Contesting the limits of political participation: Latinos and black African migrant workers in Israel

Kemp, Adriana; Raijman, Rebeca; Resnik, Julia; Gesser, Silvina Schammah

doi:10.1080/014198700329141

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“…Differences among subpopulations notwithstanding, Israelis are willing to benefit from the cheap labour that foreign workers provide, but are reluctant to incorporate them in society. Labour migrants may thus be considered “margizens”; that is, a new category of people who, denied membership in the host society, remain excluded in legal, social, cultural and political terms (Kemp et al, 2000; Martiniello, 1994; Raijman and Semyonov, 2004). They have become the new hewers of wood and drawers of water in Israeli society.…”

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Foreigners and Outsiders: Exclusionist Attitudes towards Labour Migrants in Israel

Raijman¹

2012

International Migration

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This paper examines theoretical propositions regarding the social mechanisms that produce hostility and discriminatory attitudes towards out‐group populations. Specifically, we compare the effect of perceptions of socio‐economic and national threats, social contact and prejudice on social distance expressed towards labour migrants. To do so, we examine exclusionary views held by majority and minority groups (Jews and Arabs) towards non‐Jewish labour migrants in Israel. Data analysis is based on a survey of the adult Israeli population based on a stratified sample of 1,342 respondents, conducted in Israel in 2007. Altogether, our results show that Israelis (both Jews and Arabs) are resistant to accepting and integrating foreigners into Israeli society. Among Jews, this is because the incorporation of non‐Jews challenges the definition of Israel as a Jewish state and poses a threat to the homogeneity of the nation. Among Arabs, this is probably due to threat and competition over resources. The meanings of the findings are discussed within the unique ethno‐national context of Israeli society and in light of sociological theories on ethnic exclusionism.

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Foreigners and Outsiders: Exclusionist Attitudes towards Labour Migrants in Israel

Raijman¹

2012

International Migration

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“…In turn, HTAs and migrant organisations have addressed a range of different but related issues. Some work has focused on the nature of migrant rights, especially mobilising around the notion of ‘personhood’ rather than a state‐centred notion of citizenship (Kemp et al. 2000), reflecting the translocal nature of migrant organisations, as well as North–South connections.…”

Section: Diasporic Civil Society: Migrant Associations From Local To mentioning

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From Local to Global to Transnational Civil Society: Re‐Framing Development Perspectives on the Non‐State Sector

McIlwaine

2007

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This article outlines the meanings of civil society covering theoretical and development policy debates. It traces the evolution of conceptualisations of civil society noting how diversity in type, function and scale are critical in understanding these changes. The role of non‐governmental organisations within development policy is explored highlighting how the euphoria over civil society has been tempered over time, reflecting how Gramscian interpretations have begun to replace neo‐Tocquevillian viewpoints. The article also examines how civil society operates over different scales from local to global to transnational, assessing and critiquing the rise of global civil society or what is more appropriately called ‘transnational civil society’. The article finishes by highlighting the importance of diasporic civil society in relation to migrant groups especially from a development viewpoint as well as the need for more research on this issue. Conceptually, the article argues for a more sophisticated Gramscian interpretation of civil society that also recognises the importance of spatiality in the complex interpenetration between an increasingly extra‐territorialised state and an increasingly transnational civil society. Thus, it presents a re‐framing of development perspectives on the non‐state sector from local to global to transnational scales.

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“…These actors included Israeli academics (Drori & Kunda 1999;Schnell 1999;Kemp et al 2000), NGOs, the State Comptroller (1996Comptroller ( , 1999 and the Bank of Israel, which asserted already in 2000 that 'the current system of granting work permits must be altered' (Press Release December 2000). Despite these repeated calls, the government did little to change the 'binding arrangement'.…”

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Transnational Flows and Permissive Polities

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Kalir²

2012

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Contesting the limits of political participation: Latinos and black African migrant workers in Israel

Cited by 106 publications

References 15 publications

Foreigners and Outsiders: Exclusionist Attitudes towards Labour Migrants in Israel

Foreigners and Outsiders: Exclusionist Attitudes towards Labour Migrants in Israel

From Local to Global to Transnational Civil Society: Re‐Framing Development Perspectives on the Non‐State Sector

Transnational Flows and Permissive Polities

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