Figures and Tables Foreword 1. Introduction The Challenge of Labor Migration Policies Israel: Its Major Dilemmas and Recent Labor Migration A Note on the Objectives of This Book Organization of This Book 2. Labor Migration in Israel: Theoretical Context Theoretical Discussion of Labor Migration The Theoretical Context of the Israeli Case: The Threat Argument The Context of the Israeli Case: The Ethnic Identity Argument Conclusion 3. The Evolution of Government Policies and the Migrant Labor Employment System The Legal Framework Policy: The History of System of Entry Permits The Formation of the Employment System Conclusion 4. Employment Practices: The System of Placement Agencies Testimony System of Employment Skewed Practices Testimony: A Day of Negotiations on Behalf of Workers at Kav La'Oved Conclusion 5. Living and Working as Non-Israelis: Filipino Caregivers Social and Employment Networks The Filipina Community in Israel Breaking out of the Legal Network Conclusion 6. Thai Agricultural Workers The Employment System The Social Environment of Work Wages and Welfare Conclusion 7. Rumanian Construction Workers Work System and Cycle Mechanism of Control Conclusion 8. Illegal Labor Migrants: Life and Work on the Run Working Life Modes of Incorporation of Labor Migrants: The Case of Their Children Conclusion 9. Deportation Deportation: Process and Practices The Implications of the Politics of Deportation The Implications for Labor Migrants Conclusion 10. The Rhythm of Policy and the Employment System The Reconstitution of the Institutional Environment and the Employment System The Rhythm of Policies Modes of Integration Conclusion 11. Labor Migration Policies and National Identity The Consequences of Policy The Legacy of a "Defensive" Nation The Effect of Citizenship on Rights to Enter, Work, and Reside in Israel Notes References Index
Israel Drori is Professor at the School of Business Administration, College of Management, Israel, and also teaches at the Department of Public Policy at Tel Aviv University. He is the author of The Seam Line: Arab Workers and Jewish Managers in the Israeli Textile Industry and coauthor (with Izhak Schnell and Michael Sofer) of Arab Industrialization in Israel: Ethnic Entrepreneurship in the Periphery.
"Drori explores critical issues. Especially because many of these workers are illegal, from as far away as China, Thailand, and the Philippines, the state offers them no protection, and they are often exploited." - Jewish Book World
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