Language, migration and social inequalities : a critical sociolinguistic perspective on institutions and work

Abstract

1. Alexandre Duchene, Melissa Moyer & Celia Roberts: Introduction: Recasting Institutions and Work in Multilingual and Transnational Spaces Part I: Sites of Control 2. Eva Codo: Trade Unions and NGOs under Neoliberalism: Between Regimenting Migrants and Subverting the State 3. Kori Allan: Skilling the Self: The Communicability of Immigrants as Flexible Labour Part II: Sites of Selection 4. Celia Roberts: The Gatekeeping of Babel: Job Interviews and the Linguistic Penalty 5. Ingrid Piller & Kimie Takahashi: Language Work aboard the Low-Cost Airline 6. Luisa Martin Rojo: (De) Capitalising Students through Linguistic Practices. A Comparative Analysis of New Educational Programmes in a Global Era 7. Vally Lytra: From Kebabci to Professional: The Commodification of Language and Social Mobility in Turkish Complementary Schools in the UK Part III: Sites of Resistance 8. Werner Holly & Ulrike Hanna Meinhof: 'Integration hatten wir letztes jahr.' Official Discourses of Integration and their Uptake by Migrants in Germany 9. Melissa G. Moyer: Language as a Resource. Migrant Agency, Positioning and Resistance in a Health Care Clinic 10. Cecile B. Vigouroux: Informal Economy and Language Practice in the Context of Migrations 11. Maria Sabate i Dalmau: Fighting Exclusion from the Margins: Locutorios as Sites of Social Agency and Resistance for Migrants Mike Baynham: Postscript Contributors

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