Gender, migration and the global race for talent. (2016)

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Anna Boucher.
• Authors: Boucher, Anna
• Contents: Cover; Half-title; Title page; Copyright information; Dedication; Table of contents; List of figures; List of tables; Acknowledgments; List of abbreviations; Introduction; Outline of the book; Part I: the global race for talent; Part II: gendering skilled immigration policy in Australia and Canada, 1988-2013; Four case studies of skilled immigration policies; Notes; Part I The global race for talent: global context; 1 Skill and gender: navigating the theoretical terrain; Introduction; Developing gender-aware indicators within immigration studies Developing new indicators of 'gender awareness' in skilled immigration policyGender mainstreaming processes: gender audits, gender units and gender-disaggregated data; Life course factors: gender issues over the working life; Age and career milestones; Defining 'skill'; Human capital theory; Feminist industrial relations, sociological and economics critiques of human capital theory; Structural impediments to skill accrual; Political negotiation and skills definition; Soft skills, care and defining skill; Language, skill and gender: intersectional considerations; Conclusion; Notes 2 Gender awareness of skilled immigration policies across the OECD: presenting the GenderImmi data setIntroduction; Development indicators of gender awareness within skilled immigration policies; Case selection and method for the skilled immigration data set; Method; Empirical findings and analysis; Gender mainstreaming processes: gender audits, gender units and gender-disaggregated data; Gendered career trajectories and life course events; Age; Work breaks and gendered life courses; Definitions of 'skill' and their implications for gender awareness Human capital methods of selection -- the choice between general and specific human capitalWage threshold methods of selection; Employer-determined methods of selection; Emotional labour and care work as skilled work; The obstacles of language proficiency; Concluding analysis; Notes; Part II Gendering skilled immigration policy in Australia and Canada, 1988-2013; 3 Gendering the policy process: venue shopping and diversity-seeking; Introduction; Understanding skilled immigration policy-making: economic explanations; Interest group explanations for variation in skilled immigration policies Political economy approachesPartisan explanations for immigration policy outputs; The venue shopping explanation for gender-aware immigration policies; Extending venue shopping to Westminster-inspired systems: diversity-seekers challenge bureaucratic control; The role of sympathetic bureaucrats; Legislative committees; Strong bicameralism; Federalism; Strong judicial systems; The engagement of 'diversity-seeking' feminist groups and immigrant ­associations within the venue shopping approach; Conclusion; Notes; 4 Changing the mix, 1988-2003: the shift from family to skilled immigration
• Publisher Details: Manchester : Manchester University Press
• Publication Date: 2016
• Copyright Date: 2016
• Extent: 1 online resource (xiv, 241 pages), illustrations
• Subjects: 331.6/2; Emigration and immigration -- Government policy; Labor market -- Sex differences; Women immigrants; POLITICAL SCIENCE -- Public Policy -- Social Policy; Emigration and immigration -- Government policy; Labor market -- Sex differences; Women immigrants; Australia -- Emigration and immigration -- Government policy; Canada -- Emigration and immigration -- Government policy; Australia; Canada; Electronic books
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9781784997137; 1784997137
• Related ISBNs: 0719099455; 9780719099458
• Notes: Note: Includes bibliographical references (pages 192-237) and index.; Note: Print version record.
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