Who pays the price? : foreign workers, society, crime and the law / Mally Shechory, Sarah Ben-David and Dan Soen, editors.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Shechory-Bitton, Mally.

Ben-David, Sarah.

Soen, Dan.

Series:

Social issues, justice and status series.

Social issues, justice and status series

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Foreign workers--Israel.

Foreign workers.

Foreign workers--Legal status, laws, etc--Israel.

Physical Description:

vi, 278 p. : ill.

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

New York : Nova Science, c2010.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Why is labour migration an issue of such public, social and political concern? How did it acquire such an importance? This book deals with exploitation on a massive scale. The papers presented in this book cover a wide range of areas from various aspects.

Contents:

Intro

WHO PAYS THE PRICE? FOREIGN WORKERS, SOCIETY, CRIMEAND THE LAW

WHO PAYS THE PRICE? FOREIGN WORKERS, SOCIETY, CRIME AND THE LAW

CONTENTS

PREFACE

INTRODUCTION

REFERENCES

SECTION 1.STUDIES OF SOCIAL ISSUES:WHO PAYS THE PRICE?

PREJUDICE, SOCIAL DISTANCE, ANDDISCRIMINATORY ATTITUDES TOWARDS LABORMIGRANTS IN ISRAEL1

ABSTRACT

THEORETICAL BACKGROUND:EXPLAINING DISCRIMINATORY ATTITUDES TOWARDS OUT-GROUPS

METHODOLOGY

Variable Measurement

Dependent Variable: Social Distance

Explanatory Variables

Descriptive Overview

Explaining Prejudice and Social Distance

CONCLUSIONS

APPENDIX 1:FACTOR ANALYSIS FOR SOCIO-ECONOMIC THREAT,STEREOTYPES, AND SOCIAL DISTANCE

STEREOTYPICAL ATTITUDES AND SOCIAL DISTANCEBETWEEN ISRAELI WOMEN AND FEMALEFOREIGN WORKERS

THEORETICAL BACKGROUND

METHOD

Sample

Measurement

Procedure

RESULTS

DISCUSSION

OPENINGS AND OBSTACLES FOR MIGRANT CAREWORKERS: FILIPINO AU PAIRS AND NURSES INNORWAY

CARE WORKERS: FROM THE PHILIPPINES TO NORWAY

BACKGROUND: PHILIPPINE CARE WORKERS IN NORWAY

Nurses

Au Pairs

DOMESTIC WORKER OR AU PAIR?

NURSE WITH JOB SEEKER'S VISA

NURSE OR AU PAIR?

CONCLUSION:VISAS VS. EXPERIENCED REALITY

WHO PAYS THE PRICE? THE CASE OF THEOVERSEAS FILIPINO WORKERS' EXPERIENCE INHONG KONG

THE RESEARCH

Migrant Labour: International Context

Expatriates and Migrants: The Unequal Divide

Women Migrants: Contributions and Vulnerabilities

The Philippine Context: Philippine Overseas Workers

The Filipina Domestic Workers (FDWs) in Hong Kong: a Brief Overview

Domestic Work: The 3-D Job

Central and Survival: Strength in Solidarity

Faith and Religion

Humour and Laughter

Direct Resistance.

Indirect Resistance

Resisting Self-Pity

Using Logic to Argue a Case

CONCLUSION

WORK IMMIGRANTS AS PATIENTS IN GERMANFORENSIC PSYCHIATRY AND PSYCHOTHERAPY

MIGRANTS TO GERMANY: DEFINITION

WORK IMMIGRANTS:EPIDEMIOLOGICAL BASES OF WORK IMMIGRATION

THE SPECIAL CASE OF REPATRIATES OF GERMAN ORIGIN ANDTHEIR DEPENDANTS

FREQUENCY OF CRIMINAL OFFENCES AMONGMIGRANTS IN GERMANY

Foreigners

Repatriates of German origin

Migrants as Patients in the Penal System under Special Measures:Investigations in the Federal Republic of Germany

Forensic Treatment of Migrants

Special Treatment Problems with Migrants

1. Prejudice

2. Counter-Transference

3. Traumatisation through Migration

4. Language Skills: Translation

5. Pending Expulsion

CONCLUSIONS AND RECOMMENDATIONS

ACKNOWLEDGEMENT

"I KNOW NOTHING ABOUT AFRICA":CHILDREN OF UNDOCUMENTED SUB-SAHARANAFRICAN LABOR MIGRANTS IN ISRAEL,BETWEEN INTEGRATION AND DEPORTATION

SUB-SAHARAN AFRICAN LABOR MIGRANTS IN ISRAEL

"If I'm with a Baby I Will Not be Arrested": African Migrants FacingDeportation

"Look at Her, She is 100% Israeli… How Can I Take Her [Back] toNigeria?": The Struggle for Residence Permit between Hope and Despair

"After All… They Don't Live on a Different Planet": The Struggle overIdentity within the Israeli Education System

By Way of Conclusion - "I Am Not Really Ghanaian… for Me It Is a BadPlace": Bewildered Identities

SECTION 2.POLICY AND LEGISLATION - TRYING TO COPE

CAST ME NOT OFF IN THE TIME OF OLD AGE(PSALMS 71:9) OCCUPATIONAL PENSION FORMIGRANT WORKERS

Policy Considerations

THE LEGAL SYSTEM IN ISRAEL

CRITICAL ANALYSIS OF EXISTING PENSION INSURANCE MODELSFOR MIGRANT WORKERS.

Measures for evaluation of Pension Insurance Models for Migrant Workers

EVALUATION OF EXISTING MODELS

Application of the Pension Arrangement that Applies to Local Workers

MUTUAL ARRANGEMENT: MULTI-COUNTRY CONSOLIDATION

International Consolidation?

The European Union

Lump Sum Compensation

THE PROPOSED MODEL - A BILATERAL AGREEMENT

REFERENCE

THE PROTECTION OF MIGRANT WORKERS' RIGHTSBY COURTS: THE CASE OF ISRAEL AND FRANCE

ISRAEL AND FRANCE - A COMPARATIVE LOOK

A "Civic" Nation vs. an "Ethnic" Nation

On "Frenchness" and "Jewishness

WORKER IMMIGRATION

The Impact of Globalisation

Worker Immigration in Israel

Worker Immigration in France

COURTS AND MIGRANT WORKERS

The Role of Courts in Protecting Migrant Workers' Rights

Migrant Workers in Israel's Supreme Court

Comparison of the Attitude of Courts in Israel and France towards MigrantWorkers

THE STATE OF ISRAEL'S APPROACH TO FOREIGNWORKERS AND THEIR FAMILIES:A POLICY OF IGNORING AIMED AT SEGREGATION1

THE CHILDREN OF FOREIGN WORKERS - "CHILDREN WITHOUT AHOME OR CIVIL RIGHTS IN ISRAEL"

THE CHRONICLE OF A DECISION:YEARS OF DISCUSSIONS, APPEALS AND DEFERRALS

If You Will It, It's No Dream: A Jewish and Democratic State

ILLEGAL EMPLOYMENT OF IMMIGRANTS INGERMANY: COMBATING THE PHENOMENON VERSUSSOCIAL RIGHTS?

IRREGULAR EMPLOYMENT OF IMMIGRANTS IN GERMANY:OVERVIEW

MEASURES TAKEN TO PREVENT AND TO COMBAT IRREGULAREMPLOYMENT

Legal Labour Migration Schemes

External Controls

Internal Controls

CONSEQUENCES OF THE MEASURES TAKEN FOR THE ILLEGALLYEMPLOYED IMMIGRANTS

RIGHTS OF ILLEGALLY EMPLOYED IMMIGRANTS.

National Law and International Conventions

Access to Social Services

PROTECTION AGAINST EXPLOITATION

Regularizations

UNDOCUMENTED FOREIGN WORKERS DETAINED INTHE ISRAELI PRISON SYSTEM:"THE BASTARD CHILD" OF THE PRISON SYSTEM

FOREIGN WORKERS IN ISRAEL IN THE AFTERMATH OF THEINTIFADA1

"The Chaining Regime"

THE CUSTODY TRIBUNAL FOR ILLEGAL ALIENS

a. The Relationship between Language and Communication: "VoicelessDetainees"

b. Varying Cultures of the Detainees

c. Religious Differences among Detainees

d. Political Rivalry from the Detainee's Country of Origin

e. Medical Treatment of the Prisoners

f. Differing Menus and Eating Habits with Origin in Customs and ReligiousBeliefs

g. Lack of Available Funds

h. External Organizations Involved in the Care and Management ofDetainees

SECTION 3.CRIMINOLOGY AND VICTIMOLOGY ASPECTS:TRAFFICKING AND VICTIMIZATION

ENSLAVEMENT AND HUMAN TRAFFICKING:THE SUPPLE SWIMMERS OF FISHING AT YEJI,GHANA

CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORK

SUPPLE SWIMMING: RECRUITMENT, HAZARDS AND RESCUE

EXPLOITATION OF CHILDREN'S LABOR IN THEFISHING INDUSTRY: THE ETIOLOGY

EXPLOITATION OF SUPPLE SWIMMERS:ALIENATION AND ENSLAVEMENT

CONCLUSION AND RECOMMENDATIONS

TRAFFICKING IN WOMEN FOR SEX IN A GLOCALCONTEXT: THE CASE OF ISRAEL

THE DANGEROUS WHIRLPOOL OF GLOBALIZATIONAND MIGRATION

A CHOICE MADE BY THOSE WHO HAVE NO CHOICE

SEXUAL SLAVERY AS A TOTAL INSTITUTION

ISRAEL AND SEX SLAVERY IN A GLOCAL CONTEXT

McWorld in the Promised Land: Women as Object and Merchandise

Sex Work as a Natural Phenomenon

Prostitution as an Economic Phenomenon

Sex Workers as Merchandise

REACTIONS TO TRAFFICKING IN WOMEN: 2000-2006.

Good News, Statistical Manipulation or "Business as Usual

A SKEPTICAL CONCLUSION

VICTIMIZATION OF INDIAN MIGRANT WORKERSIN SOUTH EAST ASIA

MIGRATION OF INDIAN WORKERS TO SOUTH EAST ASIA

THE VICTIMIZATION OF INDIAN MIGRANT WORKER INSOUTH EAST ASIA

Singapore

Malaysia

ROLE OF INDIAN GOVERNMENT TO PROTECT MIGRANT WORKERS

THE PLIGHT OF FEMALE MIGRANT DOMESTICWORKERS IN THE GULF STATES

MIGRANT WORKERS IN THE GULF COUNTRIES

The Kafala System

Female Domestic Workers

INTERSECTIONAL APPROACH

Intersectionality Theory

INTERSECTIONAL DISCRIMINATION AND FEMALE MIGRANTDOMESTIC WORKERS

Targeted Intersectional Discrimination

Structural Intersectional Discrimination

Discrimination in the Criminal Justice System

Undercriminalization of Perpetrators

Overcriminalization

RESPONSE OF THE GOVERNMENTS IN THE GULF REGION

PREVENTION OF EXPLOITATION AND ABUSE OFFEMALE DOMESTIC WORKERS

Recommendations

Receiving Countries

Sending Countries

WORKING IN THE SHADE:IRREGULAR MIGRANT WORKERS IN THENETHERLANDS

FOREWORD

HISTORY

1945-1960

1961-1975

1976-1990

1991-2008

RECENT ESTIMATES

LEGAL POSITION AND POLICY CONTEXT

SOCIAL POSITION

LABOUR MARKET

CRIME

PROSTITUTION

EXPLOITATION

ABOUT THE EDITORS

ABOUT THE AUTHORS

INDEX.

Notes:

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

1-61209-878-9

OCLC:

699506922