TY - GEN T1 - Immigrants and bureaucrats : Ethiopians in an Israeli absorption center T2 - New directions in anthropology ; A1 - Hertzog, Esther LA - English LA - Hebrew PP - New York PB - Berghahn Books YR - 1999 UL - https://ebooks.jgu.edu.in/Record/jstor_eba_ocn949755176 AB - 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 t. CN - DS113.8.F34 H4813 1999 SN - 1782389369 SN - 9781782389361 KW - Israel, ... KW - Jews, Ethiopian : Israel : Social conditions : 20th century. KW - Immigrants : Services for : Israel. KW - Bureaucracy : Israel. KW - Israel : Ethnic relations. KW - Falacha : Israël : Conditions sociales : 20e siècle. KW - Bureaucratie : Israël. KW - SOCIAL SCIENCE / Emigration & Immigration KW - SOCIAL SCIENCE / Ethnic Studies / General KW - POLITICAL SCIENCE / Public Policy / Social Security. KW - POLITICAL SCIENCE / Public Policy / Social Services & Welfare. KW - SOCIAL SCIENCE / Anthropology / Cultural KW - Bureaucracy KW - Ethnic relations KW - Immigrants : Services for KW - Jews, Ethiopian : Social conditions KW - Israel KW - Bürokratie KW - Falascha KW - Soziale Integration KW - Ethiopiërs. KW - Immigranten. KW - Joden. KW - Opvangcentra. KW - Bureaucratie. KW - Falascha. KW - 1900-1999 ER -