Language Investment and Employability

The Uneven Distribution of Resources in the Public Employment Service

Inbunden, Engelska, 2017

AvMi-Cha Flubacher,Alexandre Duchêne,Renata Coray,Alexandre Duchene

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This book provides a unique insight into negotiations around language investment for employability in the context of public employment services.

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Utgivningsdatum2017-09-28
Mått148 x 210 x undefined mm
FormatInbunden
SpråkEngelska
Antal sidor119
FörlagSpringer International Publishing AG
ISBN9783319608723

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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.

Preface.- Chapter 1. Language investment and employability: an introduction.- Chapter 2. The politics of investment and employability in the public employment service.- Chapter 3. The logic of return on language investment in the allocation of resources for employability.- Chapter 4. The uneven recognition of language investment for employability.- Chapter 5. Concluding considerations about language investment and employability from a political economic perspective.

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