Working at the Margins

Working at the Margins
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Publisher : State University of New York Press
Total Pages : 322
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ISBN-10 : 9780791490730
ISBN-13 : 0791490734
Rating : 4/5 (734 Downloads)

Book Synopsis Working at the Margins by : Frances Julia Riemer

Download or read book Working at the Margins written by Frances Julia Riemer and published by State University of New York Press. This book was released on 2012-02-01 with total page 322 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Working at the Margins describes and analyzes the move, from welfare rolls to paid employment, of adults who were marginalized from the mainstream by race, ethnicity, language, and economic status. Frances Julia Riemer utilizes ethnographic data gathered over two years from four workplaces that employed thirty seven former welfare recipients. She examines how the private sector accommodates these workers and their differences and how the workers themselves negotiate the barriers they experience. The book illustrates how government policies and adult-education initiatives, designed ostensibly to create opportunities, often reify existing inequalities.


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