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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...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés Hebrew |
| Publicado: |
New York :
Berghahn Books,
[1999]
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| Colección: | New directions in anthropology ;
v. 7. |
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
| Sumario: | 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, the author argues, is exactly the opposite: in her study of Ethiopian immigrants she reaches the conclusion that the absorption centers, which are central to Israeli immigration policy, present an extreme case of bureaucratic control over immigrants; they hinder rather than facilitate integration t. |
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| Descripción Física: | 1 online resource |
| ISBN: | 1782389369 9781782389361 |