(Un)suitable Difference: Ethnic and Racializing Differentiations in Recruitment Practices of Local Administrations in Berlin

Autor: Lang Christine
Jazyk: German<br />English<br />French
Rok vydání: 2022
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Zdroj: Swiss Journal of Sociology, Vol 48, Iss 3, Pp 489-508 (2022)
Druh dokumentu: article
ISSN: 2297-8348
DOI: 10.2478/sjs-2022-0024
Popis: This article investigates the role of ethnic and racializing differentiations in recruitment practices of public administrations in a context of demands to employ more staff of immigrant origin. Drawing on a qualitative study of local administrations in Berlin, I show how figures of “(un)suitable candidates” are constructed, in which ethnic/racializing differentiations intersect with gendered and spatial differentiations. This serves both to justify low recruitment numbers and established routines and to showcase openness to diversity.
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