Palgrave Macmillan
Language Investment and Employability: The Uneven Distribution of Resources in the Public Employment Service
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9783319608723
ISBN13:
9783319608723
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$71.82
Language Investment and Employability: The Uneven Distribution of Resources in the Public Employment Service
$71.82
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.
| Author: Mi-Cha Flubacher |
| Publisher: Palgrave MacMillan |
| Publication Date: Sep 28, 2017 |
| Number of Pages: 119 pages |
| Binding: Hardback or Cased Book |
| ISBN-10: 331960872X |
| ISBN-13: 9783319608723 |
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