Table of Contents

Preface
Emanuel Marx

Acknowledgements
List of Hebrew Terms and Israeli Organizations
Map of Israel
Map of Galuyot Absorption Center

Introduction

Chapter 1. The Center as a Dependent System
Chapter 2. Closure and Emergence of Power-Dependence Relations
Chapter 3. The Ethiopian Immigrants as a Social Category and Social Problem
Chapter 4. Social Closure and Power-Dependence Relationships at the Galuyot Absorption Center
Chapter 5. Categorizing Women: An Example of Bureaucratic Influence on Family Organization
Chapter 6. The Role of “Cultural Explanations” in Gender-Based Relations

Conclusion

Select Bibliography
Index

About the Author

Esther Hertzog was a social worker and school teacher before training as a Social Anthropologist. She is now Lecturer in Sociology and Anthropology at Beit Berl College.

Reviews

"A very good book on the important topic of bureaucratic treatment of Ethiopian immigrants in Israel ... a tightly knit analysis."  · SHOFAR