Immigrants and bureaucrats : Ethiopians in an Israeli absorption center /
Since Israel is primarily a country of immigrants, the state takes on the responsibility for the settlement and integration of each new group. It therefore sees its role as benevolent and indispensable to the welfare of the immigrants. This be true to some extent. However, the overwhelming effect, t...
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| Language: | English Hebrew |
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New York :
Berghahn Books,
[1999]
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| Series: | New directions in anthropology ;
v. 7. |
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Table of Contents:
- Series Page; Immigrants and Bureacrats ; Copyright Page; Dedication; Table of Contents; Preface; Acknowledgements; List of Hebrew Terms and Israeli Organizations; Maps; Introduction; Chapter 1. The Center as a Dependent System; Chapter 2. Closure and Emergence of Power-Dependence Relations; Chapter 3. The Ethiopian Immigrants as a Social Category and Social Problem; Chapter 4. Social Closure and Power-Dependence Relationships at the Galuyot Absorption Center; Chapter 5. Categorizing Women; Chapter 6. The Role of Cultural Explanations in Gender-Based Relations; Conclusion; Select Bibliography