01235nam a22001697a 4500020001800000082001800018100002200036100002300058100001800081245011500099260004400214300001400258504001800272520069300290546000700983650007500990  a9783319608723  a331.12bFLU-L  aFlubacher, Mi-Cha  aDuchene, Alexendre  aCoray, Renata  aLanguage Investment and Employabilityb: the uneven distribution of resources in the public employment service  aCham       bPalgrave Macmillanc2018    axv, 119p.  aInclude Index  aThis 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.   a

  aSociolinguisticsvSoft skillsv Public service employmentzSwitzerland