If I Had a Hammer
Retraining That Really Works
Seiten
2005
University of British Columbia Press (Verlag)
978-0-7748-1118-7 (ISBN)
University of British Columbia Press (Verlag)
978-0-7748-1118-7 (ISBN)
This book is about poor women, many of them single mothers, Aboriginal, or both, who have defied the odds to become apprenticing carpenters.
This book is about poor women, many of them single mothers, Aboriginal,or both, who have defied the odds to become apprenticing carpenters. Todo so they have juggled child-care schedules, left abusive partners,and kicked drug habits to participate in a unique intensive retrainingprogram. Through the voices of the women participants and theirinstructors, Margaret Little analyzes the program to reveal thestruggles and triumphs of low-income women. She demonstrates that thereis a desperate need for retraining programs that provide realopportunities for economic independence. She also argues that, in anera of workfare and time-limited welfare, such programs are aneffective strategy for welfare reform.
This book is about poor women, many of them single mothers, Aboriginal,or both, who have defied the odds to become apprenticing carpenters. Todo so they have juggled child-care schedules, left abusive partners,and kicked drug habits to participate in a unique intensive retrainingprogram. Through the voices of the women participants and theirinstructors, Margaret Little analyzes the program to reveal thestruggles and triumphs of low-income women. She demonstrates that thereis a desperate need for retraining programs that provide realopportunities for economic independence. She also argues that, in anera of workfare and time-limited welfare, such programs are aneffective strategy for welfare reform.
Margaret Hillyard Little is an anti-poverty activistwho teaches in Political Studies and Women's Studies atQueen's University.
Preface
1 Introduction
2 Laying the Foundation
3 The Everyday Lives of Our Heroes
4 From Blueprint to Reality: Challenges at the Job Site
5 Measuring Success
6 "A Hand Up, Not a Hand Out": Let's Get SeriousAbout Retraining
Appendices
Notes
Selected Bibliography
Index
| Erscheint lt. Verlag | 15.3.2005 |
|---|---|
| Zusatzinfo | 18 b&w illustrations and tables |
| Verlagsort | Vancouver |
| Sprache | englisch |
| Maße | 152 x 229 mm |
| Gewicht | 380 g |
| Themenwelt | Sozialwissenschaften ► Pädagogik ► Berufspädagogik |
| Sozialwissenschaften ► Soziologie ► Gender Studies | |
| Sozialwissenschaften ► Soziologie ► Mikrosoziologie | |
| ISBN-10 | 0-7748-1118-8 / 0774811188 |
| ISBN-13 | 978-0-7748-1118-7 / 9780774811187 |
| Zustand | Neuware |
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