ISBN:
0520229800
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0520231627
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9780520229808
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9780520231627
Language:
English
Pages:
XIV, 285 S.
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Kt
DDC:
331.6/2/097949409049
Keywords:
Foreign workers
;
Unskilled labor
;
Immigrants Social networks
;
Employer attitude surveys
;
Los Angeles County, Calif.
;
Beschäftigung
;
Einwanderer
;
Ausländischer Arbeitnehmer
;
Los Angeles County, Calif.
;
Einwanderer
;
Beschäftigung
Abstract:
Machine generated contents note: List of Illustrations ix --Acknowledgments xi PART ONE * How the Other Half Works -- 1. Introduction 3 PART TWO * The Social Organization of Labor --2. What Employers Want 31 -- 3. Doing the Job 42 -- 4. The Language of Work 63 PART THREE * From Market to Work --5. Network, Bureaucracy, and Exclusion 83 -- 6. Social Capital and Social Closure 100 -- 7. Bringing the Boss Back In 122 PART FOUR * Prejudice, Preferences, and Conflict --8. Whom Employers Want 141 -- 9. "Us" and "Them" 155 -- 10. Diversity and Its Discontents 181 -- PART FIVE * Ethnicity at Work --11. Black/Immigrant Competition 205 -- 12. Conclusion 218 --Appendix: The Local Context 235 --Notes 253 --Index 277
Note:
Includes bibliographical references and index
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