The third sector and immigrant absorption : lesson from the israli experience
By: LAZIN, Fred A
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ArticlePublisher: New York : Marcel Dekker, 2001International Journal of Public Administration- IJPA 24, 11, p. 1211-1232Abstract: This paper deals with the role of two third sector organizations in immigrant absorption in Israel during the mid - 1980s through 1993. The Jewish Agency, a non-governmental, voluntary, non-profit "public instituition" funded by Diaspora Jewry had responsibility for immigrants during their first year in the country. It represented world Jewry and Israli political parties. A second third sector institucion, the quasi-public party controlled state religious school system played a significant role in the education of Ethiopian immigrante children. The paper evaluates their impact on the absorption of immigrants. To what extent did these third sector agencies pursue their own agendas and or server the immigrants? The paper also examines th influence of Israel`s political-administrative systems on the third sector. How unique is the Israeli experience? Hopefully the findings will shed new light on the politics of collaboration with the third sector in contemporary Israel.Evidence presented here suggests that third sector absorving agencies often pursued their own interests at the expense of the immigrants. The paper also reveals the complexity of the political-administrative systems for understanding third sector collaboration in Israel
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This paper deals with the role of two third sector organizations in immigrant absorption in Israel during the mid - 1980s through 1993. The Jewish Agency, a non-governmental, voluntary, non-profit "public instituition" funded by Diaspora Jewry had responsibility for immigrants during their first year in the country. It represented world Jewry and Israli political parties. A second third sector institucion, the quasi-public party controlled state religious school system played a significant role in the education of Ethiopian immigrante children. The paper evaluates their impact on the absorption of immigrants. To what extent did these third sector agencies pursue their own agendas and or server the immigrants? The paper also examines th influence of Israel`s political-administrative systems on the third sector. How unique is the Israeli experience? Hopefully the findings will shed new light on the politics of collaboration with the third sector in contemporary Israel.Evidence presented here suggests that third sector absorving agencies often pursued their own interests at the expense of the immigrants. The paper also reveals the complexity of the political-administrative systems for understanding third sector collaboration in Israel
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