The downward mobility of skilled migrant care workers in England.
An ESRC study that focused on the career trajectories of women immigrant care workers in a new area of settlement in England found that they had few opportunities to advance and that structural barriers were pervasive. Three major themes about factors for the women's downward mobility were discovered: 1) Social and economic discrimination in sending countries, 2) a predominant perception amongst British-born employers and the public that the women had poor English and qualifications, and 3) limited networks that enabled them to advance. The women devised enterprising strategies to survive, but few outcomes resulted from their efforts.
List of tables Abbreviations Introduction Part I: The broad context: Efficiency, labour, and politics Aspects of the juvenile labour market 1900-1914 Part II: Defining the problem: Work, adolescence, and personality: The boy labour problem: the economic critique Social science and working-class 'adolescence': from idea to social fact The boy labour problem: the social critique Part III: Solving the problem: philanthropy, collectivism, and class: Youth organizations: organizing boys and 'making men' Rites of passage: origins of the youth employment service Day continuation schools: creating the adaptable and efficient citizen Conclusion Appendix Select bibliography Index