Work in Transition: Cultural Capital and Highly Skilled Migrants' Passages into the Labour Market - Couverture rigide

Nohl, Arnd-Michael; Schittenhelm, Karin; Schmidtke, Oliver; Weiss, Anja

Couverture rigide

ISBN 10 : 1442647604 ISBN 13 : 9781442647602

Editeur : University of Toronto Press, 2014

Synopsis

Despite the fact that many countries target highly skilled migrants for recruitment in the global labour market, few of those migrants are able to take full advantage of their educational and professional qualifications in their new homes. Work in Transition examines this paradox, using extended narrative interviews that focus on the role that cultural capital plays in the labour market. Comparing the migrant experience in Germany, Canada, and Turkey, Work in Transition shows how migrants develop their cultural capital in order to enter the workforce, as well as how failure to leverage that capital can lead to permanent exclusion from professional positions. Exposing the mechanisms that drive inclusion and exclusion for migrants from a transatlantic comparative perspective, this book provides a unique analytical approach to an increasingly important global issue.

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À propos de l'auteur

Arnd-Michael Nohl is a professor of Education Science at Helmut-Schmidt-University. Karin Schittenhelm is a professor of Sociology at the University of Siegen. Oliver Schmidtke is a professor in the Departments of Political Science and History and Director of the Centre for Global Studies at the University of Victoria. Anja Weiss is a professor in the Department of Sociology at the University of Duisburg-Essen.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: University of Toronto Press
• Date d'édition: 2014
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 1442647604
• ISBN 13: 9781442647602
• Reliure: Relié
• Nombre de pages: 360
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
• Personne responsable: non disponible