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Record Nr.

UNINA9910407716003321

Autore

Kadri Ali

Titolo

A Theory of Forced Labour Migration : The Proletarianisation of the West Bank Under Occupation (1967-1992)  / / by Ali Kadri

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Singapore : , : Springer Singapore : , : Imprint : Springer, , 2020

ISBN

981-15-3200-1

Edizione

[1st ed. 2020.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (233 pages)

Disciplina

305.563

Soggetti

Social sciences

Labor economics

International relations

Development economics

Social Sciences, general

Labor Economics

International Relations

Development Economics

Public Policy

West Bank Politics and government

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Nota di contenuto

Ch1. An historical introduction to the subject -- Ch2. Dual Economy Models and their Relevance to Conditions in the West Bank -- Ch3. Modelling and testing empirically the case of oscillating labour in the West Bank -- Ch4. The structural approach and its relevance: the dependency case -- Ch5. The Structural Approach: The Radical dependency case -- Ch6. The choice theoretic framework.

Sommario/riassunto

This book focuses on labour dislocation and migration of Palestinians between 1967 and 1992. In particular, it highlights the social transformations in the occupied Palestinian territory where Palestinian labour was permitted to work in Israel from 1968 onwards. Elaborating on the results of the policy which saw a gradual increase in the number of Palestinian workers commuting daily from a negligible proportion of the actively participating labour force, to 35 percent of all employed



persons, and 60 percent of all wage paid workers, the book studies this unique case which embodies characteristics from permanent migration situations not only in the de-jure, but also the de-facto sense; insofar as it embeds higher risks and reallocates resources as if it was a permanent relocation scenario. Illustrated with tables and econometric results, the book identifies the determinants and implications of migrant labour from the West Bank using two broad methodologies: the neoclassical and the historical-structural method. Each of these methods is divided into two branches: the classical divided into price determined and a choice-theoretic framework,and the historical-structural divided into dependency and Marxist theory. In order to gain a comprehensive understanding of the situation, all four perspectives are employed in the investigation. In doing so, what emerges is a structure for the book which takes shape along the different lines of migration literature. The book will provide new insights into the making of wage labour and labour migration theory.