Kori Allan
Biographic Data
| ID | 3649231 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Kori Allan |
| GIVEN NAMES | Kori |
| FAMILY NAME | Allan |
| SIGNATURE | ALLAN K |
| AFFILIATIONS | Newcastle University |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-5506-1754 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 5 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 18 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 5 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2016 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2022 |
| H-INDEX | 2 |
Working towards a green job
This article examines the important, yet under-examined, issue of green workforce development and industrial relations and the role of unions and workers in shaping a transition to a green economy. Based on interviews with labour leaders and rank-and-file workers in the auto manufacturing sector in Ontario, Canada, this article interrogates how environmentalism and climate change potentially construct a sense of purpose among heterogenous union m…
Critical political economic approaches to the study of language and neoliberalism
Neoliberalism, language, and migration
"Neoliberalism" is used in applied linguistics and sociolinguistics both too little and at moments too extensively. This chapter begins with an overview of the history of the rise of neoliberal thought, various theories of neoliberalism, and the unevenness of neoliberalism in various contexts. It considers what is distinctive about linguistic issues in the context of migration in the current moment, drawing on two detailed case studies of neolibe…
Going beyond language
This article traces how a language and soft skills training approach to Canadian immigrant integration emerged with Canada’s shift towards a post-industrial tertiary economy. In this economy, soft skills index characteristics of ideal workers that fit the needs of Canada’s post-Fordist labour regime. It examines how skills’ training is not viewed as overly assimilatory, although skills are recognized as culturally specific, because they are under…
Craft and the Creative Economy
Going beyond language
This article traces how a language and soft skills training approach to Canadian immigrant integration emerged with Canada’s shift towards a post-industrial tertiary economy. In this economy, soft skills index characteristics of ideal workers that fit the needs of Canada’s post-Fordist labour regime. It examines how skills’ training is not viewed as overly assimilatory, although skills are recognized as culturally specific, because they are under…
Craft and the Creative Economy
Critical political economic approaches to the study of language and neoliberalism
Going beyond language
This article traces how a language and soft skills training approach to Canadian immigrant integration emerged with Canada’s shift towards a post-industrial tertiary economy. In this economy, soft skills index characteristics of ideal workers that fit the needs of Canada’s post-Fordist labour regime. It examines how skills’ training is not viewed as overly assimilatory, although skills are recognized as culturally specific, because they are under…
Craft and the Creative Economy
Neoliberalism, language, and migration
"Neoliberalism" is used in applied linguistics and sociolinguistics both too little and at moments too extensively. This chapter begins with an overview of the history of the rise of neoliberal thought, various theories of neoliberalism, and the unevenness of neoliberalism in various contexts. It considers what is distinctive about linguistic issues in the context of migration in the current moment, drawing on two detailed case studies of neolibe…
Critical political economic approaches to the study of language and neoliberalism
Working towards a green job
This article examines the important, yet under-examined, issue of green workforce development and industrial relations and the role of unions and workers in shaping a transition to a green economy. Based on interviews with labour leaders and rank-and-file workers in the auto manufacturing sector in Ontario, Canada, this article interrogates how environmentalism and climate change potentially construct a sense of purpose among heterogenous union m…
Political science (5 works) · Sociology (5 works) · Law (3 works) · Political economy (3 works) · Economics (2 works) · Labor Movements and Unions (2 works) · Law (2 works) · Migration and Labor Dynamics (2 works) · Migration, Ethnicity, and Economy (2 works) · Multilingual Education and Policy (2 works)