Describes their labor conditions, stressing that the intensity of the current debate is disproportionate to the number of foreign workers in the labor force.
Introduction -- Labor migration in Israel: theoretical context -- The evolution of government policies and the migrant labor employment system -- Employment practices: the system of placement agencies -- Living and working as non-Israelis: Filipino caregivers -- Thai agricultural workers -- Rumanian construction workers -- Illegal labor migrants: life and work on the run -- Deportation -- The rhythm of policy and the employment system -- Labor migration policies and national identity
The rapid mobility of labour and capital across national boundaries is a critical feature of the contemporary capitalist world economy. Japan is no exception, and the influx of foreign workers became perhaps the most discussed social problem in the late 1980s and early 1990s. The author explores this problem and discusses the social origins of migrant workers, Japanese debates on the "problem" of these workers, racial ideology and the colonial legacy. (DÜI-Sen)