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This book examines Polish migration to Ireland in the context of ‘new mobilities in Europe’. It includes detailed accounts of the working lives of a group of mainly skilled Polish migrants in Dublin, and traces their careers and aspirations as Ireland moved from ‘boom to bust’.

Table of Contents

Preface
Introduction
1. New mobilities in Europe today
2. Researching migration: A Qualitative panel study and workplace studies
3. From ‘boom to bust’: Polish migrants in the Irish labour market
4. Routes into employment: migrant aspirations and employer strategies
5. Employment conditions and the culture of work
6. ‘Boundaryless careers’: mobility across organisations and nations
7. Worklife connections: ‘technologies of mobility’ and transnational lives
8. Looking back: worklife pathways in a boom-to-bust economy
Conclusion
Appendices
Bibliography

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      Publisher: Manchester University Press
      Publication Date: 31/07/2013
      ISBN13: 9780719088094, 978-0719088094
      ISBN10: 719088097
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      Description

      Book Synopsis
      This book examines Polish migration to Ireland in the context of ‘new mobilities in Europe’. It includes detailed accounts of the working lives of a group of mainly skilled Polish migrants in Dublin, and traces their careers and aspirations as Ireland moved from ‘boom to bust’.

      Table of Contents

      Preface
      Introduction
      1. New mobilities in Europe today
      2. Researching migration: A Qualitative panel study and workplace studies
      3. From ‘boom to bust’: Polish migrants in the Irish labour market
      4. Routes into employment: migrant aspirations and employer strategies
      5. Employment conditions and the culture of work
      6. ‘Boundaryless careers’: mobility across organisations and nations
      7. Worklife connections: ‘technologies of mobility’ and transnational lives
      8. Looking back: worklife pathways in a boom-to-bust economy
      Conclusion
      Appendices
      Bibliography

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