03427nam 2200685Ia 450 991081523800332120240417033405.00-7914-7709-61-4416-0371-9(CKB)1000000000722523(OCoLC)316412870(CaPaEBR)ebrary10575818(SSID)ssj0000156936(PQKBManifestationID)11150821(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000156936(PQKBWorkID)10130935(PQKB)11488987(MiAaPQ)EBC3407392(MdBmJHUP)muse13920(Au-PeEL)EBL3407392(CaPaEBR)ebr10575818(DE-B1597)683917(DE-B1597)9780791477090(EXLCZ)99100000000072252320080605d2009 ub 0engurcn|||||||||txtccrForeign workers in Israel[electronic resource] global perspectives /Israel Drori1st ed.Albany SUNY Pressc20091 online resource (259 p.)SUNY series in Israeli studiesBibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph0-7914-7689-8 Includes bibliographical references (p. 215-233) and index.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.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.SUNY series in Israeli studies.Foreign workersIsraelForeign workersGovernment policyIsraelForeign workers, PhilippineIsraelForeign workers, RomanianIsraelForeign workers, ThaiIsraelForeign workersForeign workersGovernment policyForeign workers, PhilippineForeign workers, RomanianForeign workers, Thai331.6/2095694Drori Israel1636546MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910815238003321Foreign workers in Israel4113933UNINA