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<p>In a globalized health market, what are the public policies that allow the United Kingdom (UK) to employ African migrant nurses to meet the health needs and to satisfy national and international public opinion? This is the question the article below asks. It is based on an analysis of the UK migration regulation policies and interviews with African migrant nurses in the UK. It uses a neo-institutionalist approach to explain the capacity of public policies to adapt and change in response to imperatives by the use of “room for manoeuvre”.</p>
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In a globalized health market, what are the public policies that allow the United Kingdom (UK) to employ African migrant nurses to meet the health needs and to satisfy national and international public opinion? This is the question the article below asks. It is based on an analysis of the UK migration regulation policies and interviews with African migrant nurses in the UK. It uses a neo-institutionalist approach to explain the capacity of public policies to adapt and change in response to imperatives by the use of “room for manoeuvre”.

Migration and Recruitment of African Nurses in the UK: Between the Primacy of National Imperatives and Global Openness

Swiss Journal of Sociology

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In a globalized health market, what are the public policies that allow the United Kingdom (UK) to employ African migrant nurses to meet the health needs and to...

Migration and Recruitment of African Nurses in the UK: Between the Primacy of National Imperatives and Global Openness

Publié en ligne: 28 mars 2021

Pages: 115 - 135

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/sjs-2021-0009

Mots clés
African Nurses, migration, public policy, United Kingdom, globalization

© 2021 Angèle Flora Mendy, published by Sciendo

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

Migration and Recruitment of African Nurses in the UK: Between the Primacy of National Imperatives and Global Openness

Publié en ligne: 28 mars 2021

Pages: 115 - 135

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/sjs-2021-0009

Mots clésAfrican Nurses, migration, public policy, United Kingdom, globalization

© 2021 Angèle Flora Mendy, published by Sciendo

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

Mots clés
African Nurses, migration, public policy, United Kingdom, globalization