The Surveys

Abstract

The pilot study was in a sense a first round with the scientific literature, the theoretical framework and the data on Palestinian labour in Israel. It exposed the problematics of all three domains and indicated that further work was required, i.e., a better and different data base, a thorough survey of the literature, and a new theoretical framework. The necessary data could be only partially obtained from the available official publications of the CBS, and thus, in order to complement the CBS data, a major field survey was called for. Field surveys cost money, and consequently the next step was to submit a research proposal. For this purpose I have collaborated with my colleague David Newman with whom I’ve conducted three field surveys and a survey of the literature.