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<p>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.</p>
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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.

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

Swiss Journal of Sociology

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This article investigates the role of ethnic and racializing differentiations in recruitment practices of public administrations in a context of demands to...

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

Published Online: Nov 07, 2022

Page range: 489 - 508

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/sjs-2022-0024

Keywords
Public administrations, organizations, recruitment, institutional discrimination, migration background

© 2022 Christine Lang, published by Sciendo

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 3.0 License.

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

Published Online: Nov 07, 2022

Page range: 489 - 508

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/sjs-2022-0024

KeywordsPublic administrations, organizations, recruitment, institutional discrimination, migration background

© 2022 Christine Lang, published by Sciendo

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 3.0 License.

Keywords
Public administrations, organizations, recruitment, institutional discrimination, migration background