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

• Figures and TablesForeword1. IntroductionThe Challenge of Labor Migration PoliciesIsrael: Its Major Dilemmas and Recent Labor MigrationA Note on the Objectives of This BookOrganization of This Book2. Labor Migration in Israel: Theoretical ContextTheoretical Discussion of Labor MigrationThe Theoretical Context of the Israeli Case: The Threat ArgumentThe Context of the Israeli Case: The Ethnic Identity ArgumentConclusion3. The Evolution of Government Policies and the Migrant Labor Employment SystemThe Legal FrameworkPolicy: The History of System of Entry PermitsThe Formation of the Employment SystemConclusion4. Employment Practices: The System of Placement AgenciesTestimonySystem of EmploymentSkewed PracticesTestimony: A Day of Negotiations on Behalf of Workers at Kav La’OvedConclusion5. Living and Working as Non-Israelis: Filipino CaregiversSocial and Employment NetworksThe Filipina Community in IsraelBreaking out of the Legal NetworkConclusion6. Thai Agricultural WorkersThe Employment SystemThe Social Environment of WorkWages and WelfareConclusion7. Rumanian Construction WorkersWork System and CycleMechanism of ControlConclusion8. Illegal Labor Migrants: Life and Work on the RunWorking LifeModes of Incorporation of Labor Migrants: The Case of Their ChildrenConclusion9. DeportationDeportation: Process and PracticesThe Implications of the Politics of DeportationThe Implications for Labor MigrantsConclusion10. The Rhythm of Policy and the Employment SystemThe Reconstitution of the Institutional Environment and the Employment SystemThe Rhythm of PoliciesModes of IntegrationConclusion11. Labor Migration Policies and National IdentityThe Consequences of PolicyThe Legacy of a "Defensive" NationThe Effect of Citizenship on Rights to Enter, Work, and Reside in IsraelNotesReferencesIndex

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

• Figures and TablesForeword1. IntroductionThe Challenge of Labor Migration PoliciesIsrael: Its Major Dilemmas and Recent Labor MigrationA Note on the Objectives of This BookOrganization of This Book2. Labor Migration in Israel: Theoretical ContextTheoretical Discussion of Labor MigrationThe Theoretical Context of the Israeli Case: The Threat ArgumentThe Context of the Israeli Case: The Ethnic Identity ArgumentConclusion3. The Evolution of Government Policies and the Migrant Labor Employment SystemThe Legal FrameworkPolicy: The History of System of Entry PermitsThe Formation of the Employment SystemConclusion4. Employment Practices: The System of Placement AgenciesTestimonySystem of EmploymentSkewed PracticesTestimony: A Day of Negotiations on Behalf of Workers at Kav La’OvedConclusion5. Living and Working as Non-Israelis: Filipino CaregiversSocial and Employment NetworksThe Filipina Community in IsraelBreaking out of the Legal NetworkConclusion6. Thai Agricultural WorkersThe Employment SystemThe Social Environment of WorkWages and WelfareConclusion7. Rumanian Construction WorkersWork System and CycleMechanism of ControlConclusion8. Illegal Labor Migrants: Life and Work on the RunWorking LifeModes of Incorporation of Labor Migrants: The Case of Their ChildrenConclusion9. DeportationDeportation: Process and PracticesThe Implications of the Politics of DeportationThe Implications for Labor MigrantsConclusion10. The Rhythm of Policy and the Employment SystemThe Reconstitution of the Institutional Environment and the Employment SystemThe Rhythm of PoliciesModes of IntegrationConclusion11. Labor Migration Policies and National IdentityThe Consequences of PolicyThe Legacy of a "Defensive" NationThe Effect of Citizenship on Rights to Enter, Work, and Reside in IsraelNotesReferencesIndex

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

• Figures and TablesForeword1. IntroductionThe Challenge of Labor Migration PoliciesIsrael: Its Major Dilemmas and Recent Labor MigrationA Note on the Objectives of This BookOrganization of This Book2. Labor Migration in Israel: Theoretical ContextTheoretical Discussion of Labor MigrationThe Theoretical Context of the Israeli Case: The Threat ArgumentThe Context of the Israeli Case: The Ethnic Identity ArgumentConclusion3. The Evolution of Government Policies and the Migrant Labor Employment SystemThe Legal FrameworkPolicy: The History of System of Entry PermitsThe Formation of the Employment SystemConclusion4. Employment Practices: The System of Placement AgenciesTestimonySystem of EmploymentSkewed PracticesTestimony: A Day of Negotiations on Behalf of Workers at Kav La’OvedConclusion5. Living and Working as Non-Israelis: Filipino CaregiversSocial and Employment NetworksThe Filipina Community in IsraelBreaking out of the Legal NetworkConclusion6. Thai Agricultural WorkersThe Employment SystemThe Social Environment of WorkWages and WelfareConclusion7. Rumanian Construction WorkersWork System and CycleMechanism of ControlConclusion8. Illegal Labor Migrants: Life and Work on the RunWorking LifeModes of Incorporation of Labor Migrants: The Case of Their ChildrenConclusion9. DeportationDeportation: Process and PracticesThe Implications of the Politics of DeportationThe Implications for Labor MigrantsConclusion10. The Rhythm of Policy and the Employment SystemThe Reconstitution of the Institutional Environment and the Employment SystemThe Rhythm of PoliciesModes of IntegrationConclusion11. Labor Migration Policies and National IdentityThe Consequences of PolicyThe Legacy of a "Defensive" NationThe Effect of Citizenship on Rights to Enter, Work, and Reside in IsraelNotesReferencesIndex