Gendering Israel's Outsourcing

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Focusing on the budgeting processes within welfare, education, and health ministries, this book explores the impact of economic globalization on women's employment in Israel. It highlights the growing disconnect between care workers and public sector administrators regarding skill recognition, revealing how outsourcing and neo-liberal policies have reshaped welfare services. Through institutional ethnography, the author examines the dynamics of service delivery and its role in the deskilling and de-professionalization of women in caring professions, contributing to ongoing debates in Israel studies.