Working Class Without Work: High School Students in a De-Industrializing Economy

ISBN-13: 9780415902342 / Angielski / Miękka / 1990 / 260 str.

Lois Weis;Weis Lois

Opis

Based primarily on ethnographic data, Working Class without Work examines the identity formation process among white working-class youth in the context of the de-industrialization of the American economy. The elimination of many basic production jobs and the expansion of the service sector have changed the expectations and opportunities of the white working class. Weis documents the way in which these young people respond to such changes, and the way they help to create the conditions of their future lives. In the process, she explores issues of race, class, gender and considers the roles of school and family in the production of self.

Spis treści

1. Introduction 2. Freeway Males 3. Freeway Females 4. Within the School 5. Freeway Teachers 6. Freeway Parents 7. Women and Men: A Social Movement Perspective 8. Whether the Working Class?

O autorze

Lois Weis is Professor of Sociology of Education and Associate Dean of the Faculty of Educational Studies at the State University of New York at Buffalo. She is also the author of Between Two Worlds (RKP).