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Most wealthy countries rely on imported labor to a significant degree, especially for low-paid, insecure, unpleasant work. How do we understand the continuing practice of importing labor, especially given efforts to maintain a demographic ethnic/racial status quo? The question becomes more compelling when we consider that some advanced countries have not imported labour on a large scale. This book constitutes a major turn in migration studies for its insistence that we must begin to pay attention to wealthy countries with very few immigrants. If we want to understand why some countries have many foreign workers, we must also explain why other countries have very few. Israel and Japan are exemplary cases of each type: in recent decades, Israel has imported large numbers of workers, while Japan has mostly refrained from using foreign workers to resolve labor shortages. The book accounts for their different approaches with a highly innovative theory drawing on ideas from sociology, political science, and development studies.

Table of Contents:
List of Tables and Figures Acknowledgements INTRODUCTION Specification of the Problem The Need for a New Approach The Basic Argument Research Strategy Normative Interlude Plan of the Book LABOR MIGRATION IN THE POSTWAR PERIOD Concepts: From Intuition to Greater Precision Empirical Applications Foreign Workers in Wealthy Countries Conclusion FOREIGN WORKERS POLICY IN ISRAEL Policy Making in Israel Palestines from the Occupied Territories Israel's New Foreign Labor Force The Failure to Attract Israelis to Construction The Decision to Import Construction Labor Outcomes: Enhanced Profits for Contractors and Others Foreign Workers in Agriculture Conclusion ALTERNATIVES TO FOREIGN LABOR IN JAPAN Japan in the Labor Migration Literature Before the Oil Shock - Was Japan Different? Official and Private Perceptions of the Problem Substitutes for Foreign Labor Economic Policy and State Governance Conclusion LABOR MIGRATION, SOCIAL MEMBERSHIP, AND RACE Foreign Labor and Social Membership The Perspective of Sending Countries Appendix Notes References Index

About the Author :
DAVID BARTRAM teaches in Sociology at the University of Reading. He taught previously at Haverford College and Colorado College in the USA.


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  • ISBN-13: 9780230508170
  • Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan
  • Publisher Imprint: Palgrave MacMillan
  • Language: English
  • ISBN-10: 0230508170
  • Publisher Date: 11 May 2005
  • Binding: Digital (delivered electronically)
  • Sub Title: Foreign Workers and Public Policy


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