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Author Vickery, Matthew, author

Title Employing the Enemy : the Story of Palestinian Labourers on Israeli Settlements / Matthew Vickery
Published London : Zed Books, 2017

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Contents Cover; About the book; About the author; Title page; Copyright; Contents; Acknowledgements; Introduction; Part I. Employing the 'Enemy'; One. Employing the 'Enemy'; "It's the only way"; A village of settlement workers; Two. The middleman and the power of the permit; Three. Underpaid and underage, the child workers of the valley; "There's no money in school"; "The settler doesn't care"; Four. Occupation's ultimate humiliation; "They are enjoying their lives"; "It fills me with shame"; Building the settlements, brick by brick; Five. The wretched of the Holy Land; A disposable workforce
A cheap workforce and a government subsidyWorkers without an Israeli father or a Palestinian mother; Part II. Exploiting the 'Enemy'; Six. Segregating the labour market, stifling the economy; The segregated labour market: Palestinians as second-class workers; A state policy created segregated labour market; Stifling the Palestinian economy and controlling Area C; Strengthening the occupation, benefitting the settlements; Seven. The creation of precincts of potential employment; The case study of Az-Zubeidat; Eight. A reserve army of labour; Marx and the reserve army of labour
A state-produced reserve army of labourNine. State-instigated forced labour; Going against international law?; State-instigated forced labour; Notes; Bibliography; Index
Summary A powerful plea for a solution to the Israel/Palestine conflict that provides dignity and rights for all
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index
Notes Online resource; title from PDF title page (EBSCO, viewed August 14, 2017)
Subject Employee rights -- West Bank
Palestinian Arabs -- West Bank -- Social conditions
Work environment -- West Bank
Politics & government.
BUSINESS & ECONOMICS -- Labor.
POLITICAL SCIENCE -- Labor & Industrial Relations.
Employee rights
Palestinian Arabs -- Social conditions
Work environment
West Bank
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