Sonia Mckay
Biographic Data
| ID | 4273375 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Sonia Mckay |
| GIVEN NAMES | Sonia |
| FAMILY NAME | Mckay |
| SIGNATURE | MCKAY S |
| AFFILIATIONS | London Metropolitan University |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 9 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 49 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 9 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2009 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2019 |
| H-INDEX | 4 |
Treading lightly
This study draws on qualitative interviews with regularised, semi-documented and undocumented migrant workers in seven EU countries, each with a different experience of implementing regularisations as a policy tool to manage undocumented migration. The article examines the relationship between a regularised or documented status and work conditions, including access to employment and social rights. It sheds light on the importance of labour market…
Living on the Margins
Living on the Margins
Living on the Margins offers a unique insight into the working lives of undocumented (or ‘irregular’) migrants living in London, and their employers. It offers an international context to the research and provides theoretical, policy and empirical analyses
Unemployment and Race
Unemployment can affect all sections of the labor market. However, data consistently show that people from minority ethnic backgrounds are more likely to experience unemployment. In periods of economic crisis, job losses and unemployment levels are correlated with ethnicity but an unemployment gap exists even in periods of economic prosperity, affecting, in particular, young people and women. This entry reviews some of the causes of the discrepan…
Employer sanctions
The context of this article is the use of employer sanctions, in the form of raids and fines on businesses found to be employing people who do not have permission to work in the UK, as a method of in-border immigration control. Drawing on qualitative interviews with undocumented migrants and ethnic enclave employers in London, this article examines the impact of sanctions from the perspectives of those who have been or are most likely to be affec…
Employment, Social Networks and Undocumented Migrants
This article draws on data from qualitative interviews with ethnic enclave and ethnic economy business entrepreneurs from Chinese, Bangladeshi and Turkish-speaking communities in London. Routes into business and worker recruitment practices are explored, demonstrating the centrality of social capital in the form of family and other social networks within these processes. The article investigates what employers consider the desirable characteristi…
Migrant Workers in Europe's Media
The media production industries of most European countries have undergone considerable changes in the last 30 years. The de-regulation of the sector and technological changes have transformed recruitment and employment practices, with some impact on the ethnic composition of the media workforce. Based on relevant literature and the views of 68 senior journalists and media professionals in Italy, Greece, Ireland, the United Kingdom, Poland and the…
Labor History Symposium
Equal opportunities policies
Employment, Social Networks and Undocumented Migrants
This article draws on data from qualitative interviews with ethnic enclave and ethnic economy business entrepreneurs from Chinese, Bangladeshi and Turkish-speaking communities in London. Routes into business and worker recruitment practices are explored, demonstrating the centrality of social capital in the form of family and other social networks within these processes. The article investigates what employers consider the desirable characteristi…
Equal opportunities policies
Living on the Margins
Living on the Margins offers a unique insight into the working lives of undocumented (or ‘irregular’) migrants living in London, and their employers. It offers an international context to the research and provides theoretical, policy and empirical analyses
Employer sanctions
The context of this article is the use of employer sanctions, in the form of raids and fines on businesses found to be employing people who do not have permission to work in the UK, as a method of in-border immigration control. Drawing on qualitative interviews with undocumented migrants and ethnic enclave employers in London, this article examines the impact of sanctions from the perspectives of those who have been or are most likely to be affec…
Migrant Workers in Europe's Media
The media production industries of most European countries have undergone considerable changes in the last 30 years. The de-regulation of the sector and technological changes have transformed recruitment and employment practices, with some impact on the ethnic composition of the media workforce. Based on relevant literature and the views of 68 senior journalists and media professionals in Italy, Greece, Ireland, the United Kingdom, Poland and the…
Labor History Symposium
Equal opportunities policies
Labor History Symposium
Migrant Workers in Europe's Media
The media production industries of most European countries have undergone considerable changes in the last 30 years. The de-regulation of the sector and technological changes have transformed recruitment and employment practices, with some impact on the ethnic composition of the media workforce. Based on relevant literature and the views of 68 senior journalists and media professionals in Italy, Greece, Ireland, the United Kingdom, Poland and the…
Unemployment and Race
Unemployment can affect all sections of the labor market. However, data consistently show that people from minority ethnic backgrounds are more likely to experience unemployment. In periods of economic crisis, job losses and unemployment levels are correlated with ethnicity but an unemployment gap exists even in periods of economic prosperity, affecting, in particular, young people and women. This entry reviews some of the causes of the discrepan…
Employer sanctions
The context of this article is the use of employer sanctions, in the form of raids and fines on businesses found to be employing people who do not have permission to work in the UK, as a method of in-border immigration control. Drawing on qualitative interviews with undocumented migrants and ethnic enclave employers in London, this article examines the impact of sanctions from the perspectives of those who have been or are most likely to be affec…
Employment, Social Networks and Undocumented Migrants
This article draws on data from qualitative interviews with ethnic enclave and ethnic economy business entrepreneurs from Chinese, Bangladeshi and Turkish-speaking communities in London. Routes into business and worker recruitment practices are explored, demonstrating the centrality of social capital in the form of family and other social networks within these processes. The article investigates what employers consider the desirable characteristi…
Living on the Margins
Living on the Margins
Living on the Margins offers a unique insight into the working lives of undocumented (or ‘irregular’) migrants living in London, and their employers. It offers an international context to the research and provides theoretical, policy and empirical analyses
Treading lightly
This study draws on qualitative interviews with regularised, semi-documented and undocumented migrant workers in seven EU countries, each with a different experience of implementing regularisations as a policy tool to manage undocumented migration. The article examines the relationship between a regularised or documented status and work conditions, including access to employment and social rights. It sheds light on the importance of labour market…
Political science (7 works) · Economics (6 works) · Labour economics (5 works) · Sociology (5 works) · Demographic economics (4 works) · Law (4 works) · Law (4 works) · Migration and Labor Dynamics (4 works) · Business (3 works) · Ethnic group (3 works)