Language Investment and Employability: The Uneven Distribution of Resources in the Public Employment Service - Couverture souple

Flubacher, Mi-Cha; Duchêne, Alexandre; Coray, Renata

 
9783319869490: Language Investment and Employability: The Uneven Distribution of Resources in the Public Employment Service
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ISBN 10 : 3319869493 ISBN 13 : 9783319869490
Editeur : Palgrave Macmillan, 2018

Synopsis

This book provides a unique insight into negotiations around language investment for employability in the context of public employment services. Drawing on extensive ethnographical research carried out in Regional Employment Offices in Switzerland, the authors follow the stories of various job seekers. In doing so, they challenge the currently dominant assumption that investment in language competences leads to better employability. Arguing for a political economic perspective on these issues, this book will be of interest to anyone concerned with the connections between language and social inequality, as well as students and scholars of sociolinguistics and applied linguistics. 

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À propos de l'auteur

Mi-Cha Flubacher is Postdoctoral Assistant at the Department of Linguistics, University of Vienna, Austria. Previously a Postdoctoral Fellow at the Institute of Multilingualism at the University of Fribourg, her research interests centre on language and work, and language and migration / integration. Alexandre Duchêne is Professor of the Sociology of Language at the University of Fribourg, Switzerland. His research interests centre on issues of language, political economy and social inequalities. Renata Coray is Research Coordinator at the Institute of Multilingualism at the University of Fribourg, Switzerland. Her research interests and expertise include multilingualism in administration and in the workplace, and language policy and minority languages in Switzerland.

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Éditeur
Palgrave Macmillan
Date d'édition
2018
Langue
anglais
ISBN 10 
3319869493
ISBN 13 
9783319869490
Reliure
Broché
Nombre de pages
136
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ISBN 10 :  331960872X ISBN 13 :  9783319608723
Editeur : Palgrave Macmillan, 2017
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