ISBN:
978-1-57181-941-3
,
1-57181-941-X
Language:
English
Pages:
XXVIII, 204 Seiten
,
Illustrationen, Karten
Series Statement:
New Directions in Anthropology volume 7
Uniform Title:
Byurokratyah ve-ole Etyopiyah
Keywords:
Israel Flucht
;
Flüchtling
;
Migration
;
Äthiopien
;
Jude
;
Administration
;
Soziale Bedingungen
;
Beziehungen, interkulturelle
Abstract:
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 through the creation of power-dependence relations, with immigrants - whose lives and social structures are constantly interfered with by the officials - being cast as weak, defenseless and needy. They are reduced to helpless charges of these officials whose main goals are to expand and perpetuate their respective organizations and to consolidate their own positions within them. Thus the absorption centers, rather than furthering integration, create dependence on state control and social segregation.
Description / Table of Contents:
Preface Emanuel Marx. Acknowledgements List of Hebrew Terms and Israeli Organizations Map of Israel Map of Galuyot Absorption Center. 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: An Example of Bureaucratic Influence on Family Organization Chapter 6. The Role of "Cultural Explanations" in Gender-Based Relations. Conclusion. Select Bibliography Index
Note:
Literaturverzeichnis: Seite 196 - 200
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