Transnational Migration to Israel in Global Comparative Context

by Willen, Sarah S.; Adout, Rami; Alexander, Michael; Castaneda, Heide; Davidovitch, Nadav; Filc, Dani; Kemp, Adriana; Mundlak, Guy; Raijman, Rebeca; Rosenthal, Anat; Sabar, Galia; Schnell, Itzhak; Rosenhek, Zeev

• ISBN13: 9780739110676
• ISBN10: 0739110675
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2007-12-05
• Publisher: Lexington Books

Summary

Transnational Migration to Israel in Global Comparative Context explores both how and why the recent influx of approximately two hundred thousand non-Jewish migrants from dozens of countries across the globe has led state officials to declare in definitive terms that Israel "is not on immigration country" despite its unwavering commitment to welcoming unlimited-numbers of "homeward-bound" Jewish immigrants. The presence of labor migrants, along with smaller groups of asylum seekers and victims of trafficking in women, has dramatically transformed the local labor economy of Israel/Palestine and generated a wide array of complicated legal, policy-related, cultural, and ideological questions and dilemmas for the Israeli state, local municipalities, and civil society.

Table of Contents

List of Images	p. vii
Acknowledgments	p. ix
Introduction	p. 1
Transnational Migration and the Israeli State in Flux: National-Level Perspectives
Labor Migration, Managing the Ethno-National Conflict, and Client Politics in Israel	p. 31
Litigating Citizenship Beyond the Law of Return	p. 51
Tel Aviv as Global City: Local and Municipal Perspectives on Transnational Migration
Local Migrant Policies in a Guest-worker Regime: The Case of Tel Aviv	p. 73
Migrant Workers' Segregation and Adaption to the Ethnic City: The Case of Tel Aviv	p. 87
Irregular Migration and Health
Rights, Citizenship, and the National State: Health Policies Toward Migrant Workers in Comparative Perspective	p. 103
Undocumented Migrant Workers and Access to Health Services in Germany: Points of Comparison to Israel	p. 123
Asylum Seekers and Trafficked Women-A Comparative Perspective on Health Care Entitlements	p. 139
Seeking Inhabitable Spaces of Welcome: Ethnographic Perspectives on Undocumented Migrants' Everyday Lives
"Flesh of Our Flesh": Undocumented Migrant Workers' Search for Meaning in the Wake of a Suicide Bombing	p. 159
The Rise and Fall of African Migrant Churches: Transformations in African Religious Discourse and Practice in Tel Aviv	p. 185
Terms of Endearment: Undocumented Domestic Workers and Their Israeli Employers	p. 203
Conclusion
Challenging Exclusionary Migration Regimes: Labor Migration in Israel in Comparative Perspective	p. 217
References	p. 233
Index	p. 255
Contributor Biographies	p. 265
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