In All I Want Is a Job!, Mary Gatta puts a human face on workforce development policy. An ethnographic sociologist, Gatta went undercover, posing as a client in a New Jersey One-Stop Career Center. One-Stop Centers, developed as part of the federal Workforce Investment Act, are supposed to be an unemployed worker's go-to resource on the way to re-employment. But, how well do these centers function? With swarms of new clients coming through their doors, are they fit for the task of pairing America's workforce with new jobs?
Weaving together her own account with interviews of jobless women and caseworkers, Gatta offers a revealing glimpse of the toll that unemployment takes and the realities of social policy. Women—both educated and unskilled—are particularly vulnerable in the current economy. Since they are routinely paid less than their male counterparts, economic security is even harder for them to grasp. And, women are more easily tracked into available, low-wage work in sectors such as retail or food service.
Originally designed to pair job-ready workers with available openings, the current system is ill fitted for diverse clients who are seeking gainful employment. Even if One-Stops were better suited to the needs of these workers, good jobs are scarce in the wake of the Great Recession. In spite of these pitfalls, Gatta saw hope and a sense of empowerment in clients who got intensive career counseling, new jobs, and social support.
Drawing together tales from the frontlines, she highlights the promise and weaknesses of One-Stop Career Centers, recommending key shifts in workforce policy. America deserves a system that is less discriminatory, more human, and better able to assist women and their families in particular. The employed and unemployed alike would be better served by such a system—one that would meaningfully contribute to our economic recovery and future prosperity.
In All I Want Is a Job , Mary Gatta puts a human face on workforce development policy. An ethnographic sociologist, Gatta went undercover, posing as a client in a New Jersey One-Stop Career Center. One-Stop Centers, developed as part of the federal Workforce Investment Act, are supposed to be an unemployed worker's go-to resource on the way to re-employment. But, how well do these centers function? With swarms of new clients coming through their doors, are they fit for the task of pairing America's workforce with new jobs?
Weaving together her own account with interviews of jobless women and caseworkers, Gatta offers a revealing glimpse of the toll that unemployment takes and the realities of social policy. Women--both educated and unskilled--are particularly vulnerable in the current economy. Since they are routinely paid less than their male counterparts, economic security is even harder for them to grasp. And, women are more easily tracked into available, low-wage work in sectors such as retail or food service.
Originally designed to pair job-ready workers with available openings, the current system is ill fitted for diverse clients who are seeking gainful employment. Even if One-Stops were better suited to the needs of these workers, good jobs are scarce in the wake of the Great Recession. In spite of these pitfalls, Gatta saw hope and a sense of empowerment in clients who got intensive career counseling, new jobs, and social support.
Drawing together tales from the frontlines, she highlights the promise and weaknesses of One-Stop Career Centers, recommending key shifts in workforce policy. America deserves a system that is less discriminatory, more human, and better able to assist women and their families in particular. The employed and unemployed alike would be better served by such a system--one that would meaningfully contribute to our economic recovery and future prosperity.
Автор: Clifford L. Broman; V. Lee Hamilton; William S. Ho Название: Stress and Distress among the Unemployed ISBN: 0306463296 ISBN-13(EAN): 9780306463297 Издательство: Springer Рейтинг: Цена: 18167.00 р. Наличие на складе: Есть у поставщика Поставка под заказ.
Описание: Employing both large-scale surveys and in-depth interviews, the authors document the mental health effects on workers caused by the closure of four General Motor plants.
Описание: Many young people in Europe have affected by unemployment and several of the most disadvantaged are migrants or those of a different ethnic origin. This book examines the need for more appropriate interventions aimed at labour market inclusion of youth, bringing together theoretical reflections and empirical evidence on new policies and practices.
Автор: G. Betti; F. Bettio; T. Georgiadis; P. Tinios Название: Unequal Ageing in Europe ISBN: 1349480827 ISBN-13(EAN): 9781349480821 Издательство: Springer Рейтинг: Цена: 12157.00 р. Наличие на складе: Есть у поставщика Поставка под заказ.
Описание: While much is known about the situation in the labour market in the form of gender pay and earnings gaps, rather little is understood about their sequel in old age the gender pension gap. An intuitive indicator for a pension gender gap is derived and contrasted with equivalent indicators for pay and earnings gaps.
Автор: Jens Lowitzsch; Sophie Dunsch; Iraj Hashi Название: Spanish Sociedades Laborales—Activating the Unemployed ISBN: 3319548697 ISBN-13(EAN): 9783319548692 Издательство: Springer Рейтинг: Цена: 7685.00 р. Наличие на складе: Есть у поставщика Поставка под заказ.
Описание: This book investigates the potential of the Spanish Sociedades Laborales (SLs) as an instrument of active labour market policy for re-turning the unemployed to the labour market and also the transferability of the scheme to other EU Member States.
Автор: G. Betti; F. Bettio; T. Georgiadis; P. Tinios Название: Unequal Ageing in Europe ISBN: 1137384093 ISBN-13(EAN): 9781137384096 Издательство: Springer Рейтинг: Цена: 12577.00 р. Наличие на складе: Есть у поставщика Поставка под заказ.
Описание: While much is known about the situation in the labour market in the form of gender pay and earnings gaps, rather little is understood about their sequel in old age the gender pension gap. An intuitive indicator for a pension gender gap is derived and contrasted with equivalent indicators for pay and earnings gaps.
Автор: Sosa Elizaga Elizaga Raquel Название: Facing An Unequal World ISBN: 1526435578 ISBN-13(EAN): 9781526435576 Издательство: Sage Publications Рейтинг: Цена: 2216.00 р. Наличие на складе: Есть у поставщика Поставка под заказ.
Описание: This edited volume explores significant themes in modern, global sociology, including inequality, structures of power, conceptions of justice and sustainable futures.
Автор: Kiss Название: Unequal Accommodation of Minority Rights ISBN: 3319788922 ISBN-13(EAN): 9783319788920 Издательство: Springer Рейтинг: Цена: 13974.00 р. Наличие на складе: Есть у поставщика Поставка под заказ.
Описание: Introduction. Unequal Accommodation, Ethnic Parallelism and Increasing Marginality; Tamбs Kiss. - 1. Minority Political Agency in Historical Perspective: Periodization and Key Problems; Nбndor Bбrdi & Tamбs Kiss. - 2. Unequal Accommodation: An Institutionalist Analysis of Ethnic Claim-Making and Bargaining; Tamбs Kiss, Tibor Torу Istvбn Gergő Szйkely. - 3. Language Use, Language Policy and Language Rights; Istvбn Horvбth Tibor Torу. - 4. Ethnic Parallelism: Political Program and Social Reality: An Introduction; Tamбs Kiss Dйnes Kiss. - 5. Hungarian Language Education: Legal Framework, Institutional Structure and Assessment of School Performances; Attila Z. Papp, Jбnos Mбrton, Istvбn Gergő Szйkely Gergő Barna. - 6. Churches and Religious Life; Dйnes Kiss. - 7. Media Consumption and the Hungarian Language: Media in Transylvania; Tamбs Kiss. - 8. Economy and Ethnicity in Transylvania; Zsombor Csata. - 9. Demographic Dynamic and Ethnic Classification: An Introduction to Societal Maco-Processes; Tamбs Kiss. - 10. A Changing System of Ethnic Stratification: The Social Positions of Transylvanian Hungarians; Tamбs Kiss. - 11. Assimilation and Boundary Reinforcement: Ethnic Exogamy and Socialization in Ethnically Mixed Families; Tamбs Kiss.
Описание: Do schools work differently in deprived and privileged neighbourhoods? Based on interviews and ethnographic data from two primary schools in Berlin, Germany, it shows how local social compositions, symbolic meanings of urban areas, and neighbourhood-based policy interventions structure schools.
Автор: Glenn, Evelyn Nakano Название: Unequal freedom ISBN: 0674013727 ISBN-13(EAN): 9780674013728 Издательство: Wiley Рейтинг: Цена: 4586.00 р. Наличие на складе: Есть у поставщика Поставка под заказ.
Описание: The inequalities that persist in America have deep historical roots. Glenn untangles this complex history in a unique comparative regional study from the end of Reconstruction to the eve of World War II.
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