Deborah Milly   Ralph Ittonen Hosoki   
Japan Association for Migration Policy Studies (JAMPS) Annual Conference (hosted online)   12 Dec 2020   [Invited]
 
2019 American Sociological Association (ASA) Annual Meeting   11 Aug 2019   American Sociological Association (ASA)   
 
Hosoki, Ralph   Ittonen   
2017 American Sociological Association (ASA) Annual Meeting   Aug 2017   
 
Hosoki, Ralph   Ittonen   
2016 American Sociological Association (ASA) Annual Meeting   Aug 2016   

Professional Memberships

 
 
   
 
JAPAN ASSOCIATION FOR MIGRATION POLICY STUDIES
 
   
 
THE KANTOH SOCIOLOGICAL SOCIETY
 
   
 
Association for Asian Studies
 
   
 
International Sociological Association
 
   
 
American Sociological Association

Works

 
 
Marc Helbling (University of Bamberg) (project funded by the Emmy-Noether program of the German Research Foundation, WZB Berlin Social Science Center at the University of Bamberg, and the Swiss National Science Foundation)   
Jan 2012 - Today   Database science
 
Friederike Römer (University of Bremen)   
Oct 2018   Database science

Research Projects

 
 
The State Interest and International Norm Dialectic: A Cross-National Empirical Analysis of the Advent of an Opportunistic Humanitarian Protections Regime for Refuge Seekers
Japan Society for the Promotion of Science (JSPS): Grants-in-Aid for Scientific Research (Kakenhi)
Ralph Ittonen Hosoki 
Project Year: Apr 2019 - Mar 2022
 
日本の外国人労働者政策の策定プロセスにおける国際規範の役割と影響
Japan Society for the Promotion of Science: Research Fellowship and Grants in Aid for Young Scientists (DC2 category)
Hosoki, Ralph Ittonen 
Project Year: Apr 2009 - Aug 2010

Social Activities

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[Report writing]
Solidarity Network with Migrants Japan Migrants Network; Vol. 181, pp. 34-37 2015
 
[Panelist]
Network for Human Rights Legislation for Foreigners and Ethnic Minorities NGO Forum for the Realization of a Transformation from Management-based Policy to Human Rights-based Policy in Tokyo 2010
 
[Panelist]
NGO Network for the Elimination of Racial Discrimination and the International Movement Against All Forms of Discrimination and Racism (IMADR) Debriefing Session 2010
 
[Panelist]
May 18 Memorial Foundation Gwangju International Peace Forum 2010
 
[Informant]
United Nations Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights Presentation with Daisuke Shirane 2010

Media Coverage

 
 
Kyodo News   Japan Today website      [Newspaper, magazine]
 
Kyodo News   Japan Today website      [Newspaper, magazine]
 
Solidarity Network with Migrants Japan   NGO Report to the United Nations Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination (CERD) (Ralph I, Hosoki, Nobuyuki Sato, and Masataka Okamoto, eds.)      [Other]
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