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|a Mobilities of the Highly Skilled Towards Switzerland :
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|a Mobilities of the Highly Skilled towards Switzerland -- Acknowledgements -- Contents -- List of Figures -- List of Tables -- Chapter 1: Introduction -- 1.1 Reflections on Highly Skilled Migration -- 1.1.1 Who Are the Migrants? -- 1.1.2 Who Are the Highly Skilled? -- 1.1.3 How to Evaluate Skills? -- 1.1.4 Who Are the Migration Intermediaries? -- 1.1.5 Why Study Highly Skilled Migrants in Switzerland? -- 1.2 Methods for Grasping the Diversity of Mobility Pathways -- 1.2.1 Research Design -- 1.2.2 Para-Ethnographic Experiments -- 1.2.3 Research Locations -- 1.2.4 Data Collection and Analysis -- Recorded Interviews -- Observations -- Documents -- Survey -- References -- Chapter 2: Selecting Foreigners for the Labour Market -- 2.1 Swiss Admission Rules -- 2.1.1 Historical Background -- A Transforming Context -- Cultural Proximity and Qualifications -- EU versus Third Countries -- 2.1.2 Legal Definitions -- 2.1.3 The Symbolic Value of the Swiss Quota System -- 2.2 The Admission Process in Practice -- 2.2.1 The Authorities' Discretionary Power -- 2.2.2 The Practical Meanings of "Economic Interests" -- 2.2.3 Strategies of Employers for Overcoming Administrative Barriers -- 2.2.4 Portrait: Administrative Obstacles for a Brazilian Engineer -- 2.3 Highly Skilled or Highly Wanted Migrants? -- References -- Chapter 3: Creating Attractive Places -- 3.1 Attracting Companies Through Economic Promotion -- 3.1.1 Place-Branding in the "Greater Geneva Bern Area" -- 3.1.2 Targets of Economic Promotion -- 3.2 Retaining "Wanted Immigrants" -- 3.2.1 Integration Services in Basel and Vaud -- 3.2.2 Negotiating Migrant Status -- 3.2.3 Portrait: The Political Engagement of an American Woman -- 3.3 A Neoliberal State? -- References -- Chapter 4: Displacing Workers Between Companies -- 4.1 International Headhunters and Relocation Agents.
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|a 4.1.1 Headhunters: Finding the Right Person -- Negotiating a Candidate's Value -- Analysing Personality -- 4.1.2 Relocation Agents: Motivating People to Move -- Constructing Smooth Relocations and Status -- Retaining Valuable Employees by Taking Care of Their Families -- 4.1.3 Portrait: The Job Search Experiences of a Colombian Couple -- 4.2 Allocating Experts to Projects: The Case of Management Consultants -- 4.2.1 Constructing an Elite Status -- 4.2.2 Portrait: The Early Career of a Management Consultant -- 4.2.3 Recruiting Consultants -- 4.2.4 Providing Flexible Labour -- 4.2.5 Managing Mobility Infrastructures -- 4.2.6 The Mechanisms of Outsourcing -- 4.3 Mobility as the New Norm? -- References -- Chapter 5: Unequal Access to Support and Privileges -- 5.1 A Statistical Approach to Relocation Support -- 5.1.1 Important Variables -- Education -- Gender -- Nationality -- Professional Sector -- 5.1.2 The Preferences of Employers -- 5.1.3 The Mechanisms of Inequality -- 5.2 A Migration Channel Approach to Privileges -- 5.2.1 Channelling Privileges -- 5.2.2 The Family-Oriented Channel -- 5.2.3 The Company-Oriented Channel -- 5.2.4 The Study-Oriented Channel -- 5.2.5 The Protection-Oriented Channel -- 5.2.6 Portrait: The Struggles of an Eritrean Man Towards Family Reunification -- 5.3 Brain Gain or Body Shopping? -- References -- Chapter 6: Conclusion -- References.
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