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.

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