Tailored Workplace Education for Immigrants in Rural Sweden: Working with Resources and Deficits

Autor/in	Benerdal, Malin
Titel	Tailored Workplace Education for Immigrants in Rural Sweden: Working with Resources and Deficits
Quelle	In: Journal of Education and Work, 34 (2021) 2, S.170-182 (13 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Zusatzinformation	ORCID (Benerdal, Malin)
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1363-9080
DOI	10.1080/13639080.2021.1897548
Schlagwörter	Foreign Countries; Rural Areas; Immigrants; Employer Attitudes; Labor Market; Social Bias; Job Training; Public Policy; Ethnic Diversity; Job Skills; Adult Education; Workplace Learning; Work Experience Programs; Sweden + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Ausland; Rural area; Ländlicher Raum; Immigrant; Immigrantin; Immigranten; Arbeitgeberinteresse; Labour market; Arbeitsmarkt; Berufsqualifizierender Bildungsgang; Öffentliche Ordnung; Produktive Fertigkeit; Adult; Adults; Education; Adult basic education; Adult training; Erwachsenenbildung; Schweden
Abstract	Incorporation into the labour market is a key endeavour, of heightened importance in recent years due to high migration flows, for both immigrants and their recipient countries. Hence, activation and employability are major themes in both transnational and national policy discussions, which have generated various programmes and policy measures. This article focuses on one type of such initiatives: collaborative agreements intended to increase the effective establishment of newly arrived migrants through work-related educational tracks in Sweden. Drawing on post-structural policy analysis techniques and theorisation of place, the author analyses documents regarding associated policies, and views expressed by interviewed actors, in three rural municipalities. In efforts to identify hindrances and possibilities for immigrants' incorporation in rural settings, potential employers' perspectives are included. The analysis shows that a 'resource discourse' and a 'deficit discourse' are prevalent in the construction of the agreements and the employers' perspectives regarding immigrants in the municipalities, place and tracks. It also shows that the municipal strategies differ in terms of organisation and local goals of the tracks. The indications of how place is constructed in local rural settings highlight the importance of such a perspective in efforts to enhance immigrants' incorporation into the labour market, address deficits and harness resources. (As Provided).
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Update	2024/1/01