Work in Transition

Cultural Capital and Highly Skilled Migrants' Passages into the Labour Market

Nonfiction, Social & Cultural Studies, Political Science, Government, Public Affairs & Administration, Science & Nature, Science, Earth Sciences, Geography
Cover of the book Work in Transition by Arnd-Michael Nohl, Karin Schittenhelm, Oliver Schmidtke, Anja  Weiss, University of Toronto Press, Scholarly Publishing Division
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Author: Arnd-Michael Nohl, Karin Schittenhelm, Oliver Schmidtke, Anja Weiss ISBN: 9781442668744
Publisher: University of Toronto Press, Scholarly Publishing Division Publication: November 21, 2014
Imprint: Language: English
Author: Arnd-Michael Nohl, Karin Schittenhelm, Oliver Schmidtke, Anja Weiss
ISBN: 9781442668744
Publisher: University of Toronto Press, Scholarly Publishing Division
Publication: November 21, 2014
Imprint:
Language: English

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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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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