01290nam a22001937a 4500 25523 25523 9783319608723 331.12 FLU-L Flubacher, Mi-Cha Duchene, Alexendre Coray, Renata Language Investment and Employability : the uneven distribution of resources in the public employment service Cham Palgrave Macmillan 2018 xv, 119p. Include Index 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. Sociolinguistics Soft skills Public service employment Switzerland ddc BK 0 0 0 0 NASSDOC NASSDOC 2019-03-25 OP 2019-03-25 0 331.12 FLU-L 50407 2019-08-29 00:00:00 2019-03-25 BK