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Record Nr.

UNINA9910815238003321

Autore

Drori Israel

Titolo

Foreign workers in Israel [[electronic resource] ] : global perspectives / / Israel Drori

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Albany, : SUNY Press, c2009

ISBN

0-7914-7709-6

1-4416-0371-9

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (259 p.)

Collana

SUNY series in Israeli studies

Disciplina

331.6/2095694

Soggetti

Foreign workers - Israel

Foreign workers - Government policy - Israel

Foreign workers, Philippine - Israel

Foreign workers, Romanian - Israel

Foreign workers, Thai - Israel

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. 215-233) and index.

Nota di contenuto

Introduction -- Labor migration in Israel: theoretical context -- The evolution of government policies and the migrant labor employment system -- Employment practices: the system of placement agencies -- Living and working as non-Israelis: Filipino caregivers -- Thai agricultural workers -- Rumanian construction workers -- Illegal labor migrants: life and work on the run -- Deportation -- The rhythm of policy and the employment system -- Labor migration policies and national identity.

Sommario/riassunto

In this account of a social experiment gone awry, Israel Drori exposes a little-known and recent phenomenon: the importation of foreign workers from Third World economies to Israel. Focusing on Romanian, Thai, and Filipina migrants brought to Israel for specified periods of employment, Drori examines the effect of migrants on Israeli society, particularly the issue of national identity. What began as a political corrective—avoiding the danger of hiring Palestinians to do work that Jewish Israelis would not—has developed into a social and economic problem the state does not know how to handle. In addition to examining the work experiences and social lives of these workers, Drori



also situates the Israeli case within a global context, where many affluent nations have significant populations of marginalized, undocumented workers.