The Proletarianization of Palestinians in Israel (ص 368)

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The Proletarianization of Palestinians in Israel (ص 368)

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has not affected the access of blacks to economic ownership; this is to
say, it has not resulted in any structural transformation in the relations
of production.
As far as the replacement of the old mechanisms of labor allocation
with a modern market mechanism, one cannot promise much change. Studies
in the United States, the very center of the world "free" enterprise mar-
ket system, prove the labor market is not neutral regarding race and
ethnicity. Contrary to this claim by neo-classical economic theory, sta-
tistical and other forms of discrimination still operate within the labor
market, resulting in its very segmentation. 1° In light of these findings,
the emergence of Israel's labor market can promise, at best, more subtle-
ty in the use of Arab labor for displaying economic flexibility. This is
precisely what the history of demand for black labor in the U.S. shows;
such subtlety can take the form of subemployment instead of unemployment.
C. Internal Segmentation of the Jewish Labor Market
We must be aware of the fact that our previous analysis has related
to the Jewish labor force as a homogeneous group with the same occupational
structure of employment. This can be very misleading, since the Israeli
labor market is segmented, not only on national lines, but also by ethni-
city. There is not only one Jewish occupational structure of employment,
but rather different demand structures for different Jews in different
times.
Table C illustrates this important point. Our previous analysis
compared only Column 1 with Column 2, disregarding the differential loca-
tions of, and demand for, Israeli-born versus Asia-Africa and Europe-
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Najwa Hanna Makhoul

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