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Breaking out of the pink-collar ghetto : policy solutions for non-college women /
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Abingdon, Oxon ; New York :
Routledge, Taylor and Francis Group,
2015.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- 1. Pathways out of the pink-collar ghetto
- The non-college population
- The failure of market forces and the need for policy intervention
- Overview of the book
- 2. Training policy and alternative career paths
- Non-college women at work
- The college bias
- 3. A pattern of decline and its ramifications
- Vanishing post-secondary options
- The outlook for post-secondary education and training alternatives
- Summary and implications for policy
- 4. Past and current alternative programs : evidence of promise in nontraditional occupations
- Job counseling and sex-role socialization in the workplace
- Programs often do not incorporate these activities
- To train for nontraditional occupations is to train for career opportunities
- Women in apprenticeships and nontraditional occupations and nontraditional employment for women as alternative paths to career preparation
- Conclusions and implications
- 5. A little goes a long way : statistical evidence of small program effectiveness
- Nontraditional employment for women and women in apprenticeships and nontraditional occupations work
- Measuring the effects of policy intervention : difference-in-differences methodology
- Basic results
- These grant programs should not work
- 6. Nuts and bolts I : how states' programs worked
- Criteria defining "success"
- Case study methodology
- Nontraditional employment for women demonstration grants
- The Texas State Technical College at Waco
- Conclusions and evidence from states and the nontraditional employment for women program overall
- 7. Nuts and bolts II : how nonprofits' programs worked
- Political advocacy and government grant programs
- Women in apprenticeships and nontraditional occupations technical assistance grants
- Chicago women in trades
- Summary of findings from nonprofit grantees and women in apprenticeships and nontraditional occupations overall
- Case study implications for policy
- 8. A call for action
- Implications and contributions of results
- Policymaking by women, for women
- Crucial role of government
- Future directions
- A call for action.