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Autore |
Little Margaret Jane Hillyard <1958-> |
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Titolo |
If I had a hammer [[electronic resource] ] : retraining that really works / / Margaret Hillyard Little |
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Pubbl/distr/stampa |
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Vancouver, : UBC Press, 2005 |
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ISBN |
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9786610939381 |
1-280-93938-9 |
0-7748-5127-9 |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (193 p.) |
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Disciplina |
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Soggetti |
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Occupational training for women - Canada |
Poor women - Employment - Canada |
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Lingua di pubblicazione |
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Formato |
Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Description based upon print version of record. |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references and index. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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""Contents""; ""Acknowledgments""; ""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 Serious about Retraining""; ""Appendices""; ""Notes""; ""Selected Bibliography""; ""Index"" |
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Sommario/riassunto |
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This book is about poor women, many of them single mothers, Aboriginal, or both, who have defied the odds to become apprenticing carpenters. To do so they have juggled child-care schedules, left abusive partners, and kicked drug habits to participate in a unique intensive retraining program. Through the voices of the women participants and their instructors, Margaret Little analyzes the program to reveal the struggles and triumphs of low-income women. She demonstrates that there is a desperate need for retraining programs that provide real opportunities for economic independence. She also argues that, in an era of workfare and time-limited welfare, such programs are an effective strategy for welfare reform. |
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